16 local arts groups and partnered arts organisations become new round of LCSD venue partners
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     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will implement the new (sixth) round of the Venue Partnership Scheme for three years from April 2026 to March 2029. Sixteen selected local arts groups and partnered arts organisations specialising in different art forms will become the partners of 11 LCSD performance venues:
 
Venue Facility Venue Partner

1. 
Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
Grand Theatre Hong Kong Dance Company

2. 
Hong Kong City Hall Concert Hall Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Theatre Hong Kong Repertory Theatre
3.  Yau Ma Tei Theatre Theatre The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong

4. 
Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre Theatre E-Side Dance Company
5.  Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre Theatre Drip Music
6.  Sheung Wan Civic Centre Theatre Zuni Icosahedron
7.  Sha Tin Town Hall Cultural Activities Hall Hong Kong Gaudeamus Dunhuang Ensemble
​8. ​ North District Town Hall Auditorium Hong Kong Theatre Works
​9.  Kwai Tsing Theatre Auditorium Chung Ying Theatre Company
​10.  Tsuen Wan Town Hall Auditorium City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
Cultural Activities Hall Actors' Family
11.  Tuen Mun Town Hall Auditorium Spring-Time Experimental Theatre and Spring-Time Chinese Opera
Cultural Activities Hall POP Theatre

     Launched in 2009, the Venue Partnership Scheme supports arts development by promoting partnerships between LCSD performance venues and arts groups/organisations. The enhanced sixth-round Scheme seeks to nurture the artistic levels and competitiveness of venue partners, strengthen venue identities, incentivise the good use of existing facilities to present more venue-suiting programmes, and encourage the development of performing arts at the community level, thereby fostering the diversified and professional development of arts and culture.

Ends/Monday, December 29, 2025
Issued at HKT 15:13

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