Backlash brews for Hong Kong coffee festival over response to bad weather

Mud and rainy weather caused chaos and frustration at a high-profile open-air coffee festival in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District over the Easter weekend, as it was hit by squally thunderstorms and showers that flooded parts of the venue. The weather put a dampener on the four-day 2026 Coffee Hong Kong @WestK, which took place on the Great Lawn of the district’s Art Park, with one vendor reporting a 60 per cent drop in business.