Hong Kong Events - February 2027
February is the month the whole district is built for. Chinese New Year Day 1 falls on Saturday 6 February 2027, with general holidays on 6, 8 and 9 February, and the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront becomes the stage for the International Chinese New Year Night Parade and the harbour fireworks. Expect the year's heaviest crowds at the promenade, the fullest hotels and the longest restaurant queues — and book both early. The other half of the month belongs to the arts: the 55th Hong Kong Arts Festival opens at the Cultural Centre on 18 February, and M+ opens two new exhibitions on 6 and 27 February.
🏮 Chinese New Year in Tsim Sha Tsui
International Chinese New Year Night Parade
📅 Saturday, February 6, 2027 (Day 1 of Chinese New Year) — evening
The parade traditionally follows the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront: from the Cultural Centre Piazza along Canton Road and Haiphong Road onto Nathan Road, with floats, dragon and lion dances and international performance troupes. Watching from the pavement is free; the seated grandstand areas are ticketed. The Hong Kong Tourism Board has not yet published the 2027 parade programme or route confirmation, so check before you travel.
📍 Where: Tsim Sha Tsui — Cultural Centre Piazza, Canton Road, Haiphong Road and Nathan Road
🎟️ Tickets: Free to watch from the street; seated stands ticketed when released
Why go: Outside the Cultural Centre you can stand a few feet from the floats — this is the single best free event on the Hong Kong calendar.
🌐 More information: HKTB Chinese New Year
Lunar New Year fireworks over Victoria Harbour
📅 Sunday, February 7, 2027 (Day 2) — evening (2027 display not yet confirmed)
A Lunar New Year fireworks display is traditionally launched over Victoria Harbour on the second day of the new year, and the Tsim Sha Tsui promenade is the classic viewing side. The 2027 display has not yet been gazetted, so treat the date as the usual window rather than a confirmed fixture.
📍 Where: Victoria Harbour; best viewing from the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade and Avenue of Stars
🎟️ Tickets: Free — arrive 90 minutes early for a promenade spot
Why go: From TST you are looking straight across at the Hong Kong Island skyline as the shells go up.
🌐 More information: HKTB events
Spring Lantern Festival
📅 Saturday, February 20, 2027
The 15th and final day of the Lunar New Year period, when lantern displays and the first full moon of the year close the festival. Traditionally a family evening of lantern-viewing and yuanxiao (glutinous rice balls); check LCSD listings for 2027 venues and timings.
📍 Where: Hong Kong-wide; Tsim Sha Tsui's waterfront and park spaces are the nearest options
🎟️ Tickets: Free
Why go: A slower, prettier counterpart to the parade — and far fewer crowds than Day 1.
🌐 More information: LCSD
🎭 Arts Festival & performance
55th Hong Kong Arts Festival
📅 Opens Wednesday, February 18, 2027 — runs through March
The city's flagship performing-arts festival opens on 18 February for its 55th edition, with the opening concert performed by the Montreal Symphony Orchestra with Bruce Liu. Programmes run at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and partner venues across February and March; the exact daily span is not published as a single window.
📍 Where: Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Tsim Sha Tsui, and citywide venues
🎟️ Tickets: Ticketed — the festival programme sells fast, so book on release
Why go: Opera, dance, recitals and theatre from around the world, with the main stage a two-minute walk from Tsim Sha Tsui hotels.
🌐 More information: Hong Kong Arts Festival
🎨 New at the museums
Sarah Sze: Centrifuge — M+
📅 From Saturday, February 6, 2027
In the Focus Gallery at M+, with a related Sze commission on the museum facade. M+ is a short taxi or one MTR stop from Tsim Sha Tsui in West Kowloon.
📍 Where: M+, West Kowloon Cultural District
🎟️ Tickets: Ticketed museum admission
Why go: Sze's orbiting, architectural installations are built to be walked through — give it an hour, then take in the harbour.
🌐 More information: M+ exhibitions
LuYang: DOKU—Māyā Field — M+
📅 From Saturday, February 27, 2027
A new LuYang work opens in The Studio at M+ at the end of the month, alongside the museum's continuing Myths and Monsters (to 4 April) and Lin Tianmiao & Wang Gongxin (to 9 May).
📍 Where: M+, West Kowloon
🎟️ Tickets: Ticketed museum admission
Why go: LuYang's digital avatars are the most talked-about moving-image work in Asia right now.
🌐 More information: M+ exhibitions
Closing soon: A Day in the City — Hong Kong Palace Museum
📅 Until Sunday, February 22, 2027
A Day in the City — An Experimental Study of Things Across Time ends on 22 February in Gallery 7 at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. While you are there, Heavenly Horses closes on 17 March.
📍 Where: Hong Kong Palace Museum, West Kowloon
🎟️ Tickets: Ticketed museum admission
Why go: A quieter, more conceptual Palace Museum show — the last week is usually the calmest time to see it.
🌐 More information: HK Palace Museum
🎓 Courses & workshops
Fai Chun calligraphy and dim sum classes
📅 February 2027
The last weeks of the Lunar New Year season are peak time for Bing Shu Lab's two-hour Fai Chun calligraphy workshop in Tsim Sha Tsui (ages 5+). On the food side, Yum Cha's Tsim Sha Tsui dim sum workshop runs daily 3:30–5:45pm at around HK$550 per person including seven dishes (min 8), with Cantonese cooking classes from Maxim's Dim Sum Academy and Cookly also bookable through February.
📍 Where: Tsim Sha Tsui
🎟️ Tickets: Book direct with each provider — the pre-CNY and CNY weekends sell out first
🌐 More information: Hong Kong cooking classes
🧭 Practical notes
- Public holidays: 6, 8 and 9 February 2027 are general holidays. Many small shops and family-run restaurants close for three to seven days around Day 1, while malls, hotel restaurants, museums and the MTR run on holiday schedules — see traditional festivals in Tsim Sha Tsui.
- Crowds and prices: hotel rates spike around Chinese New Year and restaurants in Tsim Sha Tsui should be booked roughly two weeks ahead.
- Best free vantage point: the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade and Avenue of Stars for the fireworks; the Cultural Centre Piazza for the parade. Crowd-control measures have applied around major events in the past.
- Light shows: the former nightly "A Symphony of Lights" was retired in 2026 and is not a 2027 fixture; the Tourism Board's replacement light festival has named Tsim Sha Tsui as a possible location but has published no dates.