Roll Up, Roll Up: Hong Kong’s First and Favourite Carnival returns to the Central Harbour Front! The AIA Great European Carnival will take pride of place once again at the Central Harbourfront Event Space, from 17th December 2015 through until 21st February 2016. The 67-day Carnival will run over all the major festive dates including Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year - with special celebrations planned for each. The AIA Great European Carnival will also introduce Hong Kong to the Luminarie experience, spectacular grand structures made of handcrafted lights from Italy, which will light up the Carnival at night. It is a craft that has been handed from father to son for more than 400 years. The popular photo boards will this year be 3D scaled replicas of iconic landmarks from across Europe, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Big Ben among many others. Hong Kong’s only outdoor ice-skating rink returns and there will be plenty more roaming street artists, a centralised food court offering an array of European food and beverage and non-stop entertainment on the main stage. ATTRACTIONS - Rides: Thrill, family and kiddie rides imported from Europe - Games: 36 skill games and over one million licensed branded toys - Ice Rink: real ice and the largest outdoor ice rink in Hong Kong - Luminarie: A series of grand baroque Italian lighting structures - Theme: Extensive European theming - Photo opportunities: Includes new 3-Dimensional Selfie Boards - Authentic European food and drink plus local favourites - International village with European handicrafts - European street artists, clowns, magicians mingle with guests - STAGE: International and local performances, community and professional acts on Carnival live stage - FOOD: International and local favourites, specialty F&B Purple Cow ‘Violet’ - Udderbelly Festival Perhaps the most visible addition to this year’s Carnival will be the entertainment space in the form of an upside down purple cow named ‘Violet’, which will host the Udderbelly Festival, one of the United Kingdom’s most popular festival events. The Udderbelly Festival Hong Kong, also presented by AIA, will offer a variety of entertainment for young and old including talented music acts, comedy, children’s shows and stage performances. Udderbelly Festival Details: https://goo.gl/IKZO9W