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As the Typhoon Signal No. 8 and the Black Rainstorm Warming are hoisted, the West Kowloon Cultural District (all Ticketing Offices, Art Park, Freespace, Hong Kong Palace Museum and Xiqu Centre) will be closed this morning. If the Typhoon Signal No.8 and the Black Rainstorm Warning signals are lowered at or before 2pm, HKPM will re-open within three hours. Otherwise, the museum will be closed for the whole day. M+ is closed on Mondays.

Please check the respective websites of venues, restaurants, cafes, food trucks, shops and SmartBike for their latest opening arrangements.

Regarding the arrangement of individual programme and events, please check the respective websites or social media platforms for the latest update.

As the Observatory announced that No. 8 Gale or Storm Signal will be hoisted at 12:40pm today (8 Oct), all outdoor programmes of "WestK Presents: Freespace Jazz Fest”, including programmes and performances staged at Wonderland, Harbourside Lawn West, Harbourside Lawn East and Art Park Great Lawn will be cancelled. All outdoor markets and booths will not operate today. All indoor programmes (staged at Lau Bak Livehouse, The Box and The Room of Freespace, M+ Lightwell) will also be cancelled.

For one-day or three-day ticket holders of Jazzscapes, or those who purchased today’s ticketed programmes, please retain the e-ticket, and the refund arrangement will be announced in due course.

For ticketing enquiries, please call (852) 2200 0022 (10:00am-9:00pm daily), or email us at ticketinfo@wkcda.hk.

As the Observatory announced that Typhoon Signal No. 3 will remain in force for most of today (7 Oct), all outdoor programmes of "WestK Presents: Freespace Jazz Fest”, including performances and programmes staged at Wonderland, Harbourside Lawn West, Harbourside Lawn East and Art Park Great Lawn will be cancelled. All outdoor markets and booths will not operate today. All indoor programmes (staged at The Box and The Room of Freespace, M+ Lightwell) will take place as scheduled.

For ticketed performance “Jazzscapes” originally scheduled to be held at Wonderland today (7 Oct), the performances of Li Xiaochuan.Melodious, Richard Bona and Nduduzo Makhathini will be staged at Lau Bak Livehouse starting from 1pm today. No ticket is needed.

Ticket holders for Jazzscapes yesterday and today (6 & 7 October) can use their ticket to join Jazzscapes for Sunday (8 October). For one-day ticket holders or three-day ticket holders who would like to arrange for a refund, please retain the e-ticket, and the refund arrangement (i.e: full refund for one-day ticket holders, and partial refund for three-day ticket holders) will be announced in due course.

Subject to the weather conditions, arrangements for programmes on 8 October (Sunday) will be announced in due course. Please stay tuned for the latest announcement on social media and website of West Kowloon Cultural District. For ticketing enquiries, please call (852) 2200 0022 (10:00am-9:00pm daily) or email us at ticketinfo@wkcda.hk.

As the Observatory announced that Typhoon Signal No. 3 will be hoisted at 5:40pm today (6 Oct), all outdoor programmes of "WestK Presents: Freespace Jazz Fest", including performances staged at Wonderland and Art Park Great Lawn) will be cancelled. All outdoor markets and booths will not operate tonight. All indoor programmes (staged at Lau Bak Livehouse, The Room of Freespace, M+ Lightwell) will take place as scheduled.

For ticketed performance “Jazzscapes” originally scheduled to be held at Wonderland today (6 Oct), “The Lawrence Ku Trio” performance will be moved to be staged at Lau Bak Livehouse at 6:30pm today. No ticket is needed. 

Ticket holders for Jazzscapes today (6 October) can use their ticket to join Jazzscapes for Saturday or Sunday (7 or 8 October). For one-day ticket holders or three-day ticket holders who would like to arrange for a refund, please retain the e-ticket, and the refund arrangement (i.e: full refund for one-day ticket holders, and partial refund for three-day ticket holders) will be announced in due course. 

