Festival Seni Selat dan Sungai Melaka merupakan sebuah festival yang menyingkap kembali gemala warisan di sepanjang jalur emas pertemuan dunia. Di alun ombak dan desir angin sejarah, seni, adat dan tradisi serta pelancongan berasaskan budaya berpadu, mengalir sebagai satu nadi peradaban serta diaspora budaya yang unik. Segalanya terakam menerusi alunan seni persembahan dan diorama budaya pesisir Selat Melaka, di sini segalanya bermula! Di antara sungai, daratan dan laut di situlah peradaban muncul.

The Straits and Melaka River Arts Festival revisits the shimmering legacy of heritage along the historic crossroads of the world. Amid the rhythm of waves and the whispers of history, arts, customs and cultural tourism converge to form a vibrant current of civilisation and cultural diaspora.

Through performing arts presentations and cultural dioramas along the shores of the historic Straits of Melaka, the festival invites visitors to rediscover the origins of a great maritime civilisation — where river, land and sea once met, and where history began to unfold.