Know Your GuideFong: Hong Kong

Celebrate community, culture, and sustainability at Know Your GuideFong: Hong Kong, happening on Nov. 8, 2026, from 1 PM to 7 PM, at the 1/F Event Space, Central Market. This one-day marketplace brings together a diverse collection of homegrown and ethnically diverse-owned businesses that are creating positive social and environmental impact across Hong Kong.

Visitors can explore a wide range of products and services spanning food and beverage, lifestyle and wellness, urban farming, art creation, and community services, while learning how these enterprises contribute to community resilience, cultural preservation, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. The event also offers opportunities for meaningful conversations with business owners, encouraging intercultural exchange and stronger connections within the city.

Admission is free, with guests who RSVP before Nov. 7, 2026, will receive one complimentary lucky draw ticket. Visitors can also choose from two early-bird packages: The Early Bird Smart Saver is priced at HK$50 and includes four discount coupons worth up to HK$40 and one lucky draw ticket, while the Early Bird Super Saver costs HK$100 and comes with 10 discount coupons worth up to HK$100 and two lucky draw tickets. Both early-bird packages are available until Nov. 7, 2026, and are not available for walk-in visitors.

Here are this year's 26 participating vendors (in alphabetical order):

• A Collective Space – A community-focused creative space offering hands-on heritage craft workshops, team-building programs, and handmade products created from recycled wood and studio offcuts.
• Beeclean – An eco-conscious household brand offering plastic-free, zero-waste laundry detergent tabs, including fragrance-free options for families, babies, and sensitive skin.
• Blooms Forever – A brand creating handcrafted preserved flower arrangements and bespoke floral designs for gifts, weddings, corporate spaces, and workshops.
• Candle Up – A sustainable luxury brand offering hand-poured, clean-burning candles and a refill service for empty candle jars of any brand, shape, or size.
• Chiya (Himalayan Tea) – A community-focused specialty tea shop serving handcrafted beverages inspired by Nepali and Hong Kong tea cultures, including Nepal Ilam tea, masala chai, and Boba Masala Chai.
• Corner for Mindfulness (Yogaholic Studio) – A wellness studio offering "Mindfulness Corner," a programme featuring stress-relieving workshops and self-healing body-care products.
• DAEBY – A Hong Kong-born, dermatologist-formulated skincare brand offering Korea-made products designed for the demands of urban environments.
• EMC Hub – An online halal marketplace that helps people in Hong Kong list and find halal products and services from community businesses.
• Gowld Art Centre – A creative wellness organization offering sustainable artmaking, artful-healing activities, workshops, courses, and products made by collaborating artists and organizations.
• GrabNat – A natural skincare brand offering affordable, premium products inspired by traditional ingredients and created for modern everyday self-care.
• Kasido.hk – An artisan brand offering one-of-a-kind, handmade jewelry and handbags crafted across Asia using varied materials, colors, and design traditions.
• Makerbay Foundation Limited – A creative space and educational platform that helps young people develop maker skills through STEAM workshops, upcycling projects, eco-tech activities, and innovation programs.
• Mizaaj Cafe Gallery – A community-focused café-gallery combining drinks, visual art, live creative experiences, and storytelling.
• Nourish Vibes – A Hong Kong body-care brand offering small-batch, vegan and halal-friendly products tailored to different skin types and suitable for self-care or gifting.
• PRESTIGIOUS – A food business offering premium dates, nuts, and dried fruits as wholesome options for healthier everyday eating.
• Rise Wise Foundation – A Hong Kong registered charity providing animal-assisted interventions for people with special educational needs, elderly individuals, and ethnic minority students while supporting inclusive pet-care employment.
• Sababu – A purpose-led brand offering colorful organic cotton socks featuring designs and stories by underrepresented artists, with 30% of profits from each purchase returned to support impact.
• Sacred Space Therapy and Wellness – A holistic wellness provider offering alternative therapies such as music, sound, and forest therapy.
• Shilpa's Masala Mill – A food brand offering authentic spice blends created to bring distinctive flavors from its kitchen into customers’ homes.
• Shing Fook Co – A family-run jewelry business creating handmade, custom bracelets and necklaces using gemstones.
• Solefit Care Limited – A foot-care company providing AI-powered foot screenings and affordable custom 3D-printed insoles to support more comfortable, pain-free movement.
• Sprout Heroes – An urban-farming brand offering sprouting kits and seed mixes that make growing fresh food at home more accessible.
• TerraBeen – An eco-friendly brand producing degradable, reusable bamboo straws designed for hot and cold drinks without becoming soggy or leaving an aftertaste.
• The Blomstre Limited – A home-fragrance brand creating handcrafted, non-toxic products made with plant-based soy wax, phthalate-free fragrances, and natural ingredients.
• Thee Sweet Little Things – A dessert business creating custom cakes, handcrafted desserts, and complete dessert tables, including gluten-free, sugar-free, and vegan options.
• Upeeling – A sustainable snack brand that rescues surplus and imperfect pineapples and transforms them into clean-label, chocolate-dipped treats.

Event information edited for consistency and clarity by The Beat Asia.