Hong Kong Events - January 2027
January at Temple Street is the run-up to Lunar New Year. The market trades every evening as normal, the claypot-rice and hotpot stalls are at their best in the cool dry weather, and fortune-telling goes into its busiest season as people come for a reading before the new year starts. Chinese New Year Day 1 falls on Saturday 6 February 2027, so from the last week of January the street begins to turn red and gold. City-wide it is also a strong month: the big winter exhibitions are in their closing weeks, the arena calendar restarts, and the Standard Chartered Marathon closes the month's biggest Sunday.
🎆 The big dated events
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon
📅 Sunday, 17 January 2027
The city's biggest road race, starting on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui and finishing on Hong Kong Island.
Why go: the closed-road Kowloon start is the best Hong Kong sporting morning of the winter, and it is a short hop south of Yau Ma Tei — go early, because the elite runners pass in the first half-hour.
📍 Location: Start Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
🎟️ Cost: Free to watch; runners enter through hkmarathon.com
🏷️ Categories: SPORTS, MARATHON
🗓️ Status: Confirmed for Sunday 17 January 2027
BABYMONSTER World Tour in Hong Kong
📅 Saturday 9 - Sunday 10 January 2027 at 06:00 PM
Two arena nights from the K-pop group, at AsiaWorld-Arena out on Lantau.
Why go: the biggest pop booking of the month, and the reason Kowloon hotels fill on those two nights — if you want a Temple Street dinner before the show, eat early.
📍 Location: AsiaWorld-Arena, Hall 1, Chek Lap Kok
🎟️ Cost: Ticketed, HK$799-2,299 — Live Nation HK / Cityline
🏷️ Categories: MUSIC, CONCERT
🗓️ Status: Confirmed for 9-10 January 2027
Yo-Yo Ma plays Elgar with the Hong Kong Philharmonic
📅 Monday, 25 January 2027 at 07:30 PM
Soloist night at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, one MTR stop south of the market district.
Why go: a rare Hong Kong appearance by Yo-Yo Ma, minutes from Jordan — an easy pairing with an early evening of street food.
📍 Location: Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Tsim Sha Tsui
🎟️ Cost: Ticketed — hkphil.org / URBTIX
🏷️ Categories: CLASSICAL, MUSIC
🗓️ Status: Confirmed for Monday 25 January 2027
WESTLIFE 25: The Anniversary World Tour
📅 Wednesday, 27 January 2027 at 08:00 PM
Nostalgia arena night at AsiaWorld-Arena.
Why go: the month's second big arena show — book well ahead, this band's Hong Kong dates have sold out quickly before.
📍 Location: AsiaWorld-Arena, Hall 1, Chek Lap Kok
🎟️ Cost: Ticketed, from HK$699 — Live Nation HK / Cityline
🏷️ Categories: MUSIC, CONCERT
🗓️ Status: Confirmed for Wednesday 27 January 2027
🏮 Lunar New Year build-up
FEHD Chinese New Year fairs open
📅 Sunday 31 January - Saturday 6 February 2027
Hong Kong's Lunar New Year flower and gift fairs, held at 14 venues across the city. Traders set up over 28-30 January.
Why go: this is where the city buys its peach blossom, mandarin trees and festival decorations — walk one fair, then come back to Temple Street for dinner.
📍 Location: 14 venues including Victoria Park, Fa Hui Park and Cheung Sha Wan Playground
🎟️ Cost: Free entry
🏷️ Categories: FESTIVAL, TRADITIONAL
🗓️ Status: Confirmed by the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
Pre-New Year evenings at Temple Street
📅 Late January 2027 — annual pattern, no fixed date
Through the fortnight or so before the holiday the market fills with festive food, new-year decorations and lion-dance energy, and the Tin Hau Temple draws worshippers.
Why go: the atmosphere without the full New Year crush — both prices and crowds climb sharply once February starts.
📍 Location: Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei / Jordan
🎟️ Cost: Free entry
🏷️ Categories: FESTIVAL, MARKET
🗓️ Status: Annual pattern, not an official 2027 programme. See the Chinese New Year 2027 guide.
🖼️ Exhibitions and shorter listings
- M+, West Kowloon: Herzog & de Meuron: In Focus and Design Ah! both close on 10 January 2027, while Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia runs to 4 April 2027. mplus.org.hk
- Hong Kong Palace Museum, West Kowloon: A Day in the City to 22 February 2027; Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures to 2 January 2028; The Forbidden City and the World in Gallery 1 to 6 March 2028. hkpm.org.hk
- Tai Kwun, Central: Anne Imhof: House of Swans closes on 3 January 2027; the heritage galleries are free and open all month. taikwun.hk
- Hong Kong Museum of Art, TST (free): On Ink and Bamboo to 7 April 2027, plus the permanent Proudly from Canton galleries. hk.art.museum
- Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Sha Tin (free): Miss You Much. Leslie 70th Birthday to 10 May 2027. heritagemuseum.gov.hk
- Blue 25th Anniversary Tour — Friday 22 January 2027, 8pm, TIDES. Ticketed; see livenation.hk.
- Hong Kong Race Week (sailing) — expected late January into early February 2027. Annual event; 2027 dates not yet confirmed.
🧑🍳 Courses and workshops to book this month
- Temple Street Night Market Foodie Experience — Walk in Hong Kong's 2-3 hour evening walk: three street snacks, a claypot-rice dinner and a stop in a nostalgic singing parlour, meeting at Jordan MTR. Book at walkin.hk. Why this month: the food is at its best in the cool weather, and the walks run right through the New Year build-up.
- Cantonese dim sum class with a wet-market tour — HK New Oriental Culinary Art runs classes year-round, Monday to Friday: HK$1,080 per head for the market class (minimum two people), HK$890-1,480 for the workshop. Book at hknoc.com.hk.
- Brush calligraphy and Chinese ink painting — Art Connect and Communication in Kwun Tong runs 1.5-hour sessions, maximum eight people, materials and tea included, at around US$65 each. Several studios add Lunar New Year couplet-writing sessions in January and February; those fill quickly, so book before the holiday.
- Tai chi in Yau Tsim Mong — LCSD runs year-round classes across the district, many of them free. Search the district timetable at lcsd.gov.hk; bookings now go through the SmartPLAY app.
- Private markets and food walks — Big Foot Tour runs private Kowloon markets-and-food walks with no commission stops (bigfoottour.com); Walk Hong Kong has been running urban and heritage walks since 2003 (walkhongkong.com).
🧭 Practical notes for January
- Getting there: Jordan MTR station is the closest stop to the market. See the site's how to get here page for exits and the walking route.
- Timing: Temple Street trades every evening, and the food stalls and fortune-tellers are busiest after dark. Check the opening hours and closing time pages, which are updated when the pattern changes.
- Entry and prices: walking the market is free. Fortune readings are paid and vary by reader — treat any quoted figure as indicative. Stall prices are negotiable, so start low. See the fortune-telling page and the 2027 food guide.
- Book ahead: the two arena shows and the Yo-Yo Ma concert will be gone long before January. The New Year fairs need no ticket but are most crowded on their final evenings.
- Free alternatives: the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market and the Tin Hau Temple are free and a few minutes' walk from the stalls, and the Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui is free to enter.
- Before you travel: 2027 dates are announced by organisers through late 2026 and do change. Check Discover Hong Kong or Time Out Hong Kong, and see the best time to visit for how the market changes through the year.
