Toki International Arts Festival is part of the "Toki Experimental Project - Preservation and Development of the Traditional Performing Arts", which encompasses a rich programme of workshops, lectures, creative camps as well as an arts festival. The project is an endeavor to enhance interaction between Asian performing arts masters and young Kunqu opera artists, to facilitate young traditional performing artists who are well grounded in traditional knowledge and techniques, and to attempt to stimulate innovation and experimentation in the context that traditional performing arts sees immense challenges for its development and preservation.

Seven "One Table Two Chairs" stage experiments were staged during the festival.