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XXX L 4 XXX Ching Ming, and Chung Yeung Festivals

To visitors these are simply two public holidays that fall in spring and autumn. For locals, though, these are days to pay respects to their ancestors. Many families visit graveyards and older hillside graves to tidy them up and make offerings.

Various Locations

April & October (Lunar calendar date)



XXX L 4 XXX Chinese (Lunar) New Year

The biggest festival in the Chinese calendar, when everyone makes the effort to get home and spend it with their families. It’s the one time of the year when Hong Kong feels quiet, with many shops and businesses closed. Major events held over the three-day holiday include a huge fireworks display over the harbour, and a street parade of floats, performers and marching bands from around the world.

Various Locations

February (Lunar calendar date)



XXX L 4 XXX Cheung Chau Bun Festival

One of Hong Kong’s unique events, this week-long festival culminates in a parade of costumed children on stilts, and a mad race to the top of bun-clad bamboo towers. The higher the bun, the greater the glory!

Cheung Chau island

www.cheungchau.org

May (Lunar calendar date)



XXX L 4 XXX Cricket Sixes

Your best chance to see international cricket in East Asia, the weekend-long Sixes is cricket’s answer to the Rugby Sevens. As with the Sevens, the Sixes follows a format that encourages a faster, more entertaining game, attracting a wider audience than the usual cricket buffs.

Kowloon Cricket Club

www.hksixes.com

November



XXX L 4 XXX Dragon Boat Festival

The official name is the ‘Tuen Ng Festival’, but you’ll remember it as the dragon boat festival. Head to the seafront to see teams of around 20 sitting in slender dragon boats, paddling furiously to the beat of their drummers. Local races are held near fishing villages such as Aberdeen and Stanley, with the international races usually held a week or so later in Sha Tin. Check with the Tourist Board for the exact details of where and when to see them.

Various Seafront Locations

www.discoverhong kong.com

June (Lunar calendar date)



XXX L 4 XXX Hong Kong Arts Festival

Get a dose of culture at Hong Kong’s main arts event. With a mix of overseas and local artists, and a variety of music, theatre, dance, popular entertainment and film programmes, you’re sure to find something that catches your fancy.

Various Locations

www.hk.arts festival.org

February - March



XXX L 4 XXX Hong Kong Flower Show

If you enjoy flowers, this is a colorful show of pot plants, flower arrangements and large landscape displays. If it inspires you to bring a little life into your apa...