Experiencing Arts and Culture in Hong Kong
Hong Kong stands as a vibrant East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange, offering world-class arts facilities, diverse events, and talented creators that draw global audiences. The HKSAR Government actively supports the cultural ecosystem through investments in talent development, creative content, and infrastructure.
Click for magnificent landscape of arts and culture scene in Hong Kong, and our world-class arts and cultural events.
Top-notch Arts Venues
1. West Kowloon Cultural District
One of the world’s largest cultural projects, offering world-class performance venues and museums, as well as diversified arts and cultural programmes
- M+ Museum ---- Asia’s global museum of contemporary visual: dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
- The Hong Kong Palace Museum ---- Features treasures from the Palace Museum in Beijing and other parts of the world
2. Tai Kwun
Centre for Heritage and Arts, encompassing 16 heritage buildings, including the former Central Police Station, Victoria Prison and Central Magistracy, it is Hong Kong’s cultural heart offering multi-purpose venues for a variety of local, national and international artistic offerings
3. Hong Kong Museum of Arts (HKMoA)
Established in 1962 as the first public art museum, it brings a multicultural vision of world art and culture through exhibition programmes with an international perspective
Houses a collection of over 19,700 items, spanning Chinese antiquities, calligraphy, Western art, contemporary Hong Kong art, and China trade artifacts
4. Xiqu Centre
Dedicated to conserving and promoting Xiqu (Chinese opera) through performances, education, outreach, and accessible experiences (e.g. Tea House Theatre Experience with tea and dim sum)
Major Arts & Cultural Events
Hong Kong offers a wide range of arts and cultural events throughout the year—from art exhibitions and film festivals to music performances and cultural celebrations.
Discover some of the major arts and cultural events you won’t want to miss:
Art Events
- Hong Kong Arts Festival (Feb-Mar): brings together over 125 spectacular performances (2025) such as drama, dance, music and opera by international and local artists
- Art March (March): features over 100 events across exhibitions, art fairs, institutional showcases, performances, talks, screenings, and more. Featured programmes include:
- Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival (Apr-): showcases the preservation and evolution of pop culture in Hong Kong through thematic exhibitions, film screenings, stage performances and outreach activities
- Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Month (Jun): features 80+ live performances, 60 interactive experiential booths, and 20 guided Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Highlight Tours, covering over 100 ICH items presented by 50+ practitioners including nationally recognised bearers
- International Arts Carnival (Jul-Aug): a summer arts festival features a wide array of fun-filled performances and cultural activities, offering something for everyone in the family
- Asia+ Festival (Sep-Nov): showcases the unique cultural diversity of Asia and the ‘Belt and Road’ regions with a variety of cultural events, including stage performances, exhibitions and an outdoor carnival featuring top-notch artists and troupes
i. Art Basel Hong Kong: showcases work from 240 prestigious galleries worldwide, while promoting creativity by emerging artists
ii. Art Central: an international platform for pushing boundaries in contemporary art and experimentation staged in the iconic Central Harbourfront featuring 100+ galleries and 500+ artists
iii. HKWALLS Street Art Festival: features international and local artists painted murals as well as display their digital artworks all over Hong Kong, along with workshops, and guided tours
Cultural Events
- Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) (Mar-Apr): founded in 1976, HKIFF is one of Asia’s historical international film festivals, featuring outstanding local, Chinese and Asian films in Hong Kong
- Cheung Chau Bun Festival (Apr/May): filled with a wide range of programmes, including vegetarian diet for the first-three days, a colourful parade with children’s floats, lion dances and a bun scrambling competition where competitors race up a 14-metre-high tower frame covered in buns
- Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races (May/Jun): over 100 local and international teams gather to compete in fast-paced races against the backdrop of Hong Kong’s iconic skyline at Victoria Harbour, along with a lively carnival from day to night across the Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade
- Chinese Culture Festival (Jun-Sep): features an array of programmes, including exemplary local arts projects recognised by the China National Arts Fund, performing arts programmes from arts and cultural organisations, film screenings, exhibitions, and talks
Major Performing Arts Groups / Troupes
From contemporary dance to traditional Chinese music, Hong Kong’s local performing arts groups always know how to put on an incredible show.
Click to find information about the 9 major performing art groups: