Ladies' Market Events - May 2026

📅 Events in May 2026

Labour Day

Friday, May 1, 2026

1 May is Labour Day, a public holiday in Hong Kong: most offices, banks and schools close, and the market keeps trading its usual 12pm–11pm day while the street runs on its general-holiday timetable, closed to vehicles from noon.

📍 Hong Kong

Public Holiday

🌐 More Information: Hong Kong general holidays 2026 (GovHK)

Birthday of the Buddha (Day Following)

Monday, May 25, 2026

Buddha's Birthday is marked at Hong Kong's temples with bathing-the-Buddha ceremonies, Wong Tai Sin among the temples that hold them. In 2026 the birthday falls on the Sunday, so the public holiday is the Monday.

📍 Hong Kong

Public Holiday, Buddhist Festival

🌐 More Information: Hong Kong general holidays 2026 (GovHK)

📅 Download the May 2026 calendar (.ics)

SHOPPING AND FOOD

While often visited for the view the visitor should not forget that The Market encompasses a wide range of shopping and eating choices. Mongkok is well known for snack food and as well as budget choices.