Subject to the weather conditions, arrangements for programmes on 7-8 October (Saturday and Sunday) will be announced in due course. Please stay tuned for the latest announcement on social media and website of West Kowloon Cultural District. For ticketing enquiries, please call (852) 2200 0022 (10:00am-9:00pm daily), or email us at ticketinfo@wkcda.hk.

There is currently a large crowd in the West Kowloon Cultural District and the Police have implemented one-way pedestrian flow management starting from 7:25 pm.

Visitors cannot enter the District via the Artist Square Bridge that connects Artist Square to Elements.

Visitors who want to go to the Art Park must enter at the junction of Austin Road West and Museum Drive.

The Police have implemented road closures on Museum Drive and Cultural Drive starting from 7pm and all bus stops and minibus stops within the area of the road closures have been suspended.

The entrances and exits of all car parks in the West Kowloon Cultural District, except for the Xiqu Centre Car Park, have been closed since 7pm. Vehicles already parked in the car parks can only leave after the crowd has dispersed and the Police have lifted the road closures in the District, which is likely to be after 10:30 pm.

As the coverage of the road closures expands, the Xiqu Centre Car Park is expected to stop entry and exit starting from 8:30 pm.

The service of the complementary circular route bus has been suspended. 

The Authority strongly recommends visitors to take public transport to the District.

Learn more about the special crowd management measures and traffic arrangements.

Due to system maintenance, Member Services will be temporarily unavailable from 21 September 2023 (Thursday) 11pm to 22 September 2023 (Friday) 12 midnight. Members of MyWestKowloon, M+ and Hong Kong Palace Museum will not be able to login to their account or buy tickets during this period. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The evening programme at 7:15pm at the Xiqu Centre Grand Theatre, “Boomabliss 2023 Cantonese Opera Extravaganza - Lok Sin Tong Charity Cantonese Opera - A Thorn Hairpin" will be held as scheduled.

Also, the regular programme “Magic Tea House 2.0 – Dreams of the Future” at 7:30pm at the Xiqu Centre Tea House Theatre will be presented as scheduled.

For the operation hours of F&B outlets in the District, please contact the outlets directly for more details.

Regarding the arrangement of individual programme and events, please check the respective websites or social media platforms for the latest update.

As tropical cyclone signal No. 8 is lowered, all Ticketing Offices will re-open within three hours. The Art Park will also reopen within three hours; however, certain areas may be cordoned off, subject to assessment for public safety reasons. 

For Xiqu Centre Tea House Theatre, the programme scheduled for 7:30pm will be on schedule.

Please check the respective websites of venues, restaurants, cafes, food trucks, shops and SmartBike for their latest opening arrangements.

Regarding the arrangement of individual programme and event, please check the website below or respective social media platforms for the latest update.

As tropical cyclone signal No. 8 is lowered, the Ticketing Offices in Freespace and Xiqu Centre will re-open within three hours. The performance of TechBox 2023: The Travellers and The Listeners at Freespace’s The Box at 7:30pm tonight will remain unchanged.

Please check Freespace social media platforms for the latest update.  The reopening of Art Park will be subject to the assessment of public safety.    

Please check the respective websites of venues, restaurants, cafes, food trucks, and shops for their latest opening arrangements.

To celebrate the 26^th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the seven thematic exhibitions (Galleries 1 – 7) in the Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM) and all exhibitions in M+ will open to the public for free on 1 July 2023 (Saturday).

The HKPM Free General Admission Tickets for 1 July have all been distributed/ redeemed. Thank you for your support.

Pre-registration is not required for admission to M+ on 1 July 2023.

Visitors who have purchased General Admission ticket(s) of HKPM or M+ for 1 July 2023 will be contacted by the relevant ticketing platforms regarding the refund and admission arrangements for 1 July.

