Da Nang Weekly · October 22, 2026
This weekend
in Da Nang.
Friday is Hoi An's lantern night, Oktoberfest runs on Tran Phu until Saturday, and SHB Da Nang play Hanoi FC at home on Sunday. The weekend looks dry, with no storm coming. In the city, a plan to rearrange some wards has been agreed.
Dry From Friday To Monday, No Storm Coming
Friday to Monday look dry, with sun and some cloud, at 23 to 33 degrees. Showers and thunderstorms are possible in a few places in the evening and at night. Thursday has showers and thunderstorms in places, and more are forecast from Thursday 29 October.
No storm is coming toward Da Nang. The typhoon in this week's news is moving northwest, toward Taiwan. We checked at 8:52pm on Wednesday 21 October.
Forecasts change fast in the storm season. Check nchmf.gov.vn on the morning you go out.
This Weekend In Da Nang, 23 To 25 October
Friday
Hoi An Old Town Night, held on the 14th day of every lunar month. The centre of the old town turns off its white electric lights and the streets are lit by lanterns. There are folk games, and visitors float small lanterns on the Hoai River. Map Event page
6:30pm to 11pm: Oktoberfest, The Heritage Train to Munich, at 83 to 87 Tran Phu, Hai Chau. It opens on Thursday 22 October.
There is German beer, food from Asia and Europe, a show of Vietnamese and German traditional clothes, a lucky draw and singers from Vietnam and abroad. Map Details Event page
9pm: The Dragon Bridge breathes fire, then sprays water, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. People watch from the pavements on both sides of the bridge and from the park below it. Map Details Event page
Saturday
6:30pm: The last night of Oktoberfest on Tran Phu. It closes at 11pm. Map Event page
Sunday
6pm: SHB Da Nang play Hanoi FC in round 5 of the V.League at Chi Lang Stadium, the old Hoa Xuan Stadium, in Hoa Xuan ward. Map Details Event page
All weekend
Autumn at Sun World Ba Na Hills: pumpkins at Eternal Square and at the entrance to Fantasy Park. Map Details Event page
The bars, live bands, shows and classes that run every week are on our weekend page. This weekend
Our events page lists what is on in Da Nang and Hoi An, today, this weekend and in the months ahead, with a map for each place. Events in Da Nang
Coming Up: 30 October To 7 November
Friday 30 October, 5pm: DACC 2026, the Da Nang Art Creatives Connection, is planned to open at the Da Nang Museum, 31 Tran Phu. It is held for the first time.
Until 8 November there are exhibitions, contemporary dance, workshops, art tours and talks at the Da Nang Museum and the Museum of Cham Sculpture. Map Event page
Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October: Halloween at hotels and bars.
30 and 31 October, 5:30pm to 10:30pm: a Halloween set dinner at Char Grill House, Fusion Resort and Villas Da Nang, Truong Sa, 1,400,000 dong plus tax and service. Map Details Event page
31 October, 5:30pm to 9:30pm: the Spooktober Feast buffet at Epice, Pullman Danang Beach Resort, 101 Vo Nguyen Giap, with face painting and a balloon show for children. Map Details Event page
31 October, 6pm to 10pm: a Halloween night buffet at The Square, Novotel Danang Premier Han River, 36 Bach Dang, 980,000 dong net for an adult. Map Details Event page
31 October, from 7pm: Disco Halloween at Kong 72, 20 My Da Dong 12, free to enter, with disco DJs, live music, an aerial hoop show and a costume contest. Map Event page
Saturday 7 November, 6pm to 8pm: Diwali at Benaras Central, 207 Nguyen Van Thoai, An Hai, with an Indian buffet, a DJ and a lucky draw. Map Tickets Event page
In The City: A Plan To Rearrange Some Of Da Nang's Wards
The ward in some Da Nang addresses may change again. The city's Party committee has agreed a draft plan to rearrange some of the city's 23 wards and 70 communes, Tuoi Tre reported on 20 October.
The city government is to finish the plan, and residents are to be asked for their views. The reports so far do not name the wards or give a date. The new wards from the last rearrangement started work on 1 July 2025. Details
In The City: No-Fly Signs For Drones Around The Airport
If you fly a drone in Da Nang, signs now mark where you may not fly around the international airport. Ward officials and police began putting them up on 16 October, and the city asked for all of them before 20 October.
Scan the QR code on a sign to see what is banned, including kites, balloons and sky lanterns. Fines are 2 to 40 million dong. During the Tet holiday in 2026, drones flown without permission affected 83 flights at the airport. Details
Events
1 October to 31 October
Halloween and autumn at Ba Na Hills
Halloween at Ba Na Hills runs until 31 October, with pumpkins, people in costume and themed corners around the park. Toward the end of October a rose petal art piece goes up by the Moon Castle. The 2026 park ticket, with the cable car, is 1,000,000 VND for an adult, or 650,000 VND for Da Nang residents.
17 October to 31 October
Duyen Sac Ba Mien, an exhibition by women artists
43 works by 21 women artists from Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City, in many styles and materials, about nature, people, memory and their own lives. The Da Nang Museum and the city's women artists group hold it for Vietnamese Women's Day. Open until 31 October.
22 October to 24 October
Oktoberfest, The Heritage Train to Munich 2026
A German beer festival with food from Asia and Europe, on three evenings from 6.30pm to 11pm. It opens at 6.30pm on 22 October with the tapping of a beer barrel. There is a show of traditional Vietnamese and German clothes, games in the style of Bavaria, a lucky draw, and music from Vietnamese and foreign singers. It is the fifth year, run by the city's union of friendship groups.
23 October
Hoi An Lantern Festival, full moon night
On the 14th night of every lunar month, the centre of the old town turns off its electric lights and the streets are lit by lanterns. There is hát bội theatre, calligraphy, Chinese chess and the bài chòi folk game, and people float flower lanterns on the Hoai River for peace and luck. Hoi An has held this night every month since 1998. This one is the 14th day of the ninth lunar month.
Everything above was checked on Wednesday 21 October 2026, the weather and the storms at 8:52pm that day. Anything we could not confirm was left out.
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