Causeway Bay Events - September 2027
September is the month Causeway Bay lights up. Autumn arrives in name only — it is still warm, with the tail of the typhoon season — but the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on 15 September 2027, and with it the lantern displays and moon-viewing that make it one of the prettiest nights of the year in Victoria Park.
The moon-viewing itself needs no ticket and no planning; the lantern carnivals that surround it are an annual fixture, though their exact 2027 dates and venues are not yet confirmed — we flag that clearly below.
🌕 Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival
📅 Wednesday, September 15, 2027 — public holiday Thursday, September 16
The festival itself is confirmed for 15 September, with the holiday the day after. Hong Kong celebrates by eating mooncakes, carrying lanterns and gathering under the full moon. In Causeway Bay the natural gathering point is Victoria Park, where moon-viewing on the lawns and along the waterfront is free and open to anyone.
📍 Location: Citywide; Victoria Park is the local gathering point, Causeway Bay
💵 Price: Free
🏷️ Categories: Festival, Cultural, Family, Traditional
🌐 More Information: see our Mid-Autumn Festival in Causeway Bay guide
Lantern carnivals and lamp displays
📅 Expected around September 15 — 2027 dates and venue details not yet confirmed
Every year the Leisure and Cultural Services Department stages lantern carnivals in the days around the festival, and Hong Kong's largest has traditionally been staged in Victoria Park. No 2027 programme has been published yet, so treat this as the expected pattern rather than a fixed date: check back closer to September for the confirmed schedule before you plan an evening around it.
📍 Location: Citywide — the largest displays have traditionally been in Victoria Park, Causeway Bay (2027 not yet confirmed)
💵 Price: Free
🏷️ Categories: Festival, Cultural, Family
🎓 Courses & Workshops
Rolling schedules rather than fixed 2027 dates:
Calligraphy and ink-painting workshops
📅 Rolling — weekend and evening sessions
Brush-calligraphy and ink-painting studios in Causeway Bay and Central run short introduction sessions throughout the year. A natural companion to the moon-and-poetry imagery of Mid-Autumn.
📍 Location: Studios in Causeway Bay and Central
💵 Price: Varies by provider and session length
🏷️ Categories: Course, Art, Culture
PMQ workshops and Taste Library (Central)
📅 Rolling — regular scheduled sessions
Design, craft and food workshops at PMQ, a short ride from the district — including seasonal mooncake-making sessions in the run-up to the festival when they are on offer.
📍 Location: PMQ, Central
💵 Price: Varies by workshop; book with the provider
🏷️ Categories: Course, Craft, Food
🌐 More Information: pmq.org.hk
Dawn tai chi and qigong on the Victoria Park lawn
📅 Rolling — most mornings, roughly 06:00–09:00
The regular morning groups on the central lawn; the weather starts to ease in September, so this becomes pleasant again.
📍 Location: Central lawn, Victoria Park, Causeway Bay
💵 Price: Free to observe; confirm any class fee with the group
🏷️ Categories: Course, Wellness, Tai Chi
🧭 Practical Notes
Plan the lantern evening once dates are confirmed
The festival date is fixed, but the carnival programme is not yet published. If a lantern evening is the point of your trip, check the LCSD and HKTB listings in the weeks before September rather than booking around an assumed date.
Moon-viewing
Victoria Park fills on festival evening and the nights either side. Go early to claim a spot on the lawn, bring a lantern if you have one, and expect the harbourfront to be busy into the night.
Mooncakes
Buy early — the good bakeries sell out in the week before the festival, and the classic custard and lotus-paste boxes are ordered weeks ahead.
Weather
Still warm and humid, with occasional typhoon activity. Evenings are the comfortable time to be out.