Mid-Autumn Festival 2027: 15 September, Mooncakes and Lanterns

What is Mid-Autumn Festival?

The festival celebrates the harvest and the full moon, which is said to be at its roundest and brightest on this night. Its best-known legend is that of Chang'e, who drank an elixir of immortality and floated up to live on the moon, where a jade rabbit keeps her company.

In Vietnam, Tet Trung Thu has become a festival for children, with star-shaped lanterns and lion dances. In Korea the same day is Chuseok, a three-day holiday when families travel to their home towns and visit their ancestors' graves.

When is Mid-Autumn Festival? Dates for 2026 and 2027

2026

Friday 25 September 2026Mid-Autumn Festival

2027

14–16 September 2027Chuseok holidays in Korea
Wednesday 15 September 2027Mid-Autumn Festival

The festival follows the lunar calendar, so it falls between mid-September and early October. The 2026 and 2027 dates appear in official public-holiday lists.

How people celebrate

Mooncakes, with fillings such as lotus-seed paste, red bean and salted egg yolk, shared with family and given as gifts.
Carrying and hanging lanterns, and children's lantern parades.
Eating pomelos and other autumn fruit while watching the moon rise.

Good to know

Mooncakes are rich: cut them into small wedges and share them with tea.
Lantern displays in parks often open a week or two before the festival.
In Korea, expect motorways and trains to be very busy over Chuseok.

Mid-Autumn Festival in Festiglow

Festiglow: Block Puzzle is a relaxing 8×8 block puzzle: every line you clear sends light to a festival island and lights up its houses, one by one. The Moon Festival island is one of 40 festival islands on the World Festival Tour, which follows the real calendar. A huge full moon rises over long tables laid for a feast, among lanterns and small houses.

The disaster

Moon-eating Sky Dog. Clear lines to drum and shine until the sky dog lets go of the moon.

Festival pieces on the board

Mooncake, Pomelo, Rabbit Lantern and Star Lantern

When the island is live

15 September – 15 October 2026; 5 September – 5 October 2027. While it is live, the island carries a LIVE NOW badge in the game and the Daily Puzzle takes its theme (when two festivals overlap, the one ending sooner comes first).

Sources

Written by the Festiglow team at DCABox, with help from AI tools for research and drafting. Every date was checked against the sources above on 10 November 2026; festivals sometimes change their plans, so check the organisers' announcements before you travel.