Hong Kong Events - February 2027
February 2027 is Chinese New Year month, and the whole calendar bends around it. Lunar New Year Day 1 is Saturday 6 February, the Eve is Friday 5 February, and the public holidays fall on 6, 8 and 9 February. On Temple Street that makes the Eve the single biggest night of the year — festival food, new-year decorations and lion-dance energy — while Day 1 itself is the quiet one, because many stallholders close for the family holiday. Expect a reduced number of stalls from 6 to 8 February rather than a shut market: this street has always traded through the holiday. The Lantern Festival closes the month on 20 February, and the city's arts festival opens in the middle of it.
🧧 Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year Eve at Temple Street
📅 Friday, 5 February 2027
The peak night of the market's year: festival food, new-year decorations and crowds that stay late.
Why go: this is the night the market is at its most Hong Kong — come for claypot rice and stay for the atmosphere, but arrive early, because by nine the street is shoulder to shoulder.
📍 Location: Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei / Jordan
🎟️ Cost: Free entry
🏷️ Categories: FESTIVAL, TRADITIONAL, MARKET
🗓️ Status: Date confirmed (CNY Eve, 5 February 2027). The market's New Year trading hours are not published in advance.
Lunar New Year Day 1 - the quiet night
📅 Saturday, 6 February 2027
Day 1 of the Year of the Goat. Many night-market vendors close for the family holiday, so expect fewer stalls open rather than a closed street.
Why go: if you want the market almost to yourself, this is the night — and the Tin Hau Temple stays open for New Year worshippers.
📍 Location: Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei / Jordan
🎟️ Cost: Free entry
🏷️ Categories: FESTIVAL, TRADITIONAL
🗓️ Status: Date confirmed. Vendor behaviour is an annual pattern, not a published 2027 roster — see the Chinese New Year 2027 guide nearer the date.
International Chinese New Year Night Parade
📅 Saturday, 6 February 2027 - evening
Tsim Sha Tsui's float-and-performance parade on Lunar New Year Day 1, a short ride south of Yau Ma Tei.
Why go: the biggest set-piece of the New Year in Kowloon — eat at Temple Street first, then walk down to the route.
📍 Location: Tsim Sha Tsui
🎟️ Cost: Free to watch from the route; some grandstand seating is ticketed
🏷️ Categories: PARADE, FESTIVAL
🗓️ Status: Date confirmed for 6 February 2027; line-up and route detail are published nearer the event — Discover Hong Kong
Lunar New Year fireworks over Victoria Harbour
📅 Traditionally the evening of Sunday, 7 February 2027
The harbour display is normally fired on Day 2 of the New Year.
Why go: the West Kowloon and Tsim Sha Tsui waterfronts are within reach of Yau Ma Tei and give the classic skyline backdrop.
📍 Location: Victoria Harbour
🎟️ Cost: Free
🏷️ Categories: FESTIVAL, FIREWORKS
🗓️ Status: Annual event; the 2027 display has not been gazetted, so treat 7 February as the expected date rather than a confirmed one
Lantern Festival
📅 Saturday, 20 February 2027
The 15th day of the first lunar month, which ends the New Year period with lanterns and temple visits around the city.
Why go: low-key and free, and the temples around Yau Ma Tei mark it — a good excuse for a second walk through the market.
📍 Location: Hong Kong-wide; the Tin Hau Temple area on Temple Street
🎟️ Cost: Free
🏷️ Categories: TRADITIONAL, FESTIVAL
🗓️ Status: Date confirmed for Saturday 20 February 2027
🎭 Arts, exhibitions and shorter listings
- 55th Hong Kong Arts Festival — opens 18 February 2027 and runs through February and March at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and venues across the city, with theatre, dance, music and opera. Tickets through hk.artsfestival.org and URBTIX. Confirmed festival window; the full programme is published ahead of the opening.
- M+, West Kowloon: Sarah Sze: Centrifuge opens on 6 February 2027 and LuYang: DOKU-Māyā Field on 27 February 2027; Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia continues to 4 April 2027. mplus.org.hk
- Hong Kong Palace Museum, West Kowloon: A Day in the City closes on 22 February 2027; Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures runs to 2 January 2028. hkpm.org.hk
- Hong Kong Museum of Art, TST (free): On Ink and Bamboo continues to 7 April 2027.
- Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Sha Tin (free): Miss You Much. Leslie 70th Birthday to 10 May 2027.
🧑🍳 Courses and workshops to book this month
- Dim sum workshop with tea — Yum Cha runs a private dim sum class daily from 3:30pm to 5:45pm (minimum eight people, maximum 20) at HK$550 per person including seven dim sum dishes, at its Central and Tsim Sha Tsui branches. Why February: it is indoors, it is warm, and it sits outside the holiday crowds.
- Dim sum courses at Martha Sherpa's Cooking School — the North Point school runs hands-on dim sum, wok and barbecue classes, with afternoon dim sum sessions from HK$1,680. No walk-ins: email ahead through cookery.com.hk.
- Cantonese dim sum class with a wet-market tour — HK New Oriental Culinary Art, HK$1,080 per head for the market class (minimum two) or HK$890-1,480 for the workshop, Monday to Friday year-round. hknoc.com.hk
- Temple Street Night Market Foodie Experience — Walk in Hong Kong's 2-3 hour evening walk, meeting at Jordan MTR. walkin.hk. Book an early-February date if you want the market to yourself; the New Year week is the busiest of the year.
- Tai chi in the district — LCSD's Yau Tsim Mong tai chi and qigong classes run all year, many of them free. lcsd.gov.hk
🧭 Practical notes for February
- Crowds: New Year week is the busiest of the year in Kowloon. Go to Temple Street before 6pm or after 10pm if you want to move freely, and expect peak pricing on the holiday nights.
- Closures: night markets are typically at their thinnest on Day 1, and individual stallholders close for two or three days; the street itself stays open. Check the opening hours page before a special trip in the first week of February.
- Getting there: Jordan MTR is the closest station. Parade road closures affect Tsim Sha Tsui rather than Yau Ma Tei — see how to get here.
- Entry and prices: walking the market is free; food and fortune readings are paid and any quoted price is indicative. See the 2027 food guide and the fortune-telling page.
- Free alternatives: the Tin Hau Temple and the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market are free and stay open through the holiday week.
- Before you travel: New Year hours and closures are re-announced each year. Check Discover Hong Kong and the CNY 2027 guide, or the best time to visit.
