Hong Kong Wishing Festival 2026
At the beginning of the new year, everything is renewed. The Hong Kong Wishing Festival will bring the first 'Light and Hope' float parade on the first day of the Lunar New Year, injecting luminous energy into the city and illuminating every Hong Kong person. Under the Lam Tsuen trees, wish cards flutter and wish lanterns shine. There will be float exhibitions, Lam Tsuen Voice, Lunar New Year market, game stalls, food plaza, and performances by numerous artists and singers, immersing you in a wonderful and bright wishing atmosphere. Let us look forward to the coming of the new year together. Come with your loved ones to Lam Tsuen to make wishes and pray for blessings, or walk along the Tsim Sha Tsui Avenue of Stars to welcome the blessings brought by the floats.
FestivalBlue House Mid-Autumn Lantern Sea 2026
Wan Chai’s Blue House Cluster turns ten years revitalised — and Mid-Autumn is the soft launch for the celebration.
From late August, more than 700 hand-painted lanterns light up Stone Nullah Lane and spill into the surrounding lanes: Stone Nullah, Kut On, Hing Wan, King Sing, and Queen’s Road East. Locals, illustrators, and pet owners painted them — so the streets feel like a neighbourhood guestbook in light.
While you’re there: charity Mid-Autumn stalls on the Blue House open space (handcrafts and pet goods supporting community conservation), a Nikon photo and short-film contest with walking photo tours, Citybus open-top H1M “moon-gazing” Island route, and a Red A collab lampshade exhibition.
Keep it neighbourly — quiet voices, leash pets, don’t touch the lanterns, take your rubbish with you.
📅 28 Aug – 14 Oct 2026
⏰ Lanterns lit daily 6:00–9:30 PM
📍 Blue House Cluster open space, 8 King Sing Street, Wan Chai
🔗 https://www.vivabluehouse.hk
FestivalOcean Park Halloween Fest 2026
Ocean Park goes full dark-rave this autumn — The Grave Rave is the brief, and the park means it.
Headline drop: Jackson Wang’s original fantasy IP Under the Castle lands at The Summit for the first time, folding fashion-dark aesthetics into a proper haunted walk. Around it, the usual Halloween heavy-hitters clock in — Voodoo Boo Terror Park, Troublesome Night 8, Forbidden Asylum — plus OPPA Scaremonies, a city-scale Ghoulish Cosplay Party, and over a hundred roaming ghouls hunting for your next cheeky snap.
Not only here for the screams: Bulu Boo Trick-or-Treat and Trick or Roll keep the kids (and the candy-hungry) busy; Horror-thrill Ocean Express and the Gala of Lights dark rave push the night into full sensory overload.
Daytime fest runs through early November; the biggest haunted nights land on select October–November dates when the park stays open late. Book park admission separately from haunted / VIP access tickets.
📅 5 Sep – 1 Nov 2026 (daytime fest)
⏰ Haunted nights: select dates 9–11, 16–19, 23–25, 30–31 Oct & 1 Nov, typically until 11:00 PM
📍 Ocean Park Hong Kong, 180 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Wong Chuk Hang
🎟 General admission from HK$538 adult / HK$269 child; haunted combos & VIP access sold separately
🔗 https://www.oceanpark.com.hk/tc/a-day-at-the-park/events/halloween-fest-2026
FestivalJCCAC Art Village Lantern Exhibition — Nostalgic Mid-Autumn Night 2026
Shek Kip Mei’s old factory village dresses up for Mid-Autumn — and the lanterns do most of the talking.
Over a hundred hand-painted lanterns by students and resident artists fill JCCAC’s art village. Lights come on from 6 PM; down in the L1 central courtyard you can guess riddles under the moon. Up on the L2 platform, Golden Joy Light & Shadow sets a free “nostalgic bar” photo corner — vinyl energy, Polaroid mood, no ticket needed.
The courtyard display and photo zone stay free all nine days. If you want to dig deeper: on 19 Sep there’s an AI × classical poetry art workshop (ages 12–18) and a Mid-Autumn ikebana session; on 27 Sep, a heritage tour of Golden Joy’s collection (postcard + Polaroid perk), plus a first-time JCCAC × BEAT FRIDAY “Factory Beats!” night of ’90s Cantopop with late studio openings. Workshop details and fees TBA — book when they drop.
📅 19–27 Sep 2026
⏰ Daily 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM · lanterns lit from 6:00 PM
📍 JCCAC Central Courtyard, 30 Pak Tin Street, Shek Kip Mei
🎟 Lantern display & photo zone: free
🔗 https://www.jccac.org.hk
FestivalCoffee Agenda 2026 @ PMQ
PMQ turns into a four-day coffee playground — the 11th Coffee Agenda, themed Adventure.
More than fifty coffee-life brands from Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Macau, and overseas take over the creative hub. On the ground plaza you look for your coffee personality: pour-over, milk coffee, signature drinks, and siphon, with demos from Tanpong Songpanich (2023 World Coffee in Good Spirits runner-up), Roosa Jalonen (2024 UK Barista Champion), and Sherry Hsu (2022 World Brewers Cup Champion).
Four ways in:
- #Personality — plaza tastings and those champion demos.
- #Lifestyle — Coffee × Zen, Movie, Art, and Craftmanship.
- #Professional — Gen C baristas Gentle Tam, Pearl Lau, and Wilson Chung at QUBE, plus Hong Kong’s first ORIGAMI CUP and the CP-Meiji × Ringo Cup.
- #Journey — more than ten local roasters, cuppings, and the path from seed to cup.
Eat between cups: 大孖點心 shrimp-and-pork siu mai, 啡濃 satay beef macaroni, doughbyhand × Justbread bagels, and Magnetic Bakery’s signature soft-centre Basque cheesecake. Fellow gear if you want to take the ritual home.
Side quests include a Coffeeder coffee walk, a multi-sensory tasting, roast-your-own-beans, a latte-art NFC card, and a day as a coffee judge.
One wristband, one person, one date — same-day re-entry is fine. Tasting vouchers work only at designated stalls during the event, and they run out. Packages are limited; purchases are final. On-site sales start Friday at 3 PM (a small number of tickets and tasting sets; Visa, Mastercard, WeChat Pay, Alipay, PayMe). Cash is not accepted.
📅 Fri 16 Oct 2026, 3:00–7:00 PM · Sat 17–Mon 19 Oct, 11:00 AM–7:00 PM
📍 PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central
🎟 Early-bird day pass HK$35 (POPTICKET through 15 Oct, 6 PM) · standard HK$45 · Package A (day ticket + tasting cup) HK$110 · Package B (day ticket + cup + tasting voucher) HK$150
🔗 https://pmq.hk/c5pJJ
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