Hong Kong Events Calendar 2027
2027 in Hong Kong, month by month. Man Mo Temple's festival days at the top of the lane, the fairs the antique trade watches, and the museum and gallery shows worth the crossing to West Kowloon. Every listing here has a date an organiser has published. Where nothing is published yet, nothing is listed.
Five months have a page of their own: January, February, March, May and August. The other seven are listed in full below rather than on a page with almost nothing on it.
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January 2027
The Lunar New Year fair opens on January 31 ยท Xiao Lu closes at 10 Chancery Lane on January 16 ยท the Ming ceramics run all month
February 2027
The fair's last night at Victoria Park ยท Myths and Monsters at M+ ยท Jeonghwa Seo in Wong Chuk Hang to February 20 ยท the Ming ceramics
March 2027
The God of Literature's day at Man Mo Temple, March 10 ยท Art Basel Hong Kong, March 25โ27 ยท the Ming ceramics
April 2027
Two museum shows this month: the last week of M+'s fantasy survey, and the Ming ceramics.
This month has no page of its own yet: two dated April events sit below the three a month page needs. The re-run trigger is a third April 2027 date appearing in an operator's own listing; the page is built at that point.
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Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia โ final week
๐ To Sunday, April 4, 2027
๐ Hours: Tuesday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday 10:00 AMโ10:00 PM; closed Mondays
The last week: it closes on April 4, so this is the month's one hard deadline.
๐ Location: West Gallery, Level 2, M+, 38 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐๏ธ Admission: HK$190 adult, HK$100 concession
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Contemporary Art, Museum
๐ More Information: M+ exhibitions
๐๏ธ Learn & Do
Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368โ1644
๐ July 1, 2026, to January 2, 2028 โ open all month
๐ Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday, Saturday and public holidays 10:00 AMโ8:00 PM; closed Tuesdays except public holidays, and the first two days of Lunar New Year.
Open late on Fridays and Saturdays, the only two evenings in the week: the imperial wares are reason enough to make the crossing after a morning at the stalls.
๐ Location: Gallery 3, Hong Kong Palace Museum, 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Ceramics, Museum
๐ More Information: Hong Kong Palace Museum
May 2027
The Affordable Art Fair, May 20โ23 ยท Lin Tianmiao and Wang Gongxin at M+, closing May 9 ยท the Ming ceramics
June 2027
The city god's day falls on June 15, two minutes up the hill from the stalls.
This month has no page of its own yet: two dated June events sit below the three a month page needs. The re-run trigger is a third June 2027 date appearing in an operator's own listing; the page is built at that point.
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ๅ้่ช โ Shing Wong Festival (first date)
๐ Tuesday, June 15, 2027 โ the eleventh day of the fifth lunar month, which opens on June 5, 2027
๐ Hours: 7:00 AMโ6:00 PM on the day. The temple opens an hour early for its festival days.
Incense, offerings and a full temple: the same paper and joss the stalls sell, put to use two minutes away.
๐ Location: Man Mo Temple, 124โ126 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Temple, Festival, Man Mo Temple
๐ More Information: Tung Wah Group of Hospitals โ Man Mo Temple
Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368โ1644
๐ July 1, 2026, to January 2, 2028 โ open all month
๐ Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday, Saturday and public holidays 10:00 AMโ8:00 PM; closed Tuesdays except public holidays, and the first two days of Lunar New Year.
Six days a week and no closing date in sight: June is the month to see it without a deadline in the way.
๐ Location: Gallery 3, Hong Kong Palace Museum, 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Ceramics, Museum
๐ More Information: Hong Kong Palace Museum
July 2027
Pau Kung's day falls on July 9, at the temple at the top of the lane.
This month has no page of its own yet: two dated July events sit below the three a month page needs. The re-run trigger is a third July 2027 date appearing in an operator's own listing; the page is built at that point.
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ๅ ๅ ฌ่ช โ the Birthday of Pau Kung
๐ Friday, July 9, 2027 โ the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, which opens on July 4, 2027
๐ Hours: 7:00 AMโ6:00 PM on the day. The temple opens an hour early for its festival days.
A Sung magistrate turned deity, honoured with incense and offerings. The antique trade is quiet in July; the temple is not.
๐ Location: Man Mo Temple, 124โ126 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Temple, Festival, Man Mo Temple
๐ More Information: Tung Wah Group of Hospitals โ Man Mo Temple
Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368โ1644
๐ July 1, 2026, to January 2, 2028 โ open all month
๐ Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday, Saturday and public holidays 10:00 AMโ8:00 PM; closed Tuesdays except public holidays, and the first two days of Lunar New Year.
A hundred pieces from the imperial collection, three sections by reign, and six months still to run: take it slowly.
๐ Location: Gallery 3, Hong Kong Palace Museum, 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Ceramics, Museum
๐ More Information: Hong Kong Palace Museum
August 2027
Ghost Month, August 2โ31 ยท the second Shing Wong day at Man Mo Temple, August 25 ยท the Ming ceramics
September 2027
Mid-Autumn falls on September 15, with the public holiday the next day.
