Running a successful event, big or small requires planning, organization, and a bit of luck. While throwing a bachelor party or birthday celebration would only require a few criteria – alcohol and good friends included – to ensure no variables, organizing an event that caters to the thousands for an international audience is a different story completely. Putting together an art or music festival may have been a hopeless idea some 10 years ago, yet with the aid of the internet and a network of like-minded peers, any idea that would have been deemed farfetched can come to fruition. We caught up with founder of art, culture and music festival POW! WOW!’s Jasper Wong — who recently expanded his artistic forays to Taipei following successful events in Hong Kong and Hawaii – for some firsthand advice on how to run an event successfully. Read below for some wisdom from the Honolulu-based curator and artist and head to POW! WOW! for more on the art-driven mainstay.

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