Guides · Sun 01 Nov 2026
BIGBANG at Kai Tak: the XX, COSMOS nights
Four nights at Kai Tak Stadium, Friday 13 to Tuesday 17 November 2026: BIGBANG's XX : COSMOS tour is the group's 20th anniversary run and their first tour since 2017, in a 50,000 seat stadium that did not exist the last time they played Hong Kong. Show times, HK Ticketing prices from HK$699, the MTR trip and where to stay.
Hong Kong waited a long time for a stadium, and it waited even longer for this band. BIGBANG bring the XX : COSMOS world tour to Kai Tak Stadium for four nights, Friday 13, Saturday 14, Sunday 15 and Tuesday 17 November 2026, the last of them an extra show added after the first three were announced. It is the group's 20th anniversary tour, their first tour since 2017, and it lands in a 50,000 seat stadium that did not exist the last time they played this city.
What you need to know, in short
- BIGBANG play Kai Tak Stadium on Friday 13 November at 7pm, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November at 6pm, and Tuesday 17 November at 7pm. There is no Monday show.
- Tickets are sold through HK Ticketing, the official channel, starting from HK$699, with VIP packages up to HK$3,099 and a HK$130 service fee per ticket.
- The touring group is the trio of G-Dragon, Taeyang and Daesung, marking 20 years since BIGBANG's debut and their first concert tour since the Last Dance Tour ended in 2017.
- Kai Tak Stadium holds 50,000 people, has a retractable roof, and opened in March 2025 on the site of the old airport.
- Ride the MTR Tuen Ma line to Kai Tak or Sung Wong Toi station and walk. Stay in Kowloon City for the food, or anywhere along the Tuen Ma line for an easy ride home.
The comeback, in a new stadium
BIGBANG were the group that taught K-pop how to fill stadiums, and then the stadium era paused: military service, an extended hiatus, and a line up that settled as a trio. The XX : COSMOS tour, 39 shows running from August 2026 to February 2027, is the return, built around the 20th anniversary of the group's debut. By the time it reaches Hong Kong it is a road tested production: the tour plays Bangkok's Rajamangala National Stadium on 7 and 8 November, the weekend before, and Hong Kong is the next stop on the run.
The pairing with Kai Tak feels right. The stadium opened on 1 March 2025 as the centrepiece of Kai Tak Sports Park, built on the apron of the old Kai Tak Airport, and it was designed with nights like this in mind: a retractable roof so November weather is a non issue, a pearlescent facade that glows over the harbour, and concert configurations that put 50,000 people close to a very large stage. Coldplay played the first concerts here in April 2025; BIGBANG are the kind of act the building was really built for, a legacy group with a catalogue the whole bowl can sing.
Expect the hits to do the heavy lifting. This is a 20 year retrospective as much as a tour, and the Hong Kong crowd skews loyal and loud: fans who have held on through a near decade without a tour. The Tuesday show is the interesting ticket if you can get it, added late, on a work night, in the same week the city is warming up for the Grand Prix across the water and the festival season at home.
Getting to Kai Tak
The stadium stands in Kowloon City district, and the MTR is the way to go. Kai Tak station and Sung Wong Toi station, both on the Tuen Ma line, are each about a ten minute walk from the sports park, and the park's covered avenues are laid out to move crowds between the stations and the gates. For the stadium itself, Sung Wong Toi is often the slightly quicker walk; for the wider park, either works. After the show, follow the crowd management signs rather than your map app, and give the platforms twenty minutes to breathe if you are in no hurry.
Driving and taxis on a four night run are for optimists. If you are staying on Hong Kong Island, cross the harbour by MTR and join the Tuen Ma line at Hung Hom or Ho Man Tin. However you arrive, arrive early: the sports park has enough food and drink around the Dining Cove and the retail decks to make a pre show hour painless, and 50,000 people all wanting dinner at 6pm is its own event.
Where to stay
Kowloon City is the connoisseur's base for a Kai Tak night: a short walk or one stop from the stadium, and one of the best eating districts in Hong Kong, with its Thai Town restaurants, old school cha chaan teng and dessert shops, plus a growing set of small hotels. To Kwa Wan, just south, offers the same access at gentler prices.
If you want the classic Hong Kong stay, base yourself along the Tuen Ma line corridor, in Hung Hom, Ho Man Tin or over in Tsim Sha Tsui, and ride two or three stops to the show. Our Hong Kong hotel listings cover all of these areas. With four shows in five days, the Friday and Saturday nights go first, so book the room when you book the ticket, through the official HK Ticketing channel for seats and a cancellable rate for the bed.
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