Best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend

Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has joined hands with Lee Tung Avenue to bring animal lovers a purrr-fect weekend activity that's all about – yup, cats! Celebrating the 20th anniversary of SPCA's Cat Colony Care Programme, the festival features a five-metre-tall inflatable cat display, a 'Street Cat Hunt' game, where participants will have to find and take photos of 10 cat Lego models hidden around Lee Tung Avenue to win an exclusive gift, and a Sunday cat-themed flea market with stalls filled with all kinds of cat-themed handcrafts and supplies.

To top off the celebrations, a special Halloween Cat Party will be held on October 31 from 6pm to 9pm. Come dressed in your best cat-themed outfit, take a pic and share it on Facebook with #SPCAHK, and the best dressed 'kitty' will receive a giant cat cushion!

The festival is sponsored by ProVet, Wai Yuen Tong's pet supplement product range, while all net proceeds and donations will go towards supporting SPCA's Cat Colony Care Programme. Click here for more details on the events and other exclusive promotions at Lee Tung Avenue.

For a family-friendly activity this Halloween, The Mills is where you ought to be. Take your little ones trick-or-treating around each shop between Oct 30 to Nov 1 (12pm-8pm), and snap a pic of your scariest moments at The Mills for a chance to win cash coupons from selected tenants! Simply upload your photo(s) on Instagram, use #TheMillsHalloween2020 in your caption, and tag @themillshk to enter the competition!

Famous Hong Kong photographer and graphic designer Tommy Fung – aka @surrealhk – is hosting his first solo exhibition! The exhibition will be held at 13a New Street Art Gallery featuring a creative collection of artworks on display. Funny, controversial, and mind-boggling, Tommy recreates fascinating imagery with a focus on different subjects and situations that revolve around Hong Kong. 

Hidden inside another restaurant, Shanghai Garden in Exchange Square, 888 Fatfatfat will serve dishes that explore regional Chinese food through modern eyes, while also offering a noodle bar (dishes start from $138) for lunch and unique dining experience for dinner.

To enter the restaurant, a lady dressed in white will lead you inside, where fun games have been planned to help break the ice. First up, a golden button on the table that says ‘不醉無歸’ (which literally translates to ‘you can’t go home until you’re drunk!’) urges you to opt for free-flow red or white wine ($328), while other activities based on Chinese traditions such as ‘kau chim’, a fortune-telling practice, and an antique abacus, will test your knowledge on Chinese culture.

Click 'Read more' to check out our First Look video inside the pop-up and discover more about the menu!

From London to Hong Kong, contemporary art space and collaborative platform Schoeni Projects brings disConnect HK, an expanded adaptation of disConnect LDN, where a set of site-specific works from 10 artists across seven countries were presented inside a stunning 1850s Victorian townhouse in South West London. 

Taking over a historic 1950s tenement building in the heart of Causeway Bay, disConnect HK presents an awe-inspiring array of artworks from the London exhibition, and continues the disConnect 'journey' with the addition of new works from four Hong Kong artists which will include a live painting performance art, a video installation, a mixed-media installation, and a display of sculptures.

Fans of Chiho Aoshima are in luck as the acclaimed Japanese artist brings an exciting selection of works to Perrotin Hong Kong! Even if you're not familiar with the name, we're sure you would be no stranger to the artist's wide-eyed avatar, Moimoi. Spirits, goddesses, nymphs, plants, and even buildings, Aoshima's fantastical images gives its audience a window into her imagination. For the exhibition, the gallery has transformed into an otherworldly land featuring digital animations, sculptures, and hand-painted works.

New collectable toy shop Kkplus has landed in Langham Place and to kick things off, the shop is collaborating with popular local toy brand Soap Studio to present a pop-up Tom & Jerry exhibition!

Expect to see rare models and discontinued figurines, toy card vending machines, exclusive toys, Instagrammable novelty items such as a 60cm-tall Tom & Jerry Burger vinyl bust, and much, much more. The classic Warner Bros. cartoon duo will be on show from now until mid-November.

Ever wondered what your living room would look like if you were – say, trippin' balls? Well, now you can find out exactly what that looks like, at chi K11 art space’s new surrealist exhibit, A Little Too Real: An Enchanted Dream by award-winning local jewellery designer Vann Kwok.

Divided into five experience zones, the exhibition will take viewers on a visual journey where reality appears distorted. Take a snap against the crystal-spangled shower curtains, stroll through a holographic 'rabbit hole', or hang out with a multi-coloured yeti on the sofa. Everything you can imagine comes to life as furniture morphs into art pieces, jewellery turns into furniture, and art pieces become jewellery. It's an otherworldly (and very much Instagrammable) experience you don't want to miss!

Ngong Ping 360 and Fila have joined forces to bring city dwellers Hong Kong’s first-ever outdoor sports festival! The event integrates local eco-tourism with outdoor sports and stylish apparel, and features a multitude of Instaworthy stations, including a four-sided Candy-coloured sports day installation, interactive games such as a giant pastel-coloured bowling alley, a fast-paced fencing game, and a cycling game that will test your speed and endurance. Guests who receive gold medal stamps from any of the games will have the chance to win a slew of Ngong Ping 360 and Fila souvenirs. It's a great chance for you and the family to pay a visit to Lantau Island, enjoy an action-packed day, and get plenty of fresh air!

Get in touch with your creative side and make your way to the Microwave International New Media Arts Festival as it returns for another year. Through a diverse range of artworks that utilise different media and technologies, short film screenings (from now until Nov 22), and online series with local and international speaker, visitors will be challenged to navigate between the threads of media art and look into the truth in face of information overload and fabrication in our daily lives.