Hong Kong will be abuzz with activity in the first half of 2025, with 93 mega events planned between January and June. The schedule, which was revealed on Tuesday, includes a variety of activities, from concerts and music festivals, to art exhibitions and cultural celebrations. The government expects that these events will bring 840,000 tourists to the city and generate revenue of about HK$1.8 billion.
The line-up of high-profile happenings in the city includes the much-awaited Coldplay Hong Kong concerts, family-friendly events like the upcoming AIA Carnival and The Big Bounce, the second edition of ComplexCon Hong Kong, and sports extravaganzas like the 2025 Hong Kong Sevens. Chinese New Year will be celebrated in a big way with the return of the Night Parade, Lunar New Year Fireworks Display, and Chinese New Year Raceday.
Some events began earlier this year that will run into 2025, which have been included in next year’s high-profile event line-up:
| DATE | EVENT |
| March 22, 2024-February 12, 2025 | Wu Guanzhong Art Sponsorship Thematic Exhibition Series: Wu Guanzhong: Between Black and White |
| April 12, 2024-July 2, 2025 | Art of Gifting: The Fuyun Xuan Collection of Chinese Snuff Boxes |
| June 29, 2024-January 5, 2025 | I. M. Pei: Life is Architecture |
| July 17, 2024-February 10, 2025 | A Laugh at the World: James Wong |
| September 21, 2024-April 6, 2025 | Guo Pei: Fashioning Imagination |
| September 25, 2024-February 7, 2025 | Bank of China (Hong Kong) Presents: The Origins of Chinese Civilisation |
| September 27, 2024-February 5, 2025 | ‘Glorious Voyage: Splendid Achievements of the People’s Republic of China in Its 75 Years’ Exhibition Series |
| November 13, 2024-January 12, 2025 | Sai Kung Hoi Arts Festival 2024 |
| December 12, 2024-February 14, 2025 | Design District Hong Kong (#ddHK) |
| December 18, 2024-February 16, 2025 | AIA Carnival |
| December 18, 2024-May 4, 2025 | The Forbidden City and The Palace of Versailles: China-France Cultural Encounters in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries |
| December 21, 2024-January 5, 2025 | HSBC Life The Big Bounce World Tour – Hong Kong |
| December 29, 2024-January 5, 2025 | Bank of China Hong Kong Tennis Open 2025 |
| December 31, 2024-January 1, 2025 | Hong Kong New Year Countdown Celebrations |
The events that begin in 2025 include fireworks displays, and celebrations related to the Cheung Chau Bun Carnival and Dragon Boat Festival. Here is the full list:
| DATE | EVENT |
| January 1, 2025 | Lucky Start (horse racing) |
| January 5, 2025 | Bank of China (Hong Kong) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Half Marathon (HK Section) 2024/25 |
| January 5-14, 2025 | IBF World Cup |
| January 6-9, 2025 | HKTDC Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair |
| January 6-9, 2025 | HKTDC Hong Kong Baby Products Fair |
| January 6-9, 2025 | Hong Kong International Stationery & School Supplies Fair |
| January 13-14, 2025 | Asian Financial Forum |
| January 16-19, 2025 | HKTDC Education & Careers Expo |
| January 17-25, 2025 | IBF Para Bowling World Championships |
| January 17-May 7, 2025 | The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: Cézanne and Renoir Looking at the World — Masterpieces from the Musée de l’Orangerie and the Musée d’Orsay |
| January 23-February 16, 2025 February 7-12, 2025 | Lunar New Year Lantern Display and Carnival 2025 |
| January 29, 2025 | International Chinese New Year Night Parade |
| January 30, 2025 | 2025 Lunar New Year Fireworks Display |
| January 31, 2025 | Chinese New Year Raceday |
| February 1, 2025 | FWD Insurance Chinese New Year Cup |
| February 9, 2025 | Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2025 |
| February 14-16, 2025 | Longines Hong Kong International Horse Show |
| February 18-20, 2025 | Consensus Hong Kong 2025 |
| February 19-22, 2025 | Hong Kong International Fur & Fashion Fair |
| February 24-March 30, March 2025 | 53rd Hong Kong Arts Festival |
