Let us inspire you with our pick of what’s on and things to do in Hong Kong. Whether you’re looking for something to do this weekend or during the month, we might have great ideas for you.
Art & Exhibitions
GO Museum Magic StarSign
GO Museum is The Peak’s exhibition-performance venue; explore seven rooms which use mirrors, music, light, and shadow to create immersive 3D digital art experiences. Take photos inside these created galaxes during the 30-minute sessions.
When: 25 November until 2 January 2023
Where: [email protected] Galleria, L2, 201
Tickets: From HK$128. Buy tickets on Klook.
The Magical Safehouse Exhibition
SENS Gallery is pleased to announce “The Magical Safehouse” in collaboration with XU Gallery in Shanghai. The exhibition will showcase the work of Chinese artist Wang Jinbo. Stop by and explore the dreamlike worlds of Wang’s artworks, reflecting on the tranquility and repose he feels within the universe he creates.
When: Now until 10 December 2022, 11am – 7pm
Where: SENS Gallery, Room 08, 19/F, Landmark South, 39 Yip Kan St, Wong Chuk Hang
Tickets: Free admission
Half the Sky; The Sky is the Limit Exhibition
In support of the consequential cause of Jennifer Yu Cheng Girls Impact Foundation to nurture a strong talent pipeline of teen girls to become the “future ready” leaders of tomorrow, the exhibition Half the Sky; The Sky is the Limit brings together twelve artists, Hector Chan, Anna Ngan Leong Cheung, Winki Cho, Chui Pui Chee, Vivian Ho, Man Fung Yi, Mok Yat San, Ngai Wing Lam, Offgod, Sara Tse, Shi Xin Ji, and Xue Ruo Zhe, six males and six females from Hong Kong and China with the aim to inspire young girls to pursue their goals in life and to celebrate their diverse traits through art.
When: Now until 15 December 2022, 11am – 8pm
Where: Elements, 1 Austin Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tickets: Free admission
DIY Workshops
Christmas Wreath Workshop
Evergreen Christmas wreath symbolizes everlasting life and growth. In this 2-hour workshop, learn how to make a Christmas wreath out of fresh greenery and seasonal fruits, and adorns any part of your home, workplace, inside or out.
When: 11 December 2022, 12pm – 2pm
Where: Bonart, Shop 03-204A, 2/F, Barrack Block, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Rd, Central
Tickets: HK$880. Buy tickets on Bonart.
Christmas Floral Tree Workshop
Come along to the Hong Kong Academy of Flower Arrangement’s (HKAFA) series of Christmas floral art workshops to create authentic and natural Christmas decorations. Think velvety materials, textural cotton and branches paired with sparkly Christmas ornaments.
When: 13, 17 & 20 December 2022
Where: HKFAF, 10/F On Hong Commercial Building, 145 Hennessy Rd, Wanchai
Tickets: From HK$1,580. Buy tickets on HKAFA.
Bamboo Massage Candles™ (Boo) Workshop
Create your own personalised Bamboo Massage Candles™ (Boo) in this 2-hour workshop, guided by certified aromatherapists, for a sensory journey to discover how aroma can instantly transport you to another space and mood. From wintery pine to orange pomander, learn how aromatherapy benefits your mind, body and soul – come by yourself, with kids, family or friends!
When: 17 December 2022, 12pm – 2pm
Where: Bamboa, S304, Block Staunton, PMQ, Central
Tickets: From HK$480. Buy tickets on Klook.
Night Light / Cloisonné Painting / Neon Art Workshops
ARTemis’ art workshops will guide beginners through making cloisonné paintings (painting coloured glass designs made with metal filigrees), personalized neon art, and night lights. Beginners are welcome to come with no experience; basic designs will be provided.
When: Now until 31 December 2022
Where: ARTemis Rm B2, 1/F, Wing Tai Centre, 12 Hing Yip St, Kwun Tong
Tickets: HK$300 to HK$480. Buy tickets on Klook.
Food, Drink, Parties
Wine Appreciation Class by MyiCellar
Experience the fun of learning wine in this WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) qualified course with MyiCellar! Participants will also get to taste food to understand the interactions between food and wine. After this appreciation class, you will be well-prepared for becoming a wine professional one day!
When: 7 December 2022, 7pm – 8:30pm
Where: The Desk Sai Wan, 511 Queen’s Rd West, Sai Ying Pun
Tickets: HK$350. Buy tickets on Klook.
Meta Stages Magical Christmas & New Year Night
Join a one-of-a-kind dining experience with Meta Stages to celebrate your Christmas or New Year’s Eve evenings. The evening is filled with delicious food and wine, magic by Louis Yan, dance performances, and live music. When you book through Klook, you can enjoy a HK$300 lunch coupon and one bottle of red or white wine.