This month has no page of its own yet: two dated September events sit below the three a month page needs. The re-run trigger is a third September 2027 date appearing in an operator's own listing; the page is built at that point.
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Mid-Autumn Festival 2027
๐ Wednesday, September 15, 2027 โ the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. The general holiday is Thursday, September 16, 2027.
๐ Hours: No published hours. The festival is the evening of September 15; the holiday on the 16th is the day off.
The night the lane's paper-lantern and mooncake-tin trade peaks, and the one evening the old streets around it are worth walking after dark.
๐ Location: City-wide; the temple streets and the vintage stalls carry the lantern trade.
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Festival, Public Holiday
๐ More Information: GovHK โ general holidays 2027
๐๏ธ Learn & Do
Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368โ1644
๐ July 1, 2026, to January 2, 2028 โ open all month
๐ Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday, Saturday and public holidays 10:00 AMโ8:00 PM; closed Tuesdays except public holidays, and the first two days of Lunar New Year.
Twenty-five minutes from the lane on the MTR, so it is an afternoon rather than a detour, and the ceramics court is the reason to make it.
๐ Location: Gallery 3, Hong Kong Palace Museum, 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Ceramics, Museum
๐ More Information: Hong Kong Palace Museum
October 2027
Do Ho Suh's show at M+ opened on September 25, and the ceramics court is in the same district for the same afternoon.
This month has no page of its own yet: one of its three event rows is dated in October itself and the other two are longer runs that pass through it, so it sits below the three a month page needs. The re-run trigger is two more October 2027 dates appearing in an operator's own listing; the page is built at that point.
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Do Ho Suh: Belonging
๐ Opens Saturday, September 25, 2027. Closing date not confirmed โ the operator's page carries January 31, 2028; check before you travel.
๐ Hours: Tuesday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday 10:00 AMโ10:00 PM; closed Mondays (M+ building hours)
Stitched, translucent replicas of the rooms he has lived in: the question the lane asks of any old object, whose hand made this and where did it live, asked at museum scale.
๐ Location: Main Hall Gallery, G/F, M+, 38 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐๏ธ Admission: HK$190 adult, HK$100 concession
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Contemporary Art, Museum
๐ More Information: M+ โ Do Ho Suh: Belonging
Sigg Prize 2027
๐ Opens Saturday, October 30, 2027. Closing date not yet published.
๐ Hours: Tuesday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday 10:00 AMโ10:00 PM; closed Mondays (M+ building hours)
Six shortlisted artists and no winner yet: the one show in the city where the judgement is still open, which is where a dealer stands every day.
๐ Location: The Studio, B2, M+, 38 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐๏ธ Admission: Free
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Contemporary Art, Museum
๐ More Information: M+ โ Sigg Prize 2027
๐๏ธ Learn & Do
Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368โ1644
๐ July 1, 2026, to January 2, 2028 โ open all month
๐ Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday, Saturday and public holidays 10:00 AMโ8:00 PM; closed Tuesdays except public holidays, and the first two days of Lunar New Year.
Pair it with Do Ho Suh: the two buildings are a few minutes apart in West Kowloon, and one afternoon covers both.
๐ Location: Gallery 3, Hong Kong Palace Museum, 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Ceramics, Museum
๐ More Information: Hong Kong Palace Museum
November 2027
The ceramics court is open all month, and it closes on January 2, 2028.
This month has no page of its own yet: one dated November event sits below the three a month page needs. The re-run trigger is two more November 2027 dates appearing in an operator's own listing; the page is built at that point.
๐๏ธ Learn & Do
Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368โ1644
๐ July 1, 2026, to January 2, 2028 โ open all month
๐ Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday, Saturday and public holidays 10:00 AMโ8:00 PM; closed Tuesdays except public holidays, and the first two days of Lunar New Year.
It runs to January 2, 2028, so November is not a deadline: a slow hour here beats a fast one.
๐ Location: Gallery 3, Hong Kong Palace Museum, 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Ceramics, Museum
๐ More Information: Hong Kong Palace Museum
December 2027
The ceramics court closes on January 2, 2028, which makes December the last full month to see it.
This month has no page of its own yet: one dated December event sits below the three a month page needs. The re-run trigger is two more December 2027 dates appearing in an operator's own listing; the page is built at that point.
๐๏ธ Learn & Do
Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures from the Palace Museum, 1368โ1644
๐ July 1, 2026, to January 2, 2028 โ closing Sunday, January 2, 2028
๐ Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 10:00 AMโ6:00 PM; Friday, Saturday and public holidays 10:00 AMโ8:00 PM; closed Tuesdays except public holidays, and the first two days of Lunar New Year.
The last full month: it closes on January 2, 2028, so plan the visit before the new year.
๐ Location: Gallery 3, Hong Kong Palace Museum, 8 Museum Drive, West Kowloon
๐ท๏ธ Categories: Exhibition, Ceramics, Museum
๐ More Information: Hong Kong Palace Museum
๐ Eat & drink: No food or drink event in the street's scope has a published 2027 date, so this calendar has none. For where to eat around Upper Lascar Row, the Cat Street dining guide covers the streets either side of the stalls.