Hong Kong Events - May 2027
May is late spring tipping into summer: warm, humid and increasingly wet, with two public holidays and the first of the big stadium concerts of the season.
Labour Day opens the month, Buddha's Birthday gives a long weekend in the middle, and Bruno Mars brings four nights to Kai Tak Stadium — the biggest pop booking of the Kowloon summer.
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🎤 Concerts and Live Music
Bruno Mars — "The Romantic", Kai Tak Stadium
📅 7, 8, 11 and 12 May 2027
Four nights at Kai Tak Stadium, the 50,000-seat venue built on the old airport runway. The Tuen Ma line serves it directly from Kai Tak and Sung Wong Toi stations.
📍 Location: Kai Tak Stadium
🎟️ Tickets: ticketed — check Live Nation for the on-sale date
🌐 More Information: brunomars.com
Why go: four nights at a stadium that sold out its first season of shows — the biggest single booking in Kowloon this month.
Hong Kong Philharmonic — "Salute to Brahms: Piano Concertos" (second night)
📅 Saturday, 1 May 2027 at 17:00
The second of two performances of both Brahms piano concertos with the pianist Zhang Haochen, in the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre at the harbour end of Nathan Road.
📍 Location: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre, 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
🎟️ Tickets: HK$260–680
🌐 More Information: hkphil.org
Why go: the last classical date of the spring season on the Golden Mile, and a short walk from most of its hotels.
🎋 Holidays and Festivals
Labour Day
📅 Saturday, 1 May 2027 · public holiday
A public holiday and the start of the city's summer calendar. Shops and malls along Nathan Road are open and busy; some smaller businesses close.
📍 Location: Hong Kong-wide
🎟️ Entry: free
🌐 More Information: GovHK public holidays 2027
Birthday of the Buddha
📅 Thursday, 13 May 2027 · public holiday — long weekend 13–16 May
The Buddha's birthday, marked at temples across the territory and with a public holiday that makes a four-day weekend with the following days off. Bathing-the-Buddha ceremonies are held at temples around the city.
📍 Location: Hong Kong-wide, including temples in Kowloon
🎟️ Entry: free
🌐 More Information: GovHK public holidays 2027
Why go: a quiet, colourful temple day — and the long weekend makes it the best short-break month before the heat really settles in.
🔁 Every Sunday — Kowloon Park Kung Fu Corner
Kowloon Park Kung Fu Corner
📅 every Sunday, 14:30–16:30 · free
Free lion-dance and Chinese martial-arts demonstrations on the Sculpture Walk of Kowloon Park, a few steps off the west side of Nathan Road.
📍 Location: Sculpture Walk, Kowloon Park, 22 Austin Road
🎟️ Entry: free
🌐 More Information: LCSD
🍳 Courses, Classes and Tours This Month
These run on rolling schedules rather than on a fixed 2027 date — book direct and check the current timetable.
Private dim sum workshop and afternoon tea
Provider: Yum Cha, Tsim Sha Tsui · Fee: HK$550 per person, including seven dim sum dishes · When: daily, 15:30–17:45
Learn to pleat and steam dim sum, then eat the results with a full afternoon-tea set — a short, central introduction to Cantonese food that fits an afternoon between sights.
Temple Street Night Market foodie experience
Provider: Walk in Hong Kong · Length: 2–3 hours, evening
A guided evening walk through the night market at the top of Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei and Jordan, with three snacks, claypot rice and a traditional singing parlour.
🌐 Book: walkin.hk
Creative workshops at PMQ
Provider: PMQ, Central · Fee: workshops from about HK$80–320; day pass HK$20
The old police married quarters turned designer hub runs a rolling programme of craft and design workshops, plus a Taste Library. Take the Star Ferry across and make a day of it.
🌐 Book: pmq.org.hk
💡 Practical Notes
- Bruno Mars nights: Kai Tak Stadium empties onto the Tuen Ma line all at once — check MTR arrangements and allow extra time.
- Long weekend (13–16 May): one of the year's busiest for hotels and cross-border travel. See hotels on Nathan Road.
- Summer starts here: humidity climbs and showers become the norm — see the weather page and keep an indoor fallback among the attractions.
🔗 How to Keep Up
For the current line-up check HKTB Events at discoverhongkong.com, Time Out Hong Kong and the LCSD performing-arts e-calendar, plus URBTIX, Cityline and HK Ticketing. Anything described as date not yet confirmed is an annual fixture whose 2027 date has not been published — always check the organiser before travelling.