The 2026 Valley Music Festival "rmdax | Dawn" moves beyond the stage into Tongmen Tribe in Xiulin Township, Hualien County, making cultural experiences and local food key parts of the event. Besides music, landscape art and markets, visitors can make traditional crafts and explore the tribe and mountains.

The festival features 5 Valley Art Workshops, 6 GAYA cultural experiences and 3 limited set meals, with some activities requiring advance booking. Participants can choose crafts, mountain exploration or local food to learn about traditional skills, tribal life and connections with the land.

Craft workshops include traditional chopstick making, Job's tears beadwork, Tongmen mini knives, Truku rattan weaving and Tmmyan traditional cured meat. Tribal elders, young people, cultural workers and local teams lead the activities, introducing knife-making culture, Truku crafts and traditional food.

GAYA cultural experiences include bone ornaments, spirit-egg pottery, cyanotype printing, waterway surveys, hunting-route guidance and Tongmen tours. "Valley Cuisine BALAY" offers 3 limited meals using seasonal vegetables, local ingredients and tribal flavors.

The festival runs November 14-15 in Tongmen Tribe with free admission. Cultural experiences and limited meals require online reservation or advance purchase, with early-bird offers through October 23. Schedules, quotas and registration details are available on ACCUPASS and the official festival website.