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Charmaine Yu

Few celebrations illuminate Hong Kong quite like the Mid-Autumn Festival, a time to light up the streets with glowing lanterns, gaze at the moon and share mooncakes with loved ones.
This weekend features many Mid-Autumn-themed activities to make it a little more fun. Here are five things to do in Hong Kong to elevate your celebrations.
1. An Evening of Lunar Resonance
Visual art and music collide in this Mid-Autumn chamber music event happening on Saturday.
“Design × Chinese Orchestra: An Evening of Lunar Resonance” is an exclusive one-night concert hosted by the Hong Kong Design Centre and the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.

The 45-minute show fuses modern spatial design with classical chamber music, highlighting local heritage design exhibits alongside festive displays such as Italian designer Stefano Giovannoni’s glowing Qeeboo Rabbit Chairs.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra will celebrate its 50th anniversary by performing a selection of classic and moon-inspired pieces.
Tickets are HK$120 (US$15), though a 50 per cent discount is offered to full-time students and seniors. More information can be found here.
The Steps, 2/F, DX Design Hub, 280 Tung Chau Street, Sham Shui Po
2. Mid-Autumn K-Festival Week

The Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated widely across Asia, including South Korea, where it is known as Chuseok. Running until September 27, the “Mid-Autumn K-Festival Week” market is taking place at Central Market, organised by the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation Hong Kong Branch, and Central Market, and held under the patronage of the Korean Consulate General.
Having begun on September 21, this seven-day event is a showcase of Korean food. Though Friday’s cooking workshop hosted by monk chef Seonjae from the hit Netflix show Culinary Class Wars is already full, chefs Park Joon-woo and Lim Hee-won also host masterclasses on September 26 and 27, respectively, with no reservations needed to view.
Visitors can also explore the Korean marketplace and K-beauty workshops at the festival. More information can be found here.
Central Market, 93 Queen’s Road, Central
3. Full Moon Sound Bath and Tea Ritual
Hosted by Sacred Space Therapy and Wellness, this sound bath and tea ritual is an intimate holistic gathering taking place on Saturday night.
Designed to be a session of mindful resting, it is perfect for those who find it difficult to switch off even while on holiday and away from work.












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The 90-minute experience honours the harvest moon through a mindful tea ceremony and guided meditation. Every attendee will receive a mooncake made by a local artisan to celebrate the festival.
Tickets range from HK$425 to HK$450. For more information or to sign up, click here.
Room 2, 24/F, Wai Wah Commercial Centre, 6 Wilmer Street, Sai Ying Pun
4. Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival

Those looking to shop over the weekend are in luck as an open-air artisan market will be embedded inside the flagship Lantern Carnival hosted annually at Victoria Park.
Organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival 2026 runs until October 4 and features spectacular lantern installations as well as a wide range of performances – including a fire dragon dance.
Beyond the lanterns, a creative market offers festive trinkets, handmade accessories and local crafts straight from independent artisans. Visitors can also enjoy traditional knot-weaving activities, riddle games and live entertainment.
Installations will be lit daily from 6.30pm to 11pm, with extended hours until midnight on Friday. Admission is free.
Victoria Park, 1 Hing Fat Street, Causeway Bay
5. Lee Tung Avenue

Those looking for even more shopping opportunities can also head to Lee Tung Avenue, where 800 Chinese red lanterns light up the street.
Until Friday, visitors can explore the pop-up store by century-old Hong Kong pastry brand Hang Heung Cake Shop offering a treat in which the traditional “wife cake” meets the mooncake.
Furthermore, from September 25 until October 7, Lee Tung Avenue is offering spending rewards. For every HK$1,000 spent there, customers can receive a HK$100 dining and shopping coupon – just make sure to use an approved electronic payment.
Extra festivities, such as an LED fire dragon dance, are also scheduled for Friday night, starting at 8.30pm.
Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai


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Spectacular lantern installations are displayed as part of the Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival 2026 at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, which also features a wide range of performances. Photo: Dickson Lee

A poster for “Design × Chinese Orchestra: An Evening of Lunar Resonance”. Photo: Instagram/hkco.official and hkdesigncentre 

