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Hong Kong's music scene

The Clockenflap music festival has come a long way since 2008, becoming one of the biggest events on Hong Kong’s social calendar. Photo: Sun Yeung
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What to expect from Clockenflap 2024, Hong Kong’s music and arts festival

From November 29 to December 1, the weekend promises exciting music from former White Stripes member Jack White, indie darling St Vincent, rapper Central Cee, English rock band Suede, and many more.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Miriam Yeung’s career as singer and actress, and rupture with fans

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How British-born Chinese singer Mui Zyu is taking back her heritage

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How this organiser went from corporate DEI to planning music festivals

Nikki Davies tells PostMag about finding her niche in DEI in the corporate world before transferring her skill set to live music events.

Nikki Davies went from managing corporate DEI policies to planning festivals in Hong Kong. Photo: Jocelyn Tam
Hong Kong

Your perfect week: what to do in Hong Kong from November 10 to 16

Eat, try, do and see something new, from a 21-metre cheeseboard at Grand Hyatt to Ben Campbell in action at the HK Open golf tournament.

Hong Kong economy

Hypefest draws crowds and vendors in Hong Kong debut despite typhoon threat

Organisers are expecting 30,000 attendees for the two-day music festival along Central Harbourfront.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | From songwriter in wife’s shadow to serious actor, Louis Cheung’s rise

Hong Kong tabloids painted Louis Cheung as dependent on singer wife Kay Tse, but as an acclaimed actor he’s standing on his own two feet now.

Louis Cheung in an interview with the Post in 2011. At one time , Hong Kong tabloids mocked the singer, songwriter and actor for being less successful than his pop-star wife, Kay Tse. Now he is flying high. Photo: SCMP
Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Herbie Hancock as incredible as ever at Hong Kong jazz festival

Jazz legend Herbie Hancock showed he’s still got it at the Freespace Jazz Fest 2024, with other stand-out acts including Ted Lo and Heidi Li.

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What is HKT x WestK Popfest – and who’s performing?

Over 4 nights, the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong will host over 60 performances by local and international artists at this upcoming music festival.

What to do in Hong Kong

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, October 25-27

Try your hand at cocktail making, immerse yourself in jazz music, learn about endurance running and more this weekend.

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Herbie Hancock returns to Hong Kong this weekend as part of the Freespace Jazz Fest 2024 in the West Kowloon Cultural District, one of our picks for things to do and see this weekend. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong economy

Letters | Coldplay ticket woes suggest Hongkongers don’t matter in event plans

Readers discuss the frustration of missing out on a coming mega event, how the US domestic economic agenda could ease US-China tensions and growing demand for bilingual skills.

A poster advertising Coldplay’s concert dates in Hong Kong are seen at a bus stop in Admiralty district on October 7. Photo: Elson Li
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Hong Kong Clockenflap festival full line-up includes Central Cee headlining

The full line-up for November 29-December 1 music festival is announced, with ‘Doja’ rapper Central Cee to headline Saturday night.

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She swapped law books for a DJ’s decks. Catch Awen at Hong Kong festival

Lucille Kante found her voice and vocation while a lawyer in Hong Kong, since when she’s DJed everywhere including Coachella. Now she’s back.

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Hong Kong singer and actor Jacky Cheung’s rise to God of Songs

Known as one of the ‘Four Heavenly Kings’ of Cantopop, Jacky Cheung has enjoyed a stellar career as an actor and singer since 1984.

Jacky Cheung performs on stage in Hong Kong in January 2024 during his Jacky Cheung 60+ Concert Tour. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
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Hong Kong electronic music festival Midori returns in secret location

The three-day Midori festival focuses on underground electronic music and culture while highlighting Hong Kong’s beautiful natural landscape.

