The town also plays host to the annual Borneo Cultural Festival, a week-long celebration of food, music and dances commemorating the diverse cultural background of the town since 2005.
Herritage Shopping Center
Sibu is a shopping heaven to buy Borneo arts, crafts and curios. Particular items to look out for are Iban pua kumbu (hand-woven rugs), wooden hornbill carvings used in rituals, and silver jewellery, Orang Ulu beadwork and woodcarving, and Penan blowpipes and mats.