Sham Shui Po Events - January 2027
January is the quietest month of the Sham Shui Po year until its final weekend, when the district flips over to Lunar New Year. The early weeks are cool and dry by Hong Kong standards, which makes them the best of the winter for walking the wholesale streets and the heritage sites. From Sunday 31 January the two Chinese New Year fairs open at Cheung Sha Wan Playground and Fa Hui Park, and the flower-and-festive market trade takes over. Electronics bargain-hunting peaks in the same fortnight, because everyone buys before the holiday shutdown.
🏮 Chinese New Year fairs (from 31 January)
FEHD Chinese New Year Fair - Cheung Sha Wan Playground
📅 Sunday 31 January - Saturday 6 February 2027 (seven days, free entry)
Sham Shui Po's own fair and one of the 14 the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department runs across Hong Kong: 54 wet stalls of flowers plus 36 dry-goods stalls on the playground off Cheung Sha Wan Road. The wet side carries the peach blossom, narcissus and gladioli that Cantonese households buy for the holiday; the dry side sells the red-and-gold decorations, lai see packets and paper goods.
📍 Where: Cheung Sha Wan Playground, Sham Shui Po
🎟️ Entry: Free; stallholders sell directly, cash and mobile payment
Why go: This is the district's own fair rather than a cross-harbour trip - smaller and calmer than Victoria Park, and walkable from Cheung Sha Wan MTR station.
🌐 More information: FEHD 2027 Chinese New Year fairs
FEHD Chinese New Year Fair - Fa Hui Park
📅 Sunday 31 January - Saturday 6 February 2027 (seven days, free entry)
The larger of the two Sham Shui Po fairs and the biggest in Kowloon, with 64 wet stalls, 56 dry stalls and 6 fast-food stalls - 126 in all. Fa Hui Park sits on the Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po boundary, so it draws from both districts and gets genuinely busy after dark.
📍 Where: Fa Hui Park, Boundary Street - on the Mong Kok/Sham Shui Po boundary
🎟️ Entry: Free
Why go: Come after 8pm for the full effect: the food stalls turn the fair into an evening out, and the Kowloon skyline behind the flower rows is the photograph everyone takes.
🌐 More information: FEHD 2027 Chinese New Year fairs
🛍️ Shopping before the holiday
Apliu Street, the Golden Computer Arcade and the fabric streets
📅 Year-round fixtures - the Apliu Street precinct pedestrianises daily from noon (best 14:00-18:00); the Golden Computer Arcade trades daily 10:00-22:00
January is when locals replace the laptop or the phone before the holidays. The Apliu Street outdoor market runs the length of the street beside the Golden Computer Arcade - vintage audio, components, parts and watches on the tables, second-hand electronics that come with no warranty and no questions. Indoors, the Golden Computer Arcade at 146-152 Fuk Wa Street (also written Fuk Wah Street) and its sister Golden Computer Centre at 94A Yen Chow Street carry the newest gear and PC parts across their floors.
📍 Where: Apliu Street and the Golden Computer Arcade, 146-152 Fuk Wa Street; Golden Computer Centre, 94A Yen Chow Street; MTR Sham Shui Po Exit A2
🎟️ Entry: Free to browse; haggling expected on the street, fixed prices indoors
Why go: The fabric and wholesale streets north of here - Cheung Sha Wan Road, Yu Chau Street, Ki Lung Street - are at their most usable on weekday mornings when the trade, not the tourists, is doing the shopping.
🌐 More information: Apliu Street electronics market guide · Golden Computer Arcade and Centre
🎓 Courses & workshops this month
Cantonese dim sum class with a wet-market tour
📅 Year-round, Monday to Friday (rolling schedule)
Hong Kong New Oriental Culinary Art runs a hands-on Cantonese dim sum class paired with a walk through the Cheung Sha Wan wet-market area, where the fish, greens and roast meats that go into the meal are bought. Around HK$1,080 per head, minimum two people.
📍 Where: Cheung Sha Wan wet market area, Sham Shui Po
🎟️ Book: Direct with the provider
🌐 More information: Hong Kong New Oriental Culinary Art
Kowloon heritage and market walks
📅 Rolling schedule - scheduled and private departures
Walk Hong Kong leads guided Kowloon heritage and market walks through the old districts, and Walk in Hong Kong runs an evening Temple Street and Yau Ma Tei food walk, one MTR stop down the line. Both are good introductions to how the wholesale trade actually works.
📍 Where: Kowloon districts, including Sham Shui Po and Yau Ma Tei
🎟️ Book: [email protected] or the operators' own sites
🌐 More information: Walk Hong Kong · Temple Street food walk
Tai chi and leisure courses with the district council
📅 Rolling term schedule
The LCSD runs tai chi, qigong and other leisure courses at Sham Shui Po district sports centres; many sessions are free and the rest carry only a small fee. Courses are listed by district on the LCSD site.
📍 Where: Sham Shui Po district sports centres
🎟️ Book: Through the LCSD booking system
🌐 More information: Leisure and Cultural Services Department
🧭 Practical notes
- Public holiday: New Year's Day, Friday 1 January 2027, is a general holiday. Most shops and markets stay open, and the Apliu Street and Golden Computer Arcade trade runs as normal.
- Lunar New Year timing: Chinese New Year Eve is Friday 5 February and Lunar New Year Day 1 is Saturday 6 February 2027 (Year of the Goat), with holidays on 6, 8 and 9 February. Both fairs trade until late on the Eve, and that is the busiest night of the year in the district.
- City-wide cross-reference: the Hong Kong Tourism Board has confirmed its Chinese New Year Night Parade for Saturday 6 February 2027. It is a Hong Kong-wide event rather than a Sham Shui Po one, but it is one MTR ride away if you want the bigger spectacle.
- Getting there: Cheung Sha Wan MTR for the playground fair; Prince Edward or Mong Kok East for Fa Hui Park; Sham Shui Po MTR Exit A2 for Apliu Street and the Computer Arcade. See how to get to Sham Shui Po.
- Book early: hotel rates across Kowloon climb steeply in the fortnight before Chinese New Year, and the fairs fall right at the end of January this year.