GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 27 -- For the first time in over five decades, Pesta Pulau Pinang will not be held on the grounds Penangites have long called home.

The festival's longtime site in Sungai Nibong has been closed to make way for construction of the Mutiara Line light rail transit (LRT) station and depot, forcing this year's edition to relocate temporarily to Kubang Menerong in Tasek Gelugor.

December 2025 marked the last time Pesta was held at Sungai Nibong.

The site is also earmarked for a proposed Transit-Oriented Development Masterplan covering about 23.47 hectares - a long-term, mixed-use transit hub envisioned to take between 10 and 15 years to complete, incorporating residential, commercial and public facilities around an integra...