31 December 2026 · Hong Kong
New Year’s Eve 2026 in Hong Kong
Few cities stage the turn of the year against a backdrop like Victoria Harbour: two shorelines of lit towers facing each other across the water. Here is what we could confirm for Thursday 31 December 2026 on the venues’ and organisers’ own pages on 12 November 2026, from harbourside dinners in Central to a rooftop countdown above West Kowloon.
Updated October 2026
The harbour countdown
Hong Kong’s official New Year Countdown is staged by the Hong Kong Tourism Board around Victoria Harbour, and its programme is usually announced in December. When we checked on 12 November 2026, the Board had not yet published the details for 31 December 2026: the time, the viewing areas and any road closures or transport arrangements. We will add them as soon as they are confirmed.
Our advice: the waterfront promenades in Tsim Sha Tsui and Central fill hours before midnight on New Year’s Eve. If you would rather have a seat and a glass in hand, book a harbour-view table or terrace now; the best ones go first.
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Image courtesy of © Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsNew Year’s Eve dinner at Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, on the Central waterfront, has published the most complete New Year’s Eve programme in the city. At Caprice, its French restaurant, dinner on 31 December is a six-course menu with cheese at HK$5,088 per person; lunch that day is the regular menu.
At Lung King Heen, the hotel’s Cantonese restaurant, the New Year’s Eve dinner is eight courses with live music, at HK$3,380 per adult and HK$1,680 per child. The Lounge serves a five-course dinner with live music and a dessert buffet at HK$2,188. All the hotel’s prices are subject to a 10% service charge.
Our advice: the Cantonese menu at Lung King Heen is the most Hong Kong way to end the year; book it early and ask for a table by the harbour windows.
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong: festive season 2026
Countdowns: ARGO, Caprice Bar, the Pool Terrace and OZONE
At Four Seasons, ARGO holds its countdown from 10pm to 2am. Two packages for two guarantee a table, both with a bottle of Dom Pérignon Vintage 2017: HK$4,800 with the signature Hong Kong egg waffle, or HK$5,800 with 30g of Kaviari ‘Kristal’ caviar fried chicken. After midnight, entry is HK$300 with a glass of Henriot Brut Souverain Champagne.
Caprice Bar counts down with caviar, wine and DJ sets from 8pm, at HK$10,000 for a table for two or HK$40,000 for eight. Out on the Pool Terrace, service starts at 7pm, food is served until 11.30pm and a DJ plays from 9pm, with a minimum spend of HK$6,000 for a table of two to four or HK$8,800 for six.
Across the harbour, OZONE, on the top floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong in the International Commerce Centre, invites you to ring in 2027 from its rooftop terrace, with a glass of Champagne at midnight. Standing tickets are sold through the hotel’s own online shop, and a table package for its ‘Into The Wild’ countdown party is HK$6,388.
Our advice: OZONE’s terrace is very high and can be cool and windy on a December night; bring a layer.
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong: ARGO, Caprice Bar and Pool Terrace The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong: holidays OZONE: New Year’s Eve countdown tickets
New Year concerts with the Hong Kong Philharmonic
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Image courtesy of © Katie Chan · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsThe Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra sees the year out with New Year Celebration: Amour & Adieu, on Tuesday 29 and Wednesday 30 December 2026 at 7.30pm in the Concert Hall of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui. Emmanuel Tjeknavorian conducts; the mezzo Fleur Barron sings Falla and Carmen, alongside Johann Strauss II, Ravel’s Boléro and Haydn’s Farewell Symphony. Tickets are HK$220–520 from URBTIX (ages 6 and over).
Earlier in the season, the orchestra plays Festive Cadenza: Once in a Christmas Dream, with the pianist Joyce Cheung, the Hong Kong Children’s Choir and the conductor Lio Kuokman, on 22 and 23 December at 7.30pm (HK$260–680), and Maxim Emelyanychev conducts The Nutcracker Suite on 18 December at 7.30pm and 19 December at 5pm (HK$260–680).
Our advice: the Cultural Centre sits on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront; after the concert, walk out to the promenade for the view of the Island skyline.
HK Phil: New Year Celebration: Amour & Adieu HK Phil: Festive Cadenza HK Phil: The Nutcracker
Harbour cruises, Christmas and what is still to come
Aqua Luna, the red-sailed junk, runs a New Year’s Eve Countdown Cruise from North Point and Shau Kei Wan, but its page did not yet clearly confirm the 2026 sailing when we checked; look again in December. When we checked, The Peninsula, Mandarin Oriental and Rosewood had not yet published New Year’s Eve 2026 details on pages we could read; we will add them as they are confirmed.
Our advice: prices at Hong Kong’s hotels carry a 10% service charge, and the best harbour-view tables sell out well before Christmas. For the festive season before the countdown, see our guide to Christmas in Hong Kong.
Aqua Luna: New Year’s Eve Countdown Cruise Christmas in Hong Kong
Questions and answers
Are there fireworks in Hong Kong on New Year’s Eve 2026?
The Hong Kong Tourism Board stages the official New Year Countdown around Victoria Harbour and usually announces its programme in December. When we checked on 12 November 2026, the details for 31 December 2026, including any fireworks, had not yet been published.
Where can I have New Year’s Eve dinner with a harbour view in Hong Kong?
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong serves New Year’s Eve dinners at Caprice (six courses with cheese, HK$5,088), Lung King Heen (eight courses with live music, HK$3,380 per adult) and The Lounge (five courses, HK$2,188), all plus a 10% service charge.
Where can I count down to 2027 in Hong Kong?
At Four Seasons, ARGO (10pm–2am, packages for two from HK$4,800), Caprice Bar (from 8pm) and the Pool Terrace (from 7pm); and at OZONE, the rooftop bar of The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, which holds a countdown party with Champagne at midnight.
Every event from the venue’s or organiser’s own page (press.fourseasons.com, ritzcarlton.com and the hotel’s own shop ritzcarltonhkshop.com, hkphil.org, aqualuna.com.hk), checked 12 November 2026. Prices are in HK$ as each venue prints them. Check before you go.