In its 2nd edition, Taoyuan music fest brings in NBA star Zach LaVine

2026-08-04

Last weekend was the second edition of the Taoyuan Pearl Coast Music Festival, which like last year invited an NBA superstar as a surprise guest. Last year’s invite was Karl Anthony Towns, who this year helped the New York Knicks win it all, ending the team’s 53-year championship drought. This year featured 2-time Slam Dunk Champion Zach LaVine, and many b-ball fans are wondering if this Taoyuan music event will have the same magical effect for the Sacramento Kings.

A crooner on-stage is touching the audience’s heart with sentimental lyrics while off-stage fans nearby can’t believe that they’re seeing NBA star Zach LaVine, who has come to surprise everyone at Taoyuan’s Zhuwei Fish Harbor. Playing his role as event host, Taoyuan Mayor Chang San-cheng took the opportunity to chat in English with LaVine during the opening of this year’s Taoyuan Pearl Coast Music Festival.

Chang San-cheng
Taoyuan Mayor
Just like last year, we were able to invite an NBA superstar known around the world to help us kick off this event. In essence, this music festival brings together music and sports. Over there Zach LaVine just showed us some super incredible basketball skills, and he also interacted with a lot of our basketball fans.

This year is the 2nd edition of the Taoyuan Pearl Coast Music Festival, which like last year was held at Zhuwei Fish Harbor. The festival invited top-rate musicians from countries such as Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, and Macau to perform and even compete in a 2-day music competition. Last year also featured an NBA star: Karl Anthony Towns, a New York Knicks center who showcased his basketball skills to the crowd. This year invited LaVine, a backcourt player who has won the NBA Slam Dunk Competition twice. And LaVine didn’t just come for a quick photo op, as he brought his entire family to come on-stage and even vacation in Taiwan.

Chang San-cheng
Taoyuan Mayor
This approach has been really successful. We’d like to thank the city residents for their support, for giving us even more motivation to continue holding this event next year, to make the 3rd time even better than the first two years.

Towns, last year’s NBA guest star, just won the NBA championship this summer, and some basketball fans are curious if this music event will have the same magical effect for LaVine, who will be trying to take the Sacramento Kings from being a perennial bottom-dweller to getting their hands on next year’s championship trophy.

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桃園珍珠海岸音樂節登場 NBA灌籃王"拉文"驚喜現身

2026-08-04

第二屆桃園珍珠海岸國際音樂節，上週六在竹圍漁港舉辦，除了各國的表演團體，齊聚演出外，也仿造去年唐斯模式，請來兩屆NBA灌籃王拉文，前來共襄盛舉。有趣的是，去年唐斯參加完後，今年立刻奪冠，不曉得拉文能否複製神奇。

台上演唱的深情動人，台下則是騷動不斷，因為知名NBA球星Zach LaVine，驚喜現身桃園竹圍漁港，為今年的珍珠海洋國際音樂節揭開序幕，身為地主的桃園市長張善政，也用英文和LaVine閒聊。

[[桃園市長張善政]]
"跟去年一樣，我們邀到了NBA國際巨星來幫我們加持，我們基本上音樂節就是，把音樂跟體育結合在一起。Zach LaVine在那邊表演出，很多非常非常好的籃球技術，跟我們很多球迷也有很多互動。"

桃園珍珠海岸國際音樂節，今年邁入第二屆，依舊在竹圍漁港舉行，邀請韓國、印尼、馬來西亞、日本、澳門等頂尖音樂人演出，還舉行熱音賞決賽，更仿效去年邀請NBA紐約尼克隊中鋒Karl Anthony Towns來台獻技的模式，只是人選從內線變成鋒線，兩屆灌籃大賽冠軍Zach LaVine，而LaVine也很有誠意，全家老小全帶來台灣參與活動，順便玩一玩。

[[桃園市長張善政]]
"這個模式非常成功，我們謝謝所有市民支持，來給我們更大的力量，繼續明年再辦一次，更好更好的第三屆。"

去年來台參與國際音樂節的Towns，今年馬上拿下總冠軍，不曉得這次的LaVine能不能複製去年的神奇，帶領長期積弱不振，名次從後面數過來比較快的沙加緬度國王，在明年捧杯，讓球迷拭目以待。

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