Owing to system maintance, the online ticketing service will be temporarily unavailable on 13 January 2023 (Friday) from 1:00am to 4:00am. We apologies for any inconvenience. For Enquiries, please contact us by email at ticketinfo@wkcda.hk.

The West Kowloon Cultural District (all Ticketing Offices, Art Park, Freespace, Hong Kong Palace Museum, M+ and  Xiqu Centre) will be closed when Tropical Cyclone Signal No. 8 or above is in force.

Please check the respective websites of venues, restaurants, cafes, food trucks sand shops for their latest opening arrangements.

Regarding the arrangement of individual programme and events, please check the respective website or social media platform for the latest update.

As the Typhoon Signal No. 8 is lowered, the West Kowloon Cultural District (M+, Hong Kong Palace Museum, Xiqu Centre, Freespace, and all Ticket Offices) will re-open at 12:30pm today.

The reopening of Art Park will be subject to the assessment of public safety.

Please check the respective websites of venues, restaurants, cafes, food trucks and shops for their latest opening arrangements.

Regarding the arrangement of individual programme and event, please check the respective website or social media platform for the latest update.

The West Kowloon ticketing service is temporarily unavailable due to system maintenance. We target to resume service on 25 July 2022 10:00am. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Taking into consideration that the Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 will still be in force for some time, the Hong Kong Palace Museum announces that it will not open to the public today (2 July).

The public opening of the HKPM will be postponed to 3 July and the opening hours will be extended. The museum will open at 9am and close at 9pm tomorrow. 

For visitors who have purchased tickets for 3 July, please follow the original arrangement and enter the museum within the first hour of the scheduled admission time. 

For visitors who have purchased tickets for 2 July with admission time of 10am and 11am, they can use their tickets to enter the museum at 9am or at their scheduled time slot on July 3. Those who have purchased tickets for 2 July at 12 noon or thereafter can enter the museum at their scheduled time slot or after 4pm on 3 July.

The validity of the unused tickets will be extended for 180 days starting from the day affected (not applicable for free General Admission Ticket on Wednesday). The HKPM advises visitors that there is no need to rush to visit the HKPM on 3 July. Ticket holders can use the original tickets for admission at the same time slot on any day within the validity period. Visitors entering the Museum on Wednesdays will not be refunded the difference in the ticket price.

As Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal No. 8 is now in force, the Hong Kong Palace Museum will not open at the regular opening time at 10am today.

If the signal is lowered at or before 4pm today, the Museum will open to public within three hours. Ticket holders please pay attention to the announcement of the HKPM.

Due to operational matters, the Xiqu Centre will be closed from 27 June 2022 (Monday) to 1 July 2022 (Friday), both days inclusive.

For enquiries, please call (852) 2200 0217. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Special Arrangement on Wednesday, 5 January: Please note M+ is temporarily closed for one day for staff COVID testing. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

For more information, please see the press release.

M+ online reservation service has now resumed. Reservations for M+ admission in the first two weeks (12 - 28 November) can be made on a new platform via the West Kowloon website, M+ website, or through the ‘West Kowloon Cultural District’ mobile application. To facilitate the public to visit the museum in a small party, the new system allows each visitor to make reservations for a maximum of four people in one booking.

The original booking system was overloaded due to high demand. M+ will now take reservations through a new platform. Visitors who have already registered are not required to sign up again. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.

The West Kowloon Cultural District (Xiqu Centre, Freespace, Art Park, Nursery Park and Ticket Offices) will be closed when Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above is hoisted. 

The reopening of Art Park and Nursery Park will be subject to the assessment of public safety after the Typhoon Signal No. 8 is lowered.

Please check the individual websites of restaurants, cafes and shops for their opening arrangements.

The following programme would be cancelled:
Talk: Creating Experimental Productions: 7:30pm
Talk: Creating Experimental Productions (Online): 7:30pm

The West Kowloon Cultural District (Xiqu Centre, Freespace, Art Park, Nursery Park and Ticket Offices) will be closed when Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above is hoisted. 

