Planning your trip around festival dates

Several of Hong Kong's biggest festivals follow the Chinese lunar calendar, which means their Western-calendar date shifts every year — worth checking specifically for your travel dates rather than assuming last year's timing.

Lunar New Year

Confirmed for Saturday 6 February 2027. It's a three-day public holiday in Hong Kong (four if it overlaps a Sunday), though celebrations and decorations typically run for around two weeks either side. Expect many small, family-run businesses to close for several days, flower markets in the run-up, and major fireworks over Victoria Harbour.

Cheung Chau Bun Festival

Tied to the Buddha's Birthday in the Chinese lunar calendar, this typically falls in May, though the exact date moves year to year — 2026's festival ran in late May. Check the Hong Kong Tourism Board's current-year listing closer to your travel dates rather than relying on a fixed date.

Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival

Both are also lunar-calendar events, typically falling in September/October and May/June respectively — again, worth checking the specific year rather than assuming a fixed Western date.

Why this page exists. Festival dates are exactly the kind of specific, checkable fact that goes wrong if written from general memory instead of looked up for the actual year you're travelling — so we've confirmed the 2027 Lunar New Year date directly rather than estimating it.