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Lions Bazaar 4.0 at Tanjung Aru, 21–22 November 2026: food stalls for charity

Lions Bazaar 4.0, a two-day charity bazaar, takes place at The Good Club in Tanjung Aru on 21 and 22 November 2026. Visitors can buy food, drinks, desserts, pastries and handmade goods from about 50 vendors, many of them home-based and young entrepreneurs, while supporting cataract surgeries for patients in Sabah.

· By Tamu Borneo

Families stroll a seaside lawn at sunset between canopy stalls of pastries, drinks and crafts.

Illustration — generated artwork: Families stroll a seaside lawn at sunset between canopy stalls of pastries, drinks and crafts.

Key facts

Dates
21 and 22 November 2026 Daily Express
Venue
The Good Club, Tanjung Aru Daily Express
Stalls
About 50 vendors of food, drinks, desserts, pastries, handmade goods and accessories Daily Express
Coupons
RM100 each, sold to fund the bazaar's charity projects Daily Express
Opening hours
Not stated Daily Express

A charity bazaar with about 50 vendors

Lions Bazaar 4.0 is a two-day charity bazaar at The Good Club in Tanjung Aru on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026, where visitors can shop at roughly 50 stalls selling food, drinks, desserts, pastries, handmade products and accessories Daily Express. Daily Express reported on 2 November 2026 that some of the vendors are home-based businesses and young entrepreneurs being given a chance to reach new customers Daily Express. The theme of the bazaar is “Share the Joy, Share the Love” Daily Express.

Organisers are aiming to sell RM250,000 of coupons, with the money going to community projects that include paying for 100 cataract operations for patients in need around Sabah Daily Express. They also plan to donate Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to the community Daily Express.

Before you go

The bazaar is sold mainly through RM100 coupons, which the organisers say help fund the charity work and support the local businesses taking part Daily Express. The report does not say whether people can pay at stalls without a coupon, so check with the organiser before you go Daily Express.

Activities and health screening

Besides the stalls, the programme includes a pickleball tournament, a singing contest for primary school pupils and a Kids’ Zone Daily Express. On 22 November 2026 only, health screening run with Alpro will offer muscle strength checks and dry eye tests Daily Express. Times for each activity are not stated, so ask the organiser if you are planning around one Daily Express.

Lanice Fo, the Leo-Lion organising chairperson, said that by 1 November 2026 coupons worth RM200,000 had already been distributed Daily Express. According to the report, the three earlier editions helped more than 180 people with serious eye conditions, among them patients needing cataract surgery or corneal transplants Daily Express.

Weekend markets nearby

Because the bazaar falls on a weekend, it can be paired with a tamu. The Gaya Street Sunday Market in downtown Kota Kinabalu runs on Sunday mornings, with fruit, flowers, local snacks and cakes among its goods Sabah Tourism Board Sabah Tourism Board. Published hours differ: the Sabah Tourism Board gives 6am to 1pm and 6am to 2pm Sabah Tourism Board, while Bernama gave 7am to 1pm in 2025 Bernama.

The Tamu Putatan listing gives Saturday and Sunday as trading days, based on a single Sabah Tourism Board list Sabah Tourism Board. Tamu Inanam is given a Saturday by the same list Sabah Tourism Board, but a 2016 community list says the town tamu runs every 10 days rather than on a fixed weekday Sabahan.my. For seafood, produce, spices and traditional food, the Kota Kinabalu district page points to the Kota Kinabalu Central Market on the waterfront Sabah Tourism Board.

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