| March 2025 | Milken Institute Global Investors’ Symposium |
| March-April 2025 | Entertainment Expo |
| March-May 2025 | 2024 Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism \ Architecture (Hong Kong) |
| March 2-6, 2025 | HKTDC Hong Kong International Diamond, Gem & Pearl Show |
| March 2-17, 2025 | Ap Lei Chau Hung Shing Cultural Festival 2025 |
| March 4-8, 2025 | HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show |
| March 7-9, 2025 | LIV Golf Hong Kong 2025 |
| March 8-9, 2025 | Creamfields Hong Kong 2025 |
| March 12-13, 2025 | 5th Annual Technology for Change Asia 2025 |
| March 12-14, 2025 | APLF Leather |
| March 12-14, 2025 | Fashion Access |
| March 12-14, 2025 | MATERIALS + |
| March 14-23, 2025 | Hong Kong Flower Show 2025 |
| March 15-July 13, 2025 | Picasso for Asia: A Conversation |
| March 16, 2025 | The 18th Asian Film Awards |
| March 17-20, 2025 | Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) |
| March 19, 2025 | MarketingPulse and eTailingPulse |
| March 21-23, 2025 | ComplexCon Hong Kong 2025 |
| March 23, 2025 | BMW Hong Kong Derby |
| March 26-27, 2025 | JUMPSTARTER 2025 |
| March 26-20, 2025 | Art Central 2025 |
| March 26-April 27, 2025 | WestK FunFest 2025 |
| March 28, 2025 | One Earth Summit |
| March 28-29, 2025 | Museum Summit |
| March 28-29, 2025 | Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2025 |
| March 28-30, 2025 | Art Basel Hong Kong 2025 |
| April-June 2025 | 2025 Hong Kong Reading+ |
| April-July 2025 | Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2025 |
| April-July 2025 | Cultural Relics of Qin and Han Dynasties |
| April 6-9, 2025 | HKTDC Hong Kong International Lighting Fair (Spring Edition) |
| April 6-9, 2025 | HKTDC Smart Lighting Expo |
| April 6, 2025-May 6, 2025 | Bun Carnival 2025 |
| April 8, 2025 | Cheung Chau Bun Festival |
| April 9, 11 & 12, 2025 | Coldplay: Music Of The Spheres World Tour |
| April 10-21, 2025 | 49th Hong Kong International Film Festival |
| April 11-24, 18-21, 27-30, 2025 | April 2025 Global Sources Hong Kong Shows |
| April 13-16, 2025 | HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Spring Edition) |
| April 13-16, 2025 | InnoEX |
| April 15-16, 2025 | World Tourism Cities Federation Hong Kong Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2025 |
| April 27, 2025 | FWD Champions Day |
| April 27-30, 2025 | Home InStyle |
| April 27-30, 2025 | Fashion InStyle |
| April 27-30, 2025 | HKTDC Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair |
| April 27-30, 2025 | Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair |
| April 27-30, 2025 | DeLuxe PrintPack Hong Kong |
| May 2025 | French May Arts Festival |
| May 2025 | World Customs Organization Asia / Pacific Regional Heads of Customs Administrations Conference |
| May-October 2025 | Hong Kong Comedy Comics |
| May 14-16, 2025 | HOFEX |
| May 19-21, 2024 | Global Prosperity Summit 2025 |
| May 26-27, 2025 | Asia Summit on Global Health |
| May 26-28, 2025 | HKTDC Hong Kong International Medical and Healthcare Fair |
| June 2025 | Volleyball Nations League Hong Kong |
| June 2025 | 2025 Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races |
| June-September 2025 | Chinese Culture Festival 2025 |
| June-September 2025 | Chinese Opera Festival 2025 |
| June 11-14, 2025 | International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) 2025 Annual Meeting |
| June 12-15, 2025 | International Travel Expo Hong Kong and MICE Travel EXPO |
| June 19-22, 2025 | Jewellery & Gem ASIA Hong Kong |
The calendar also features new events like the IBF World Cup bowling in January 2025, and a months-long exhibition of 52 impressionist works by French masters Paul Cezanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, on loan from the Musee de l’Orangerie and Musee d’Orsay in France, at the Hong Kong Museum of Art from January to May next year.
Header image credits: AIA Carnival, Coldplay, Hong Kong Sevens
