Hong Kong Events - March 2027
March 2027 is the busiest arts month of the Hong Kong year. Art Basel runs from 25 to 27 March at the Convention Centre, the Hong Kong Flower Show fills Victoria Park from 12 to 21 March, and the 55th Hong Kong Arts Festival is still in full swing. Pop's biggest draw comes early, with BTS at Kai Tak Stadium on three nights at the start of the month. Easter falls late, giving a long weekend from Good Friday on 26 March to Easter Monday on 29 March. At Temple Street it is a pleasant, mild month: the evening crowds return, the opera singers are out in the square, and the LCSD Cantonese-opera programme at Yau Ma Tei Theatre, a few blocks away on Waterloo Road, is running.
🎤 The big dated events
BTS World Tour - three nights at Kai Tak Stadium
📅 Thursday 4, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 March 2027 at 07:30 PM
The biggest tour of the year lands at Kai Tak Sports Park for three stadium shows.
Why go: this is the single largest visitor draw of the 2027 calendar, and hotel rooms across Kowloon sell out around it — book accommodation before you book tickets.
📍 Location: Kai Tak Stadium, Kai Tak Sports Park
🎟️ Cost: Ticketed, HK$799-3,299 — Live Nation HK
🏷️ Categories: MUSIC, CONCERT
🗓️ Status: Confirmed for 4, 6 and 7 March 2027
Hong Kong Flower Show 2027
📅 Friday 12 - Sunday 21 March 2027, 9am-9pm
The LCSD's annual flower show at Victoria Park, with this year's theme flower the China Rose and the theme "Blossoming Through Time".
Why go: ten days of display gardens and plant markets for the price of a bus fare, and a genuinely local crowd — go on a weekday morning rather than the weekend.
📍 Location: Victoria Park, Causeway Bay
🎟️ Cost: HK$14 adult, HK$7 concession
🏷️ Categories: FLOWERS, FESTIVAL
🗓️ Status: Confirmed by LCSD for 12-21 March 2027
Art Basel Hong Kong
📅 Thursday 25 - Saturday 27 March 2027
Asia's flagship contemporary art fair, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
Why go: the anchor of the city's art week — galleries from across the world in one hall, and the reason every other exhibition in town schedules around this weekend.
📍 Location: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai
🎟️ Cost: Ticketed — artbasel.com
🏷️ Categories: ART, FAIR
🗓️ Status: Confirmed for 25-27 March 2027
🎭 Easter, opera and the arts festival
Easter long weekend
📅 Friday 26 - Monday 29 March 2027
Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays, with the weekend in between.
Why go: the market trades on its holiday timetable and the district fills with local families — the best four evenings of the month for street food, but the busiest.
📍 Location: Hong Kong-wide
🎟️ Cost: Free
🏷️ Categories: HOLIDAY
🗓️ Status: Confirmed public holidays for 2027
Cantonese opera at Yau Ma Tei Theatre
📅 March 2027 - check the venue programme
The LCSD theatre on Waterloo Road, a few blocks from the market, runs a regular Cantonese-opera programme through the year.
Why go: a proper indoor companion to the impromptu opera you hear in the market square — small hall, cheap tickets, and it is on Temple Street's own doorstep.
📍 Location: Yau Ma Tei Theatre, Waterloo Road / Reclamation Street
🎟️ Cost: Ticketed; some performances are free
🏷️ Categories: OPERA, CULTURE
🗓️ Status: Venue and regular programme confirmed; the 2027 dates are published month by month on the LCSD e-calendar
Chinese orchestra and the arts festival
📅 Friday, 5 March 2027 at 08:00 PM
The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra performs The Flower Princess at the Cultural Centre Concert Hall as part of the 55th Hong Kong Arts Festival.
Why go: a Chinese-orchestra night minutes from the market, and an easy introduction to the arts festival if the classical programme feels like a stretch.
📍 Location: Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, Tsim Sha Tsui
🎟️ Cost: Ticketed, HK$250-550
🏷️ Categories: MUSIC, FESTIVAL
🗓️ Status: Confirmed for 5 March 2027; see hk.artsfestival.org
🖼️ Exhibitions and shorter listings
- M+, West Kowloon: Hong Kong: Here and Beyond 2027 opens on 13 March 2027 in the Main Hall Gallery; Myths and Monsters continues to 4 April 2027. mplus.org.hk
- Art Central — expected mid-to-late March on the Central Harbourfront, timed to Art Basel week. Annual fair; the 2027 dates are not yet confirmed. artcentralhongkong.com
- Hong Kong Heritage Museum, Sha Tin (free): HK Film Archive Stories - Treasure Hunting for 25 Years closes on 29 March 2027. heritagemuseum.gov.hk
- Hong Kong Museum of Art, TST (free): On Ink and Bamboo runs to 7 April 2027, alongside the permanent Proudly from Canton galleries.
- Hong Kong Palace Museum: Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures continues to 2 January 2028. hkpm.org.hk
🎨 Courses and workshops to book this month
- Chinese calligraphy and seal carving — the Hong Kong Art School at the Arts Centre in Wan Chai runs "Brushstrokes and Imprints", an eight-lesson course (about 12 hours) working from Zhao Mengfu's calligraphy, at HK$2,790-2,990 including materials, taught in Cantonese with English support. There is also a short three-lesson seal-carving workshop at around HK$80. Book at hkas.edu.hk.
- PMQ Taste Library workshops — food-culture workshops (recipe clinics and guest-chef sessions) at PMQ in Central, Wednesdays to Sundays, 1pm to 6pm, with a HK$20 day ticket for the library; workshops run about HK$80-320. Why March: it pairs neatly with an Art Basel afternoon in the same district. pmq.org.hk
- Temple Street Night Market Foodie Experience — Walk in Hong Kong's 2-3 hour evening walk with three street snacks, a claypot-rice dinner and a singing parlour, meeting at Jordan MTR. walkin.hk
- Brush calligraphy and ink painting — Art Connect and Communication in Kwun Tong, 1.5-hour sessions for up to eight people, materials and tea included, around US$65 each.
- Cantonese dim sum class with a wet-market tour — HK New Oriental Culinary Art, HK$1,080 per head (minimum two), Monday to Friday. hknoc.com.hk
🧭 Practical notes for March
- Art week pressure: hotel rates in Wan Chai and Central climb steeply around 25-27 March, so book accommodation early even if you are staying in Kowloon.
- Getting there: Jordan MTR is the closest station to the market; the Cultural Centre and the museums are one stop south. See how to get here.
- Timing: the market trades every evening and is busiest after dark; the Easter weekend is the busiest stretch of the month. Check the opening hours and closing time pages before a special trip.
- Entry and prices: free to walk; food, readings and the opera are paid, and any street-food figure is indicative. See the 2027 food guide and fortune-telling.
- Free alternatives: the Tin Hau Temple, the Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market and the Hong Kong Museum of Art in TST all cost nothing.
- Before you travel: confirm festival times and any Easter trading changes at Discover Hong Kong or on the best time to visit page.