When: 24 – 26, 31 December 2022, 6:30pm – 10pm
Where: 6/F, V Point, 18 Tang Lun St, Causeway Bay
Tickets: HK$1,848 for adults, HK$638 for children aged 3 to 12. Buy tickets on Klook.
Expos & Festivals
UNIK ASIA Festival
The wait is over! Get ready for an international music festival at Central harbourfront featuring Asia’s popular artists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea! Besides the performance of top singers, there is also a fashion show of international trendy brands featured by DJ KING.
When: 10 & 11 December 2022
Where: Central Harbour Front Event Space, 9 Lung Wo Rd, Central
Tickets: From HK$1,280. Buy tickets on Klook.
The 22nd Hong Kong Homex 2022
The Home Furnishing Trends Expo, Homex for short, is the one-stop solution for household goods of the year. For 21 years, the expo has brought together furniture, appliance, decoration, and smart home equipment to promote creative and functional homeware. Visitors can also access the 20th Hong Kong Winter Food Festival held at the same time in Hall 3.
When: 24 – 27 December 2022
Where: Hall 1, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai
Tickets: HK$20, free admission for under-3s and over-65s. Pay with Octopus at entrance.
The 20th Hong Kong Food Festival
The annual Hong Kong Winter Food Festival brings foodstuff brands from Japan, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and Korea together over five days, attracting growing businesses and celebrity chefs every year. Find rare food products and discover cooking demonstrations at this food lovers’ fest.
When: 24 – 28 December 2022
Where: Hall 3, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai
Tickets: HK$20, free admission for under-3s and over-65s. Pay with Octopus at entrance.
Clockenflap Music & Arts Festival 2023
Clockenflap is back! Following a five-year hiatus, the much-loved festival is 100% confirmed to take place in 2023. Reclaiming its place as one of the most globally renowned events on Hong Kong’s cultural calendar, Clockenflap will return with the full, world-class festival experience that music fans in the city have come to know and love: a spectacular outdoor environment featuring multiple stages; a tempting array of irresistible F&B outlets; and an eclectic line-up of must-see international, regional and local acts. The event will also be freestanding, with festival goers able to move easily and without restriction between the various stages and attractions throughout the weekend.
When: 3 – 5 March 2023
Where: Central Harbourfront Event Space, 9 Lung Wo Rd, Central
Tickets: TBC
Shopping & Markets
Discovery Bay Christmas Market
Organized by Handmade Hong Kong, an organization with the drive to bring our community together to build, sustain, and inspire each other. The Sunday markets are part of a series of regular craft markets inviting Hong Kong creators to showcase their products. In the coming months they are putting a very special market for your Christmas shopping.
When: 11 December 2022, 11am – 6pm
Where: Discovery Bay Main Plaza, Discovery Bay
Tickets: Free admission
Christmas in HK with Lumations
Discover the sparkle of the season at Christmas in Hong Kong with Lumations! A variety of celebratory products are available for purchase, including artificial Christmas trees, decorated wreaths, garlands and holiday ornaments. After enjoying some festive Instagrammable moments, visitors can rest at the chill-out grove where NOC, one of the city’s most beloved coffee roasteries, will be offering warm beverages and winter-inspired, freshly baked pastries. In the spirit of Christmas and giving, all net proceeds will go to Branches of Hope – a local charity that works to better the lives of refugees in Hong Kong through educational and social care initiatives.
When: 10 – 25 December 2022, 12pm – 9pm
Where: PMQ, 35 Aberdeen St, Centra
Tickets: Free admission
Dance & Movement
The Nutcracker
Celebrate the season of whirling white snowflakes, dazzling ornaments and a magical world of toy soldiers with Hong Kong Ballet! Septime Webre’s holiday extravaganza The Nutcracker returns to bring festive cheer this December in a fantastical celebration of Hong Kong in the early 20th century. The Christmas Eve adventure begins at a lively party in an opulent gilded mansion where young Clara receives a special Nutcracker as a gift.
When: 16 – 18, 21 – 26, 28 – 31 December 2022
Where: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tickets: From HK$180. Buy tickets on URBTIX.
Radio and Juliet & Le Sacre du Printemps
World-renowned and multi-award-winning choreographer Edward Clug has dazzled ballet lovers around the globe with his collaborations with leading companies including Stuttgart Ballet, Zurich Ballet and Nederlands Dans Theatre. At the grand opening of this year’s Hong Kong Arts Festival (HKAF), Hong Kong audience members will be treated to two of Edward Clug’s ingenious creations that re-imagine enduring classics. Radio and Juliet is a modernised take on Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, boldly set to the music of Grammy-winning alternative rock band Radiohead. This love story — now steered by the cold hand of mechanisation — keeps audience members on the edge of their seats from start to finish with its surprises and dramatic irony.
When: 16 & 17 February 2023
Where: Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Rd, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tickets: From HK$150. Check HKAF’s website.
Music & Drama
Black Box Chinese Opera Festival 2022
The Xiqu Centre presents the Black Box Chinese Opera Festival for the fifth year. This year, four productions are coming to the stage, including two new original experimental operas: Asura Judgment – Solo Performance and The Imperial Decree. Farewell My Concubine will be performed in a new adaptation and Wenguang Explores the Valley returns with a new audio-visual experience at The Box in Freespace.
When: 14 October – 3 December 2022
Where: West Kowloon Cultural District, West Kowloon
Tickets: TBA. Check West Kowloon’s website.
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Playing the Piano 2022
Over the course of 40 years, Ryuichi Sakamoto has contributed greatly to the music world. Now for the first time in two years he is once again bringing music to our ears. This solo piano concert will be streamed online and runs for approximately an hour.
When: 11 December 2022
Where: Online
Tickets: HK$235. Buy tickets on Ryuichi Sakamoto’s website.
Chill Music Concert
Iceland’s cool winter landscapes have formed the inspiration for a unique musical language. Chill Music features breathtaking and sublime music by the greatest Icelandic composers. These include the 20th-century composer Jón Leifs, impactful and awarding-winning film composers Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson and Atli Örvarsson and popular minimalist composers Ólafur Arnalds and Eydís Evensen.
When: 14 December 2022, 8pm – 9:30pm
Where: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall, 5 Edinburgh Pl, Central
Tickets: HK$220. Buy tickets on URBTIX.
Callous Lurkers: Wellsaid X Arches EP Album Release Party
Support local bands Wellsaid and Arches and be the first to hear their collab at this album release party in Kowloon bay!
When: 23 December 2022
Where: Music Zone, Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay
Tickets: HK$420. Buy tickets on Tickcats.
Mamamoo Concert 2023
Something to look forward to for all Hong Kong Moomoos as South Korean girl group Mamamoo has just announced a stop in the city for the ‘My Con’ world tour! Ticketing details are still to be announced.
When: 7 January 2023
Where: TBA
Tickets: TBA
BLACKPINK ‘Born Pink’ World Tour
South Korean legendary girl group BLACKPINK has officially announced sales information for its stopover in Hong Kong! Its latest album Born Pink has debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album sales, the very first K-pop female group in history to make a double million sellers.
When: 13 – 15 January 2023
Where: AsiaWorld-Arena, Airport Expo Blvd, Chek Lap Kok, Lantau
Tickets: From HK$799. Buy tickets on Live Nation.
Westlife Concert 2023
Westlife are bringing The Wild Dreams Tour to Hong Kong on February 14, 2023 (Tuesday) at AsiaWorld-Arena. Let’s have the sweetest Valentine’s Day with Westlife’s greatest hits! The Wild Dreams Tour, which kicked off in the United Kingdom on July 1, 2022, saw the foursome serenading the audience with a string of classics, as well as latest hits. Westlife even surprised fans with an ABBA medley as a tribute to the Swedish supergroup. Now Westlife is ready to hit the road and meet fans in Asia once again.
When: 14 February 2023
Where: AsiaWorld-Arena, Airport Expo Blvd, Chek Lap Kok, Lantau
Tickets: From HK$699. Get pre-sale tickets on Live Nation (starting 28 November 2022).
OneRepublic Concert 2023
Grammy® nominated OneRepublic will bring their highly anticipated tour “OneRepublic Live in Conceert” to Hong Kong on 21 February 2023 at the AsiaWorld-Arena! Let’s enjoy the night with the first HK performance of “I ain’t worried” from the movie Top Gun : Maverick and other big hits!
When: 21 February 2023
Where: AsiaWorld-Arena, Airport Expo Blvd, Chek Lap Kok, Lantau
Tickets: From HK$599. Get pre-sale tickets on Live Nation (starting 13 December 2022).
Other
Moonlit Movies
Watch your comfort Christmas movies this year with the sound of waves in the background! From Home Alone to Love Actually, Die Hard to ELF, there will also be dinner and an on-site bar so you can enjoy cocktails as the sun sets on Tai Pak Beach.
When: 1 – 18 December 2022 (Thursdays to Sundays)
Where: Tai Pak Beach, Discovery Bay
Tickets: HK$90 to HK$140. Buy tickets here.
Hong Kong International Tennis Challenge 2022
The Bank of Communications Hong Kong International Tennis Challenge 2022 is a one-of-a-kind exhibition tennis event to be staged at the iconic Victoria Park Tennis Stadium from 23-25 December 2022. The first event in Hong Kong to showcase the world’s best men’s stars in almost 20 years, it will feature top-20 players alongside Chinese rising stars competing in a singles knock-out format over the three-day event period.
When: 23 – 25 December 2022
Where: Victoria Park Tennis Stadium, 1 Hing Fat St, Causeway Bay
Tickets: HK$350. Buy tickets on Cityline.
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