Hong Kong Events - May 2027
Three things are dated for May 2027 so far β a Friday-night league fixture and the FA Cup final at Mong Kok Stadium, with a gazetted general holiday in between. The two fixtures were checked against the HKFA list and the holiday against the gazette on 7 November 2026.
π SPORTS Events
Hong Kong Premier League: ηζ Lee Man v ζ±ζΉ Eastern β Mong Kok Stadium
π Friday, May 7, 2027 β 20:00 kick-off
A Friday-night league fixture at Mong Kok Stadium, 6 minutes from the fish stalls β ηζ Lee Man against ζ±ζΉ Eastern, round 21 of the 2026/27 Hong Kong Premier League, listed as L102. The fixture list is reissued through the season, so this is the date at that revision rather than a final one. A 20:00 Friday kick-off is the one night of the month you can do a full day at the market and still be in the ground β and it comes eight days before the cup final at the same stadium.
π Fixture list checked: HKFA 2026/27 HKPL Full Fixture, Version 20260824 (L102).
π Location: Mong Kok Stadium, Mong Kok β about 6 minutes' walk from Tung Choi Street North
π·οΈ Categories: SPORTS, FOOTBALL, HONG KONG PREMIER LEAGUE
π Source: HKFA 2026/27 HKPL Full Fixture (PDF)
FA Cup final β Mong Kok Stadium
π Saturday, May 15, 2027 β 16:00 kick-off
The FA Cup final (θΆ³ηΈ½ηζ±Ίθ³½) at Mong Kok Stadium β a Saturday-afternoon cup final in the season's closing weeks. The finalists are not named here because they are not yet known: the tie is FA08 εζΉ against FA09 εζΉ, the winners of the two semi-finals played at the same ground on 10 and 11 April. The season's showpiece, and a 16:00 kick-off that leaves the morning free for the market.
β οΈ Date can move: the fixture list footnotes this match β if Tai Po (倧ε) and/or Kitchee (εεΏ) reach the AFC Champions League Two final, which the same list dates to 15 May, the FA Cup final is rescheduled.
π Fixture list checked: HKFA 2026/27 HKPL Full Fixture, Version 20260824 (FA10).
π Location: Mong Kok Stadium (ζΊθ§ε€§ηε ΄), Mong Kok β about 6 minutes' walk from Tung Choi Street North
π·οΈ Categories: SPORTS, FOOTBALL, CUP
π Sources: HKFA 2026/27 HKPL Full Fixture (PDF); zh.wikipedia β 2026β27 Hong Kong FA Cup
π PUBLIC HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES Events
The Birthday of the Buddha β general holiday
π Thursday, May 13, 2027 β a general holiday across Hong Kong
Buddha's Birthday falls on a Thursday this year, and temples within a short MTR ride of Mong Kok hold their observances from early morning. The date is the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, fixed from the Hong Kong Observatory's 2027 table, and 13 May appears on the government's gazetted general-holiday list. It is an observance rather than a bookable event: no district venue or programme is published for it, so this page gives none. The cheapest kind of holiday β a gazetted Thursday, temples open from early morning, and nothing to book.
π Location: No district venue or programme is published for 2027
π·οΈ Categories: PUBLIC HOLIDAY, OBSERVANCE
π Official reference: GovHK β general holidays 2027
Before you go
May 2027 carries two football fixtures and one general holiday so far. Both fixtures come from the HKFA's published list, and that list is reissued as the season runs β check it again nearer the date, because the cup final's own footnote says it moves if a finalist reaches the AFC Champions League Two final. Buddha's Birthday is a holiday, not a ticketed event: the date is fixed, the programme is not.