Starting 2018 with a bang, the traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks will continue the current trend of bigger is better as the display will stretch 1.1km along Victoria Harbour. Launched from barges on the harbour as well as the rooftops of five buildings on Hong Kong Island the display will be to quote the HKTB “Dazzling our skyline with vibrant colors”.
This year’s countdown celebrations will mercifully be the final event in the drawn out year long series, where much was spent and little of merit organised to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR.
For the first time the display, synchronised with music composed by Chiu Tsang Hei, will feature a European fireworks maker. The “Magical Stardust” segment mimicking dancing fairies scattering magical stardust over Victoria Harbour starts at around the 6 minute mark and is meant to signify New Year’s blessings to the city.
The shooting stars will start at 11pm for you to make a New Year’s wish and if you have braved the multitudes in Tsim Sha Tsui you might be able to see a performance by Australian performing arts group “Strange Fruit” near the Star Ferry from 10pm.
Hong Kong New Year Countdown Celebrations 2018
Date: Midnight, 31 December, 2018
Venue: Victoria Harbour
Tickets: Free
Hong Kong welcomed in 2017 with a vibrant firework display on the iconic Victoria Harbour. The traditional 8 minute display extended to 10 minutes included a ’20 gun salute’ to announce the start of the year of the 20th anniversary celebrations for the founding of the Hong Kong SAR.
The New Year Countdown Celebrations will be the Hong Kong Tourist Board’s first celebratory event for the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the HKSAR. The fireworks display will be extended from 8 to 10 minutes and feature new fireworks patterns including a mock gun salute. And for the first time and we’ll quote the HKTB “there’ll be lighting effects for a stronger visual impact.”
As if the TST waterfront isn’t busy enough – and with the ‘Walk of Stars’ closed – even more packed on New Year’s Eve there will also be a ‘street party’ at the Tsim Sha Tsui Pier from 10pm where various artists will perform. Why this isn’t in Tamar Park or Central Harbourfront which have far more space is not a question we could get an answer to…
New Years Eve Fireworks
Date: Midnight, 31 December, 2016
Venue: Victoria Harbour
Tickets: Free
Now in it’s 28th year the Macau International Fireworks Display Contest takes place at the sea area across from the Macau Tower on the 3rd, 10th, 15th and 24th September and 1st October. Ten teams will compete in the year’s event and look to dazzle the Macau skyline with spectacular displays tied to a series of themes: Pyro Fantasia, Tribute to Bond, Mid-Autumn Harmony, Stars from Afar and Celebration in the Sky.
Organised by Macao Government Tourism Office, which again requested teams to choreograph their fireworks displays with music and laser projections, the contest pits globally-acclaimed pyrotechnic companies against each other. This year’s strong line-up of competitors features ten teams from (in order of appearance in the contest): Thailand, Portugal, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, Italy, Canada, Romania and China. The Romanian and Canadian companies are making their Macau debuts while the other eight teams have all entertained and placed well in previous years.
28th Macao Fireworks Display Competition
Date: 9pm, 9:40pm, 3, 10, 15, 24 September, 1 October, 2016
Venue: Sea in front of the Macau Tower
Tickets: Free
Now in it’s 28th year the Macau International Fireworks Display Contest takes place at the sea area across from the Macau Tower on the 3rd, 10th, 15th and 24th September and 1st October. Ten teams will compete in the year’s event and look to dazzle the Macau skyline with spectacular displays tied to a series of themes: Pyro Fantasia, Tribute to Bond, Mid-Autumn Harmony, Stars from Afar and Celebration in the Sky.
Organised by Macao Government Tourism Office, which again requested teams to choreograph their fireworks displays with music and laser projections, the contest pits globally-acclaimed pyrotechnic companies against each other. This year’s strong line-up of competitors features ten teams from (in order of appearance in the contest): Thailand, Portugal, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, Korea, Italy, Canada, Romania and China. The Romanian and Canadian companies are making their Macau debuts while the other eight teams have all entertained and placed well in previous years.
28th Macao Fireworks Display Competition
Date: 9pm, 9:40pm, 3, 10, 15, 24 September, 1 October, 2016
Venue: Sea in front of the Macau Tower
Tickets: Free