A seven-day South Korean festival at Central Market will see chefs including monk chef Seonjae from the hit Netflix show Culinary Class Wars host masterclasses. Photo: Instagram/midautumn.kfest

The Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnival 2026 is running until October 4. Photo: Dickson Lee

This Mid-Autumn Festival, Lee Tung Avenue welcomes a pop-up store by Hong Kong pastry brand Hang Heung Cake Shop. Photo: Lee Tung Avenue

History of mooncake moulds and their designs, and those preserving the craft

(Left) Wooden mooncake moulds for sale at Man Kee Chopping Board in Hong Kong; and (right) mooncakes from Lung King Heen, which makes only small batches of its handmade artisanal mooncakes each year. We look at others helping preserve the ancient craft and how the design of the snacks has changed over the centuries. Photos: Charmaine Mok/Four Seasons Hong Kong

Vintage mooncake moulds once used at Hong Kong’s now-closed Tak Yu Restaurant, which opened in the 1920s and closed in 2012, are displayed at Artellex Galerie in Cheung Sha Wan. Photo: Charmaine Mok

Artellex Galerie’s founder Alex Chan stands beside a display of vintage mooncake paraphernalia, including wooden moulds, mooncake tins and menus featured at the “After Taste exhibition”. Photo: Charmaine Mok

A Buddha mooncake mould (left) and a “piggy biscuit” mould (right) on display at Artellex Galerie as part of its “After Taste” exhibition. Photo: Artellex Galerie/Charmaine Mok

Lung King Heen’s dim sum head chef Lo Kin-ming puts the final touches on a batch of mooncakes. Photo: Four Seasons Hong Kong

Wooden mooncake moulds for sale at Man Kee Chopping Board in Hong Kong’s Yau Ma Tei neighbourhood. Photo: Charmaine Mok

How Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns are traditionally made and an artisan defending the craft

Rabbit lanterns made by Hong Kong fashion designer and lantern artist Wan Wong, who continues to keep the traditional ways of making Mid-Autumn Festival lanterns alive. Photo: Wan Wong

Wan Wong makes a lion head (used for lion dances), another of the traditional crafts she keeps alive. Photo: Wan Wong

Goldfish lanterns made by Wong. Photo: Wan Wong

A star fruit lantern made by Wong. Photo: Wan Wong

A butterfly lantern made by Wong. Photo: Wan Wong

Attendees show off their goldfish lanterns at a lantern-making workshop jointly run by Wan Wong and the Hong Kong Design Centre. Photo: Wan Wong

What are five-kernel mooncakes? A history of the protein-packed Mid-Autumn Festival treat

Five-kernel mooncakes from the InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui. We dive into the rich history of these “wuren” mooncakes, from ancient origins to modern interpretations. Photo: Jonathan Wong

The five kernels symbolise completeness and harmony. Photo: Tom Wang

An assortment of mooncakes from Lung King Heen. Photo: Lung King Heen

A guide to Hong Kong’s bitter herbal teas and how Gen Z is reviving the health tradition

A staff member fills bowls with herbal tea known as leung cha ("cooling tea") from a giant copper pot at Pak Po Tong on Temple Street in Hong Kong. Photo: Elson Li

A customer drinks herbal tea at Pak Po Tong on Temple Street in Hong Kong. Photo: Elson Li

Author and food writer Lui Ka-chun says that cooling teas are usually for southern Chinese ailments such as dampness and excessive heat. Photo: courtesy of Lui Ka-chun

Keung Wai-kwan, the second-generation owner of Pak Po Tong, at her shop on Temple Street. Photo: Elson Li

TCM practitioner Samuel To says cooling teas should be used as needed rather than consumed indiscriminately.  Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Gen Z’s focus on wellness has triggered a resurgence in the popularity of leung cha. Photo: Shutterstock

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Lantern carnivals, fire dragon dances, a Korean food extravaganza and more await Hongkongers this Mid-Autumn Festival weekend


Lantern carnivals, fire dragon dances, a Korean food extravaganza and more await Hongkongers this Mid-Autumn Festival weekend.


5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this Mid-Autumn Festival weekend, September 25-27

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1. An Evening of Lunar Resonance

Lantern carnivals, fire dragon dances, a Korean food extravaganza and more await Hongkongers this Mid-Autumn Festival weekend