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Kylie Knott

The Mid-Autumn Festival – celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, when the moon is fullest – is one of the most important events on the Chinese festival calendar. This year, it falls on October 6.
Families unite to enjoy mooncakes and light lanterns, with the city hosting events to help people get into the festive mood.
One of the biggest celebrations is the Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, which will take place on October 5 (7.30pm-10pm ), October 6 (7.30pm-11.30pm ) and October 7 (7.30pm-10pm) on the streets of Tai Hang in Causeway Bay.
The dance, a Hong Kong intangible cultural heritage event, involves a 67-metre (220-foot) dragon made with tens of thousands of incense sticks and paraded by 300 performers.

Lanterns are key to the Mid-Autumn Festival, with people flocking to parks and public spaces to enjoy elaborate displays.
From now until October 7, Victoria Park, in Causeway Bay, will host a lantern carnival, lit up between 6.30pm and 11pm each evening, and until midnight on October 6. The carnival features five displays that incorporate the five elements in traditional Chinese philosophy: metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
One highlight is a 12-metre-high lantern called “A Feast of Fire and Flowers” that resembles an ornate crown. Other activities include a fire dragon dance, traditional handicraft demonstrations, and a market with pop-up shops and food stalls.
Head to the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza in Tsim Sha Tsui if you are in the mood for a little more lantern gazing from now until October 19. The lanterns will be lit from 6.30pm-11pm, and until midnight on October 6.
However, if you are looking for more low-key ways to celebrate the festival, then read on.
1. Canoe through Tai Po’s mangrove forest

Outdoor adventure company SupwayHK is celebrating the festival with the return of its canoe night tours that wind through the mangrove forests in Hong Kong’s Tai Po area, in the New Territories.
“As well as an endless starry sky, participants can expect to see many animal species in the mangrove area, such as the unique mangrove tree-climbing crabs and the goats of [the uninhabited island of] Yeung Chau,” says Dick Chan, a co-founder of SupwayHK, adding that experience is not needed. “We will provide teaching and lead the entire activity.”
The event will be held from October 3-6, from 6.30pm-9.30pm each night. Tickets cost HK$500 (US$64) per person.
For registration details, direct message SupwayHK’s Instagram account, @supwayhk
2. Urban camping and cinema under the moon
If indulging in South Korean comfort food while watching a movie sounds like your ideal night, then The Porch at the Kerry Hotel Hong Kong, in Hung Hom, is the place to be.

Between October 3-6 and October 10-12, it is hosting a lantern-lit event under the stars. The camp feast includes fried chicken, Korean BBQ, tteokgalbi hot dogs and s’mores.
The movie – a classic romance in English, with Chinese subtitles – will be revealed on the night. Doors open at 6.30pm and the movie begins at 7.30pm.
The Porch, Shop 101, 1/F, Kerry Hotel, Hong Kong, 38 Hung Luen Road, Hung Hom. Tel: 2366 6099. More details and tickets here
3. Live music under the moon
Those looking for a feast of music can head to Lantern Night, an event on October 6, from 7pm until 11pm, at The Hideout farm in Mui Wo on Lantau Island.

The line-up features Hong Kong dream-pop band Before The Night Ends, and local indie outfits Geisha Neko and Just A Broken Machine. Tickets cost HK$300-HK$480.
Ticket information here
4. Tai O Night Boat Parade
Tai O, a fishing village on Hong Kong’s Lantau Island known for its stilt houses and meandering canals, is marking the festival with its annual Tai O Night Boat Parade.
Co-hosted by the Tai O Heritage Hotel and the Tai O Cultural Association, the event allows people to explore the lantern-lit village aboard a traditional hand-rowed sampan.
The free rides take place September 27-28, October 1, October 4-7 and October 11-12 from 5.20pm to 9pm, with 15 people per 40-minute session. For details and registration, visit here


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Besides popular Mid-Autumn events like the Victoria Park carnival that draw huge crowds, here are some low-key ways to celebrate the festival


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