What's On Macau Key Events
Macau's Key Events: the five worth planning a trip around.
Updated 13 November 2026
Most of Macau's calendar is decoration. These five are the load-bearing dates: the events people book flights, ferries and hotel rooms around. Each has its own page with the dates and their status, the ticket truth, a curated set of places to stay, and an alert that fires when something real is announced.
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19 to 22 November 2026 · Confirmed
The 73rd Macau Grand Prix
The city's biggest weekend: seven races on the 6.1 km Guia street circuit, and the one weekend Macau's hotels genuinely sell out. It anchors a trip because the circuit is the city: stay trackside and the race runs under your window.
The Key Event page -
6 to 10 February 2027 · Holiday dates confirmed, programme to come
Chinese New Year 2027
The Year of the Fire Goat opens on Saturday 6 February 2027. The holiday span is gazetted; the parade and fireworks programme lands in January. It anchors a trip because it is Macau at maximum: temples, parades, markets and the year's biggest crowds.
The Key Event page -
September to October 2027 · Expected, dates not yet published
The 35th Macao International Fireworks Display Contest
Five nights of competitive fireworks over the water in front of Macau Tower, free from the waterfront. It anchors a trip because the whole city turns out for it, and the waterfront hotels and restaurants book around the display nights.
The Key Event page -
Early October 2027 · Expected, dates not yet published
NBA China Games Macao 2027
Two NBA preseason games at The Venetian Arena under the NBA and Sands multi-year deal, with a free fan week around them. It anchors a trip because tickets sell out on release day: the planning is the alert, the on-sale morning, and a Cotai base.
The Key Event page -
October to November 2027 · Expected, dates not yet published
The 39th Macao International Music Festival
Two months of opera, orchestras and recitals at the Macao Cultural Centre and the Dom Pedro V Theatre. It anchors a trip because the headline soloists come in a block found nowhere else in the region's autumn.
The Key Event page
Every Key Event page carries the same discipline: dates with their status stated plainly, no ticket link until a real one is verified, hotel picks chosen by location and trip logic rather than commission, and an alert that names exactly what it will send. When an edition ends or its dates move, the page changes with it.
Key Events list checked 13 November 2026.