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Defy gravity at the Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo, where you can train your core muscles in aerial and pole classes, or watch Elphaba soar into a Technicolor sky in Wicked.
If shopping, eating or music are your things, we also have recommendations for things to do this weekend.

1. Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo 2024
Whatever fitness activity tickles your fancy, you are sure to find it at Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo 2024 this weekend, at AsiaWorld-Expo on Chek Lap Kok, Lantau.
The event features more than 100 group classes, eight key zones and more than 20 fitness and wellness experiences, from pickleball and Pilates to strength training and pole fitness.
A top draw is the Hyrox fitness race, comprising eight 1km (0.6 mile) dashes, each to a different workout station to complete a challenge. Participants can compete as individuals, in pairs or in a relay.
A mini workout studio, Hyrox 365 gives the uninitiated a chance to try some of the challenges.


For more details, click here.
General admission one-day tickets to the expo cost from HK$50 and do not include access to classes. One- and two-day tickets with unlimited class access cost from HK$300 and HK$500 respectively. To buy tickets online, click here.
AsiaWorld-Expo, 1 Airport Expo Boulevard, Chek Lap Kok
For more must-try wellness experiences in Hong Kong this weekend, click here.
2. Wicked


Jon M. Chu’s most ambitious film to date, this first part of the musical sensation inspired by The Wizard of Oz sees two cracking performances from Cynthia Erivo, as the witch Elphaba, and Ariana Grande-Butera as Glinda, her self-absorbed rival.
Jeff Goldblum is ably cast as the charlatan Oz and Michelle Yeoh as the mentor Madame Morrible, but what really stands out are the bold sets by Nathan Crowley, the production designer famed for working with Batman director Christopher Nolan.
From Shiz University to the Emerald City, the landscape of Oz is beautifully realised. Read our ranking of every film directed by Chu
Wicked opens in cinemas today.
For more films and shows to watch this weekend in Hong Kong, click here.
3. Hong Kong Philharmonic: Elim Chan & James Ehnes
There is great excitement surrounding Hong Kong-born conductor Elim Chan’s return to the city given she has won rave reviews conducting major orchestras in the United States and Europe recently, and made her debut conducting the high-profile First Night of the Proms concert in London.












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For the two coming concerts at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, she will conduct a programme that begins with a new work composed by Angus Lee, followed by Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with soloist James Ehnes, and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 5. Last we checked, limited seats are still available on Urbtix!
“Hong Kong Philharmonic: Elim Chan & James Ehnes”, Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall, November 22-23, 8pm. Tickets available here.
For more must-see shows for fans of art and the performing arts in Hong Kong this weekend, click here.
4. Kellett Island Grocery
More than 20 Hong Kong lifestyle brands have come together for a new grocery pop-up at Hysan Place in Causeway Bay.
Kellett Island Grocery – named for the little-known piece of land that is home to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club – features goods produced by a mix of small and medium-sized companies.

They include Kowloon Flour Mills – which has been around since 1964 – and contemporary players such as craft soda company Mezzanine Makers and Aberdeen Toffee.
Some brands have collaborated to create exclusive products for the store. Snake restaurant Ser Wong Fun and Chinese snack maker Chan Yee Jai have teamed up to make salt-and-pepper snake with shrimp roe crispy peanuts.
Also on offer is branded tableware by Red A, the plastics manufacturer behind Hong Kong’s famous wet market red lampshades.
Shop B212, Hysan Place, 500 Hennessy Road, Causeway Bay
For more must-try menus and food and drink events this weekend in Hong Kong, click here.
5. WinterFest
The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB)’s WinterFest will be held until January 1, 2025, and highlights include a Christmas Town covering 10,000 sq ft (929 square metres) at Harbourside West Lawn, West Kowloon Cultural District.
With gift giving as the theme, Christmas Town displays a host of decorative gift boxes as well as a dazzling 20-metre Christmas tree.
The event also features a WestK Christmas Market between now and December 8, (opening on Fridays to Sundays), and from December 12 to 29. Booths will sell a range of culinary treats and a curated selection of Christmas gifts.
Harbourside West Lawn, West Kowloon Cultural District
For more shopping opportunities over the weekend, click here.
Find this useful? Look out for our recommendations every Friday online.


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There are more than 100 group classes at the Hong Kong Fitness and Wellness Expo, one of five exciting events in Hong Kong this weekend, November 22 to 24. Photo: HKFWE

The Fitness and Wellness Expo will include yoga, Zumba, bodyweight training, Pilates and more. Photo: HKFWE

Kellett Island Grocery pop-up store in Causeway Bay’s Hysan Place mall will feature more than 20 Hong Kong brands, old and new. Photo: Kellett Island Grocery

Your Hong Kong weekend food guide for November 22-24, from cheesecakes to a Plumcot pop-up

A selection of croissants and caneles at Plumcot bakery, which has a pop-up kiosk in Hong Kong’s Central district. Photo: Chris Dwyer

Kellett Island Grocery is a pop-up store featuring more than 20 Hong Kong brands. It is one of our five picks for food lovers this weekend. Photo: Kellett Island Grocery

Tokyo brand Cafe The Sun Lives Here is famous for cheesecake products, including its cheesecake sandwich. It has just opened its first overseas branch at K11 Musea in Tsim Sha Tsui. Photo: Cafe The Sun Lives Here

Tokyo brand Mr Cheesecake is releasing a special praline-pistachio-flavoured cheesecake at its Pacific Place pop-up. Photo: Mr Cheesecake

A selection of croissants from Plumcot, whose new kiosk in Central is the perfect place to pick up a breakfast pastry. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

New Japanese restaurant Akatsuki Izakaya specialises in grilled and fried skewers – which will be discounted until November 30 – and snacks such as its Hida beef sando. Photo: Akatsuki Izakaya

From Wicked to Crazy Rich Asians and Step Up 2, every film directed by Jon M. Chu ranked

Cynthia Erivo (left) as Elphaba and Ariana Grande-Butera as Glinda in a still from Wicked. Photo: Universal Pictures

(From left) Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera and director Jon M. Chu on the set of Wicked. We rank this and nine other of Chu’s films. Photo: Universal Pictures

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Whether you’re into shopping, fitness, films, classical music or Christmas fun, there is an event in Hong Kong for you this weekend


Whether you’re into shopping, fitness, films, classical music or Christmas fun, there is an event in Hong Kong for you this weekend.
