Hong Kong festivals and events 2027: month-by-month calendar

How to read this calendar

The holiday dates are Hong Kong's gazetted general holidays for 2027, published by the government. Macau has its own calendar; see Macau festivals and events. A general holiday does not tell you which shops or sights close, so check the places you plan to visit.

The traditional festivals follow the lunar calendar. Where the government list fixes a lunar date, such as Lunar New Year or Buddha's Birthday, we count the festival days from it and mark them as expected until the 2027 programmes are published.

January and February: New Year, Lunar New Year and the Lantern Festival

New Year's Day, Friday 1 January, is a general holiday.

Lunar New Year falls on Saturday 6 February. The holidays are 6, 7 (Sunday) and 8 February, with Tuesday 9 February added because the second day falls on a Sunday. Red decorations, flower markets and temple visits mark the season. The Hong Kong Palace Museum closes on the first two days of the Lunar New Year, so 6 and 7 February; do not assume that applies to every museum.

The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the new year, should fall on Saturday 20 February. Families eat tong yuen, sweet rice balls, and admire lanterns as the New Year festivities close.

March to May: Easter, Ching Ming and the Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Easter gives four general holidays: Good Friday 26 March, the following Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday 29 March.

Ching Ming, the festival for remembering ancestors, falls on Monday 5 April, and Labour Day on Saturday 1 May.

Buddha's Birthday, Thursday 13 May, is a general holiday; devotees bathe statues of the Buddha at temples, with ceremonies at Po Lin Monastery on Lantau and elsewhere.

The Cheung Chau Bun Festival, a Taoist ceremony on Cheung Chau island around Pak Tai Temple, runs from the 5th to the 9th day of the fourth lunar month, which should be about 10 to 14 May 2027, with the main day on 13 May. Expect the piu sik procession, lion dances, towers of buns and the bun-scrambling tradition. The Hong Kong Tourism Board says thousands of people take the ferry over for it; the 2027 programme had not been published.

June and July: Tuen Ng and Establishment Day

Tuen Ng, the Dragon Boat Festival, Wednesday 9 June, brings dragon-boat races and the water parade at Tai O on Lantau. The dates and venue of the 2027 international races had not been announced.

HKSAR Establishment Day, Thursday 1 July, is a general holiday.

September and October: the Fire Dragon, Mid-Autumn, National Day and Chung Yeung

The Mid-Autumn Festival evening should be Wednesday 15 September; the general holiday is the day after, Thursday 16 September. Families gather for mooncakes and moon-gazing.

The Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance runs on three nights from the 14th day of the eighth lunar month, which should be 14 to 16 September. A long dragon covered in burning incense sticks winds through the streets of Tai Hang, near Causeway Bay, to gongs and drums. Times and route for 2027 were not out yet.

National Day, Friday 1 October, and Chung Yeung, Friday 8 October, are general holidays.

December: Christmas

Christmas Day falls on Saturday 25 December; Sunday 26 is also a general holiday, and Monday 27 December is the first weekday after Christmas.