People dance during the inaugural Midori electronic music festival in Hong Kong in May. The festival features entirely locally based DJs and celebrates underground electronic music and the city’s extensive natural landscape. Photo: Jake Aaron Morton / Y2K, Omni Agency
Classical music

Sheng vs didgeridoo? When 2 of the world’s oldest wind instruments went head to head

What happens when you put 2 traditional wind instruments from different corners of the globe next to a Western classical orchestra? Dylan Crismani’s concerto for Sheng and Didgeridoo, Coming Together, attempts to answer that sonic conundrum.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Why Cantopop stars from Faye Wong to Eason Chan love lyricist Albert Leung

Having created lyrics for stars from Anita Mui to Leslie Cheung and Jacky Cheung, Leung is one of Cantopop’s most loved and prolific writers.

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Hypefest to debut in Hong Kong in November, with electronic band Justice to headline

Organisers say festival will take place along Central harbourfront from November 9 to 10 and is expected to attract 30,000 guests.

Hypefest has been held in mainland China for the past two iterations. Photo: Handout
Performing arts in Hong Kong

HK Phil’s new season kicks off with 24-year-old Tarmo Peltokoski

Named the orchestra’s music director from 2026-27, the young Finnish conductor begins a new season with a programme of Sibelius and Bruckner

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Crash Adams to play their healing pop at YouTube Music Night in Hong Kong

Pop duo Crash Adams, who found fame on YouTube and TikTok, are returning to Hong Kong to play a selection of their hit songs at the YouTube Music Night at Harbour City on August 25.

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Musician Olivier Cong’s latest album, Tropical Church, is an ode to Hong Kong

Oliver Cong went from a brooding songwriter to an acolyte of the late Ryuichi Sakamoto; his new album pays tribute to Hong Kong via experimental sounds

Olivier Cong in his studio in Ngau Tau Kok. Photo: Eugene Chan
Hong Kong

Then & Now | How Hong Kong’s Diamond Records gave birth to Cantopop

Cantopop didn’t begin with Anita Mui or Jacky Cheung, but with the humble studios of post-war Hong Kong

Popular 60s soul band The Mystics are among the formatitive Hong Kong artists that cut their demo discs with Diamond Records, an incubator for what would become Cantopop. Photos: SCMP Archive
Hong Kong gigs

Can this new Hong Kong music venue fill a hole left by Kitec?

The 1,500-person-capacity AXA Dreamland at Go Park Sai Sha in Ma On Shan could soften the blow of the loss of Kitec’s 600-seat Music Zone, where bands including Mirror launched their careers.

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Jazz star Ambrose Akinmusire is finding beauty in troubled times

Following his recent Hong Kong debut, the acclaimed trumpeter talks about influential mentors Wayne Shorter and Roy Hargrove, quitting the world’s biggest jazz label, and his fears for the coming US election

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How Frances Yip helped put Cantopop on the map, seen in a new exhibition

Yip is in Hong Kong to give 2 concerts and to attend the exhibition ‘Soundtrack of Our Lives: Joseph Koo x James Wong x the Rise of Cantopop’ held at Tai Kwun, where she was once an auxiliary policewoman

Singer Frances Yip today, at the “Soundtrack of Our Lives” exhibition that traces the importance of her collaboration with songwriters James Wong and Joseph Woo in the rise of Cantopop. Photo: Abdela Igmirien
What to do in Hong Kong

Music festival to photo exhibition, 5 weekend arts events in Hong Kong

View images of Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung among other works at Sam Wong’s photo exhibition, or take your kids to Sho-Chan Playful Studio featuring the Japanese cartoon character.

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Sam Wong’s portrait of Maggie Cheung is among the works on show at the Hong Kong photographer’s solo exhibition at the Hong Kong Design Institute. Photo: Sam Wong
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‘Cantopop is so unhealthy!’: the story of Hong Kong’s new Freespace Noise Fest

The inaugural Freespace Noise Fest is Hong Kong’s largest experimental music event to date, offering a loud rebuttal to the city’s syruppy pop sounds, says curator Kung Chi-shing

What to do in Hong Kong

Summer 2024 fun in Hong Kong – 6 events from Mamma Mia! to anime convention

Want to turn up the fun in Hong Kong this summer? We have you covered, including a book fair, Doraemon exhibitions, a pop-up water park and the Unheard Sound and Music Festival.

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Hong Kong's music scene
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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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