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Hong Kong Pride event axed due to ‘booking overlap,’ marking group’s 2nd consecutive venue cancellation

The group that once held Hong Kong’s annual Pride parades has said that a market event originally scheduled for November has been cancelled after its venue booking was axed due to an administrative error. The Hong Kong Pride Parade’s statement on October 15, 2026. Photo: Screenshot via @hkprideparade on Instagram. In a Thursday statement on Instagram, the Hong Kong Pride Parade Organising Committee said that its venue booking at Central Market had been pulled because an administrative error had double-booked the committee’s Rainbow Market with another event. This marks the second time a venue has pulled the organiser’s booking after event details were announced, the statement says. The Pride organisers had planned to hold a festival at Kwun Tong Promenade last year only to be notified suddenly that the venue could not be used. See also: Timeline: Hong Kong civil society’s mysteriously axed venue bookings The organisers began adapting their annual Pride Parade into an indoor market event in 2021, “due to changes in the social environment,” the statement read. The committee said that it contacted Central Market in June, received confirmation later that month that the venue was available on November 14, and paid a deposit in July. It announced the date and venue for the Rainbow Market on its social media pages, but was notified by Central Market about a month later that the venue could no longer be rented for the event. The Rainbow Market, held by the Hong Kong Pride Committee, at The Wave in Kwun Tong on November 23, 2025. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. “The reason given was an administrative staff error that resulted in double-booking the venue for two separate events on the same day,” it said. ‘Due to a booking overlap’ Chinachem Group, which operates Central Market, also told t