Festival returns after two-year hiatus to celebrate the Penang's iconic hill


Visitors enjoying the performance during the ‘Music on the Hill - East Meets West’ musical performance at the closing event of the Penang Hill Festival 2019, which was the last time the festival was held.

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Hill Festival is back for its third edition after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

It will be held for the first time since the hill's recognition as a Unesco Biosphere Reserve last September.

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