Hong Kong is an international financial centre with a vibrant and high class city life. World class international cuisines and shops are within reach in shopping malls. Apart from enjoying varied delicacies at high standards, the international culture in Hong Kong also made concerts of all kinds readily available to sparkle up the Hong Kong night life. Concerts in Hong Kong are supported by a vast variety of profitable and non-profitable groups and organizations. Performers involved in these concerts include local children or elderlies, professional artists to world renowned artists visiting from all around the globe.

Concerts in Hong Kong are performed in both government owned venues such as the Hong Kong City Town Hall, The Hong Kong Cultural Centre, and the Tsuen Wan Town Hall (it has unfortunately been taken down in recent years by government order) and non-government owned venues. All year round, concerts in Hong Kong are readily committed to bring unique experiences and cultural exchange experience to both locals and tourists alike.

Concerts in Hong Kong - The Pearl of Asia

Musical Groups that Perform in Concerts in Hong Kong

Concerts in Hong Kong are varied, including choral performances, orchestral performances, woodwind performance, drama, youth orchestras, and string orchestras, acappellas, operas, ballets etc. Various groups of private and non-private musical organizations took initiative to create and showcase innovative musical performance and to further develop the Hong Kong artistic culture.

More than Musical, a non-profit Hong Kong opera company was founded. The company produces alternative operas with an aim to make opera in Hong Kong more accessible, relevant and contemporary. More than Musical produces operas in a compact, intimate and modern way with advanced sometimes in non- traditional venues such as bars and clubs. The opera production are of world-class quality recruited professional singers and artistic directors, each opera is compacted in to a 90 minute show to suit the busy lives of modern Hong Kong citizens. In summer 2017, More than Musical premiered a 90 minutes version of La Traviata and received admirable feedbacks.

Additionally, local musical organization such as Ponte Orchestra & Singers has just celebrated their 10th Anniversary with a Concert ‘Heal we go’ performed in the Hong Kong City Hall. The concert evening included a list of repertoires from J.Strauss ‘Die Fiedermaus’ Overture to excerpts from well-known musicals such as Wicked and The Sound of Music. Most of the members in the orchestra and choir are locals or overseas music graduates. ‘Ponte’ literally means ‘bridge’, the conductor of the music groups Mr. Stephan Lam hopes to use music to build bridges and connections between people.

Venues for Concerts in Hong Kong

The venues available for concerts in Hong Kong are varied and the different facilities cater specifically to suit concerts of different nature. The largest concert venue, Asia World Expo resides next to the Hong Kong International Airport. It has a large purpose-built entertainment venue with the Hong Kong’s largest indoor seated area, with a total floor space of 10,800 square metres, a maximum capacity of 14,000 and 19 metre-high ceiling clearance. The arena suited a wide variety of large scale events. To date, the arena has hosted a range of concerts, entertainment extravaganzas, sporting spectaculars, large-scale conferences and corporate functions. The flexibility of the Arena allows for local and international superstars to host concerts, for example pop artists Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera and John Legend, etc.

On the other hand, the Kowloonbay International Trade & Exhibition Centre, Kowloon, one of the key commercial areas in Hong Kong with a total gross floor area of 1.76 million sq. ft offers a comprehensive range of flexible office space and event venues for any kind of concerts, nosiness, exhibitions, etc. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in concert, set to be performed by the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong on 7th, October, 2020.

Furthermore, the Hong Kong City hall, located at the heart of the city, next to the International Finance Centre (IFC) is a government owned venue with various sizes concert halls. Unlike the previous two venues, the Hong Kong City Hall caters more specifically for artistic local organizations rather than large international events or concerts, for example Chinese operas.

Last but not least, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, another government owned facility in the middle of the city in Tsim Sha Tsui, right across the harbour from Hong Kong City Hall. The venue employs a Venue Partnership scheme that aims to foster a partnership between the performance venues and performing arts groups and organizations with the objectives of enhancing the artistic image and character of the venue and its partner to attract more audience. The venue partners include Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Ballet, Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and Zuni Icosahedron.

Overall there is a vast array of concerts in Hong Kong, performed at venues that are convenient and within close reach by public transport. Going to one of the concerts in Hong Kong on a late evening after all week of work could be one of the most rewarding and relaxing activities.