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The annual event that celebrates the best of art and creativity is back! Entering its tenth year, Comic Fiesta 2011, the most epic event will be held on 17th-18th DEC at KLCC Convention Centre. Comic Fiesta is Malaysia’s longest running and leading annual convention collecting everything related to the anime, comics and games (ACG) culture in one location and unleashing this melting pot of human ingenuity to all members of society. Traditionally held every year in December, this expo is dedicated to make the most memorable days of the year for all ACG fans in the region and set to delight close to 20,000 visitors this year.

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10 years running and still going strong! The annual event Rock The World music festival will be back once more for its latest edition, Rock The World: Adrenaline! It’s schedule to be held on 10th DEC 2011 at Stadium Merdeka, start from 12PM till late. Rock The World is a major household name to music fans of Malaysia’s rock scene. Born in 2000, Rock The World has grown to be Malaysian’s biggest and longest running rock music festival. Every year Rock The World showcases the best bands and highlights new or upcoming bands coming through the ranks.

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It’s the end of another long and busy year. It’s time again to escape from daily routines and immerse yourself for one night in an amazing festival and indulge your thirst for music and entertainment. Heineken Thirst – Malaysia’s leading electronic music and lifestyle festival powers back to life next month on 10th DEC 2011 at Welcome Centre, Sepang International Circuit (SIC), start from 7PM. For his only Asian date of 2011, Heineken Thirst 2011 presents Tiesto, the World’s No.1 DJ along with the cream of Malaysian DJing talent – DJ Blink and Phil K Lee, both former winners of Heineken’s Found @ Thirst, a competition dedicated to unearthing and nurturing new Malaysian DJ talent, as well as the winner of this year’s Found @ Thirst.

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Proudly presented to you by major Australian manufacturer and retailer of surfing sportswear Rip Curl and Malaysia’s first skateboarding and lifestyle online TV Frontside TV Malaysia, Rip Curl “The Search” Skate Comp 2011, the comp which everyone been looking forward to is finally hitting the town on this Saturday, 29th OCT 2011 at Orange Entrance, Sunway Pyramid from 11AM-7PM. Approximately 50 of the best Asian skaters from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia will join in to compete in this adrenaline pumping competition. Admission is free.

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Photographic talents and enthusiasts will gather together this weekend as Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival 2011 (KLPF) is going to be held from tomorrow, 7th-9th OCT 2011 at Mid Valley Exhibition Centre with doors open at 11AM-9PM. With the support of exhibitors and more than 100,000 visitors KLPF 2010 was a great success. This year, KLPF 2011 brings to you an unforgettable classic experience with the theme ”Black & White”, which often connotes something classic, nostalgic, historic, artistic or elegant.

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Rockaway festival is back with bigger than ever this year! Presented by local indie band One Buck Short, Rockaway 2011 will be a 12-hour rock music festival which showcase local and international acts, celebrating music and all things rock! This first of its kind rock music festival is scheduled to be held on upcoming 8th OCT 2011 at Carpark A, Bukit Jalil Stadium start from 12PM. The international headliners that will be perform at this Rock event of the year are none other than The Used, All Time Low and Story of the Year.

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If you think you’ve experienced all levels of trance, grindy beats, progressive sounds and melodic vocals, well here’s one event that’s sure to raise the bar – Massive 2011, the one-of-a-kind music event which will be landing on Malaysian shore on coming 1st OCT 2011 at Welcome Centre, Sepang International Circuit with doors open at 2PM. Massive is a whopping twelve hours of non-stop dance music, boasting a staggering line-up which featured 10 top DJs – 6 international and 4 of Malaysia’s best.

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It’s time again to discover the hottest street dancers in Malaysia! Malaysia’s most distinguished dance show that is designed to shed light on the street dance, 8TV Showdown will return by give it to the streets with Showdown Street Fest 2011 on this Saturday, 24th SEPT 2011, at Old Wing Open Carpark, 1 Utama Shopping Centre from 10:00AM till 11:30PM. Admission is free! This one day festival will feature Showdown 2011′s dance crews performance along with Hip-Hop activities such as street dance, graffiti art, DJ-ing, MC-ing, concert, workshops, career talks, bazaars and many more.

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Malaysian K-Pop fans are going to have a chance to meet their idols in person on this weekend! The Korean Music Wave 2011 in Malaysia will be held on this Saturday, 24th SEPT 2011, 7PM at Stadium Merdeka. Hallyu fans will be able to see a total of seven hottest Korean acts including headliners GD&TOP and Seungri from Big Bang along with Park Jung Min (SS501), Teen Top, U-Kiss, FT Island and 4minute all at one time in the biggest Korean music sensation in Malaysia! This one-night only concert will last around 2 hours 30 minutes. U-Kiss’s Kevin and Dongho will be taking the stage as special guest MCs for the night.

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The 68th Annual Venice Film Festival, which began from 31st AUG 2011 came to a close with the Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening, 10th SEPT 2011. Asia put in a strong showing in this year’s affair. Hong Kong actress, Deanie Yip won Best Actress Award through her stellar performance in A Simple Life by portrayed a lonely elderly woman with extremely accurate. China’s People Mountain People Sea helped director Cai Shangjun won the Silver Lion in best direction. Meanwhile the Best Actor Award went to Michael Fassbender, who played a New York man struggling with sexual obsession in Shame.

(clockwise from top-left) Aleksandr Sokurov, Cai Shangjun, Deanie Yip, Michael Fassbender

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