Hong Kong Events - September 2027
September is Mid-Autumn month, and Tsim Sha Tsui has the best of it. The festival falls on Wednesday 15 September 2027, with the public holiday the following day, and the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza on the waterfront is the traditional home of the LCSD's giant lantern display โ an installation that normally stays lit from mid-September into early October. Moon-viewing from the promenade, mooncakes in every bakery and lanterns over the harbour make this the prettiest week of the autumn. The heat starts to break late in the month, and the typhoon risk eases as October approaches.
๐ Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
๐ Wednesday, September 15, 2027 โ public holiday Thursday 16 September
The harvest moon festival: families gather, eat mooncakes and pomelo, and carry lanterns after dark. On the harbour side, the moon rises over the Hong Kong Island skyline and the promenade fills with people watching it come up.
๐ Where: Hong Kong-wide; the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront and Kowloon Park are the local hot spots
๐๏ธ Tickets: Free
Why go: From the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade you get the moon over the skyline and the harbour at the same time โ the classic Hong Kong photograph.
๐ More information: Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade
Mid-Autumn lantern display at the Cultural Centre Piazza
๐ Expected mid-September to early October 2027 โ dates not yet confirmed
LCSD has installed a large lantern display at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza in recent years โ the 2026 edition ran from 17 September to 11 October โ and the 2027 installation is expected in the same window. The 2027 dates have not been published, so treat this as the usual pattern rather than a confirmed run.
๐ Where: Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza, Tsim Sha Tsui
๐๏ธ Tickets: Free
Why go: The most photographed lantern installation in Kowloon, lit against the harbour โ and free.
๐ More information: LCSD ยท traditional festivals
๐จ Exhibitions
Do Ho Suh: Belonging โ M+
๐ From September 2027
A major Do Ho Suh exhibition opens in the Main Hall Gallery at M+ this autumn, joining Landmarks: Architecture in Asia for the 21st Century in the West Gallery. The month's exact opening date has not been published.
๐ Where: M+, West Kowloon Cultural District
๐๏ธ Tickets: Ticketed museum admission
Why go: Suh's translucent fabric architecture is one of the most photographed bodies of work in contemporary art โ and M+ is five minutes from Tsim Sha Tsui by taxi.
๐ More information: M+ exhibitions ยท TST museums
๐ Courses & workshops
Dim sum, calligraphy and food walks
๐ Rolling through September 2027
Yum Cha's Tsim Sha Tsui dim sum workshop runs daily 3:30โ5:45pm at about HK$550 per person (min 8, booking via theloop.hk); Cookly and Maxim's Dim Sum Academy both list Cantonese cooking classes. Bing Shu Lab's Chinese calligraphy sessions run year-round in Tsim Sha Tsui, and Big Foot Tour or Walk Hong Kong can arrange private Kowloon food walks.
๐ Where: Tsim Sha Tsui and Kowloon
๐๏ธ Tickets: Book direct with each provider
๐ More information: Hong Kong cooking classes
๐งญ Practical notes
- Mooncake season: hotel and bakery mooncake boxes sell out in the fortnight before the festival โ pre-order if you want a specific brand.
- Festival night crowds: the promenade, Avenue of Stars and the Cultural Centre Piazza are packed on 15 September; come early and expect crowd-control arrangements.
- Holiday: 16 September is a public holiday, giving a midweek break โ book restaurants and any day trip ahead.
- Weather: still warm and humid early in the month, easing later; September can still bring a typhoon, so keep a flexible plan โ see opening hours for wet-day options.