A What's On Macau Key Event · Dates not yet published
The 39th Macao International Music Festival, 2027.
Updated 13 November 2026
Two months of concerts across Macau's halls are expected in October and November 2027. The Cultural Affairs Bureau has published no programme, dates or theme yet. Here is what the festival is, how 2026 set the pattern, and how ticketing works when it lands.
- Dates
- Not yet published. Expected October to November 2027, on the festival's standing autumn pattern
- Edition
- 39th, organised by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC)
- Main venue
- Macao Cultural Centre, with concerts also at the Dom Pedro V Theatre and venues across the city
- Tickets
- When announced, through Enjoy Macao Ticketing, the official seller. No affiliate sells festival tickets
- Last edition
- The 38th festival ran 2 October to 29 November 2026, theme "Silk Resonances", headlined by Lang Lang and Tan Dun
Macao International Music Festival
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What it is
Macau's flagship classical festival: around two months of opera, orchestral concerts, recitals and Chinese traditional music, staged by the Cultural Affairs Bureau since 1987. The headline concerts sit at the Macao Cultural Centre; the heritage rooms, above all the Dom Pedro V Theatre of 1860, take the chamber programme; and a run of free community concerts takes the festival into the city's squares and halls. It is the heaviest cultural weight on Macau's autumn calendar, and the one event that brings international soloists to the city in a block.
What we know about 2027
The Bureau announces late by design: the 38th edition's programme was only presented on 4 September 2026, about four weeks before opening night, with tickets following on 13 September. Expect the same shape for the 39th: a programme and theme in early September 2027, tickets within days, and an October to November run. Until the Bureau publishes, there are no dates, no artists and no tickets to sell you, and this page will say so. The 2026 guide is the pattern to plan by: the 38th festival, programme and practicals.
Tickets: what we know
Festival tickets are sold by Enjoy Macao Ticketing, the official channel named in the Bureau's releases, online, at outlets and by phone. No travel platform sells them, and no affiliate product exists for this festival; when the 2027 sale date is published, this page will link the official seller here, in this section, and the alert will fire. Big-name recitals sell out first: in 2026 the Lang Lang recital and the closing Tan Dun weekend were the nights to move on.
The Dom Pedro V Theatre (1860), the festival's heritage room: China's first Western-style theatre, still taking concerts every season.
Where to stay for the festival
The Cultural Centre sits in NAPE, on the peninsula's eastern shore. Stay on the peninsula and the concerts are a short ride or a waterfront walk; the festival is the one Key Event where Cotai is the detour, not the base.
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Mandarin Oriental, Macau. The walk-to-the-hall pick. On the NAPE waterfront, the closest of the big hotels to the Cultural Centre, with the waterfront promenade between you and the concert hall doors. The trade-off: a calm, business-hotel feel rather than a resort weekend. Check availability
Wynn Macau. The peninsula luxury pick. The original Wynn on the peninsula, a short ride from the Cultural Centre and the old town's dining in the other direction. The trade-off: casino-resort scale and pricing for what is a concert trip. Check availability
Grand Lisboa. The old-town pick. The lotus tower puts the historic centre on your doorstep for the daytime hours between concerts, and the Cultural Centre a short ride east. The trade-off: the busiest lobby in Macau at festival peak. Check availability
Picks checked November 2026.
Getting there from Hong Kong
Festival audiences cross from Hong Kong for single concerts as well as weekends. The ferries land at the Outer Harbour terminal, on the same peninsula shore as the Cultural Centre.
More Key Events
The Music Festival is one of the five events we treat as a Key Event: the ones worth planning a whole trip around. See all five Key Events.
Key Event page checked 13 November 2026.
Frequently asked
When is the 2027 Macao International Music Festival?
Not yet published. On the festival's pattern, expect October to November 2027; the Cultural Affairs Bureau presented the 2026 programme only in early September, about four weeks before opening.
How do I buy festival tickets?
Through Enjoy Macao Ticketing, the official seller, once the programme is announced. No affiliate or travel platform sells festival tickets.
Where does the festival perform?
Headline concerts at the Macao Cultural Centre in NAPE, chamber concerts at the Dom Pedro V Theatre and other heritage venues, plus free community concerts across the city.