Hong Kong Events - January 2027
January is cool, dry and clear by Hong Kong standards, and it is the last quiet stretch in Tsim Sha Tsui before Chinese New Year. It is also one of the biggest months of the year for headliners: the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon closes Nathan Road to traffic, the Hong Kong Philharmonic brings Yo-Yo Ma to the Cultural Centre, and two arena tours pull their crowds through Kowloon. The Tsim Sha Tsui East festive illuminations stay lit into early March, and from the last week of the month the district flips over to Lunar New Year, with Fai Chun calligraphy, flower stalls and a booking rush on hotels.
π Sport on the doorstep
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2027
π Sunday, January 17, 2027 β Youth Run Saturday 16 January; Marathon Expo 13β16 January
The marathon starts on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui and runs out across Kowloon and the harbour. Entry is ticketed and sells out, but watching is free and the Tsim Sha Tsui start is the most accessible stretch of the whole route.
π Where: Start on Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui; finish and route across Kowloon and Hong Kong Island
ποΈ Tickets: Runners enter in advance; free for spectators
Why go: It is the one morning of the year Nathan Road belongs to runners, not traffic β get there before 6am for the elite start.
π More information: Hong Kong Marathon official site
π΅ Music & concerts
Yo-Yo Ma plays Elgar β Hong Kong Philharmonic
π Monday, January 25, 2027 at 7:30pm
Yo-Yo Ma joins the Hong Kong Philharmonic for Elgar's Cello Concerto in the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre β a two-minute walk from most Tsim Sha Tsui hotels.
π Where: Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
ποΈ Tickets: Ticketed β book through URBTIX as soon as the run opens
Why go: A genuine once-a-decade soloist booking, in the venue that anchors the district's cultural life.
π More information: Hong Kong Philharmonic
BABYMONSTER World Tour (μΆ€ / CHOOM)
π Saturday 9 β Sunday 10 January 2027 at 6pm
The K-pop group's Hong Kong arena dates, priced HK$799β2,299. AsiaWorld-Arena sits next to the airport on Lantau; Kowloon Station (one stop from Tsim Sha Tsui via Elements) is the Airport Express interchange.
π Where: AsiaWorld-Arena, Lantau (via Airport Express from Kowloon Station)
ποΈ Tickets: Ticketed, HK$799β2,299
Why go: The easiest big-arena night out from TST β allow an hour each way and buy the Airport Express return.
π More information: AsiaWorld-Expo events
Westlife 25: The Anniversary World Tour
π Wednesday, January 27, 2027 at 8pm
The Irish group's 25th-anniversary show at AsiaWorld-Arena, tickets from HK$699.
π Where: AsiaWorld-Arena, Lantau
ποΈ Tickets: Ticketed, from HK$699
Why go: A nostalgia arena night β pair it with a late supper back in Tsim Sha Tsui, where the kitchens run past midnight.
π More information: AsiaWorld-Expo events
π¨ Exhibitions on show this month
Museums around Tsim Sha Tsui
π On display through January 2027
January is the strongest month of the winter for exhibitions. At the Hong Kong Museum of Art, On Ink and Bamboo: The Hua-e Jiaohui Lou Donation runs to 7 April 2027 (free). Across the harbour at M+, Myths and Monsters: The Art of Fantasy in Asia runs to 4 April and Lin Tianmiao & Wang Gongxin: Here and There to 9 May. At the Hong Kong Palace Museum, Heavenly Horses closes 17 March, A Day in the City closes 22 February, and the long-running Forbidden City and the World and Brilliance: Ming Dynasty Ceramic Treasures continue into 2028. The Tretyakov and Silk Roads shows run to 26 March and 26 April respectively, on tentative dates.
π Where: HK Museum of Art (10 Salisbury Road, TST); M+ and HK Palace Museum in West Kowloon, one short taxi or MTR hop away
ποΈ Tickets: HKMoA permanent galleries are free; M+ and HKPM charge for ticketed shows
Why go: No other district puts a free museum, a world-class contemporary gallery and the harbour in one afternoon.
π More information: Museums in Tsim Sha Tsui Β· current exhibitions
π Courses & workshops
Bing Shu Lab β Fai Chun calligraphy workshop
π JanuaryβFebruary 2027 (seasonal peak)
Two-hour Chinese calligraphy sessions in Tsim Sha Tsui where you write your own Lunar New Year Fai Chun banners. Suitable for ages 5 and up; the JanβFeb run-up to Chinese New Year is the busiest window.
π Where: Bing Shu Lab, Tsim Sha Tsui
ποΈ Tickets: Per-session fee; book ahead in the pre-CNY weeks
Dim sum workshops and food walks
π Rolling schedule
Yum Cha's Tsim Sha Tsui branch runs a private dim sum workshop with an afternoon tea set (daily 3:30β5:45pm, min 8 people, around HK$550 per person, booking via theloop.hk); Maxim's Dim Sum Academy offers a Cantonese cooking class from about US$24.55 through Klook; Cookly lists a three-hour private class with a chef in Kowloon at about US$362. Private Kowloon markets and food walks can be arranged with Big Foot Tour or Walk Hong Kong.
π Where: Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon venues
ποΈ Tickets: Book direct with each provider
π More information: cooking classes in Hong Kong Β· Big Foot Tour
Kowloon Park tai chi and Kung Fu Corner
π Daily 6β8am (tai chi); Sundays 2:30β4:30pm (Kung Fu Corner)
Tai chi groups practise on the lawns of Kowloon Park at dawn and visitors are welcome to watch or join in; it is free. On Sunday afternoons the park's Sculpture Walk hosts Kung Fu Corner, with free lion-dance and kung fu demonstrations.
π Where: Kowloon Park, Tsim Sha Tsui
ποΈ Tickets: Free
π More information: Kowloon Park guide
π§ Practical notes
- Public holidays: New Year's Day, 1 January 2027, is a general holiday. Chinese New Year Eve falls on 5 February and Day 1 on Saturday 6 February, so from late January hotel rates climb and restaurants fill β see Chinese New Year in Tsim Sha Tsui.
- Marathon morning: Nathan Road and the Salisbury Road area close to traffic around the start. Use the MTR and allow extra time; the Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations stay open.
- Light shows: the old nightly "A Symphony of Lights" was retired in the second half of 2026 and is not running as a 2027 fixture. The Hong Kong Tourism Board's replacement light festival names Tsim Sha Tsui among possible locations, but no 2027 dates have been published.
- Getting around: see how to get to Tsim Sha Tsui and opening hours before you plan a day.