Musicians, ever-resourceful, have found workarounds during the pandemic with livestreams and distanced outdoor concerts, but the spaces themselves are important. Recommended for Live Music because: Hidden Agenda is unique to Hong Kong, a highly alternative venue that is incredibly popular.Įd's expert tip: Hidden Agenda is a little out of the way – ask your hotel concierge to write the address in Chinese for your taxi driver.It’s been so long since most of us have been to a live show that even the scuzziest black hole of a bathroom sounds inviting right now. Every year Hidden Agenda stages more than 60 music shows for local and international artists, with diverse genre such as rock, heavy metal, jazz, folk, punk, post-rock, reggae, visual rock, hip-hop, experimental noise, and techno. There is also a lounge for performers, a bars, and a place for street art products and indie label CDs called Hidden Shop. Official regulations forced Hidden Agenda to move, but the new venue can hold more than 300, there's a bigger stage, and a better sound system has been installed. It soon became a local band scene's hot spot, and a nice venue for foreign musicians on tour in Asia. Hidden Agenda started out in 2009 when a couple of post-80s music lovers came up with the idea of transforming a band practice room in an industrial building into a live house for indie music. Recommended for Live Music because: The Coliseum is the grand daddy of Hong Kong's major live music performance venues.Įd's expert tip: The Coliseum is right next to the main railway station in Kowloon, so very easy to access. Since its opening, the popular Coliseum has played host to thousands of local and international conferences, performances and events. The imposing design was constructed from rooftop downwards which creates a maximum column-free space out of the 1 600 sq.m arena, providing an unobstructed view of the arena for over 12 500 audience.Īdjacent to Hung Hom station, the venue is easily accessible by trains and other public transport. Shaped like an inverted pyramid, the Coliseum is one of the most eye-catching landmarks on the waterfront of Hong Kong.
Since its official opening on 27 April 1983, the Hong Kong Coliseum has established itself as one of the most popular multipurpose indoor stadium in Hong Kong for international spectacular entertainment programs and pop concerts. And when it comes to the amateur performers, it's amazing how many of them are holding down a regular job wearing a suit from nine to five. Hong Kong is more famed for its business acumen than its cultural offerings, but a healthy live music scene is a sure sign that there is another side to the city rather than simply making money. Lastly – and least of all – are alternative venues, well out of town, which stage alternative music for up and coming bands and performers. Perhaps The Wanch, in Wan Chai, is the prime example. Thirdly are the more informal places, usually a pub, which attract enthusiastic amateurs who like to play a particular brand of music and whose friends usually flock to give them some support.
Secondly are the bars and restaurants – such as Grappa's Cellar in Central – which stage live music by professionals, be it jazz, easy listening or indeed anything which will accompany patrons' drinking and dining. Live music in Hong Kong falls into four main categories.Īt the top of the program are the major venues, seating hundreds and the natural port of call for international orchestras, pop stars and the like, whose very name is enough to ensure seats sell out in a trice.
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