The reopening of Art Park and Nursery Park will be subject to the assessment of public safety after the Typhoon Signal No. 8 is lowered.

Please check the individual websites of restaurants, cafes and shops for their opening arrangements.

The following programme would be cancelled:
Xiqu Centre Original Production: Experimental Cantonese Opera “Wenguang Explores the Valley”: 7:15pm and 9:30pm

The West Kowloon Cultural District (Xiqu Centre, Freespace, Art Park, Nursery Park and Ticket Offices) will be closed when Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above is hoisted. 


The reopening of Art Park and Nursery Park will be subject to the assessment of public safety after the Typhoon Signal No. 8 is lowered.


Please check the individual websites of restaurants, cafes and shops for their opening arrangements.
 

The following programme would be cancelled:
Tea House Theatre Experience: 3:00pm
The New C-Class Launch – “Centric Zero” immersive light show 11:30am-6:00pm
Xiqu Centre Original Production: Experimental Cantonese Opera “Wenguang Explores the Valley”: 7:15pm (rescheduled)
Trump On Show: 7:30pm

The Art Park and certain facilities at the Xiqu Centre and Freespace remain open to the public; however all performances and programmes until 19 February 2021 (Friday) will be rescheduled or cancelled. Where feasible programmes will be presented online.

A new public car park, the Zone F Car Park is now open and provides extra parking for visitors to the Art Park. Please visit Car Park for further information.

The opening hours of Art Park will extend to 1:00am during Christmas Eve (24 December 2020) and New Year’s Eve (31 December 2020). Please visit the Opening Arrangements for further information.

The Art Park and certain facilities at the Xiqu Centre and Freespace remain open to the public; however all performances and programmes until 15 December 2020 (Sunday) will be rescheduled or cancelled.

The West Kowloon website will be temporarily unavailable due to a planned system maintenance on Thursday, 26 November 2020 from 8:00pm to 8:30pm, approximately 10 minutes. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any enquiries, please email  web@wkcda.hk

The West Kowloon Cultural District (Xiqu Centre, Freespace, Art Park, M+ Pavilion and Nursery Park and Ticket Offices) will be closed when Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above is hoisted. 


The reopening of Art Park and Nursery Park will be subject to the assessment of public safety after the Typhoon Signal No. 8 is lowered.


After the Typhoon Signal No. 8 is lowered, please check the individual websites of restaurants, cafes and shops for their opening arrangements.

The opening hours of Art Park will extend to 1:00am during Mid-Autumn Festival (1 October 2020).

M+ Pavilion will reopen on 16 September 2020 (Wednesday) and resume normal opening hours, with an extension of the current exhibition Shirley Tse: Stakes and Holders to 1 November 2020 (Sunday).
 

The Art Park and certain facilities at the Xiqu Centre and Freespace remain open to the public. Performances and programmes will be rescheduled or cancelled until 30 September 2020 (Wednesday)

The M+ Pavilion is temporarily closed until 15 September 2020 (Tuesday), performances and programmes will be rescheduled or cancelled within this period, while the Art Park and certain facilities at the Xiqu Centre and Freespace remain open to the public.

The M+ Pavilion is temporarily closed until 8 September 2020 (Tuesday), while the Art Park and certain facilities at the Xiqu Centre and Freespace remain open to the public. Performances and programmes will be rescheduled or cancelled until 15 September 2020 (Tuesday).

The M+ Pavilion is temporarily closed until 1 September 2020 (Tuesday). The Art Park and certain facilities at the Xiqu Centre and Freespace remain open to the public; however performances and programmes will be rescheduled or cancelled until 30 August 2020 (Sunday).

The West Kowloon Cultural District (Xiqu Centre, Freespace, Art Park, M+ Pavilion and Nursery Park) will be closed when Typhoon Signal No. 8 or above is hoisted.

The reopening of Art Park and Nursery Park will be subject to the assessment of public safety after the Typhoon Signal No. 8 is lowered.