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Hong Kong's music scene

Hong Kong's music scene
From boy band Mirror to the city's indie scene, get the latest musical updates from Hong Kong right here.
Hong Kong entertainer Veronica Yip poses in a swimsuit in 1994. From soft-core star to mainstream success, Yip’s career was a masterclass in reinvention. Photo: SCMP
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | The bold reinvention of 1990s Hong Kong sex symbol Veronica Yip

Veronica Yip posed topless for a Hong Kong magazine and acted in erotic films before becoming a pop singer, TV fixture and a tycoon’s wife.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Wicked songs in Cantonese? New online series champions Hong Kong talent

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Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | Cantopop icon Alan Tam: from Leslie Cheung’s rival to fans smashing albums

Hong Kong

Who to watch at Clockenflap 2025

Hong Kong’s favourite music spectacular is back from December 5 to 7 – here are our highlights to pencil into your festival diary.

Crowds gather on day two of Clockenflap 2024 at Central Harbourfront Event Space. The music festival returns from December 5-7 this year. Photo: Eugene Lee
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Why Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos loves playing in Hong Kong

Franz Ferdinand are appearing at Hong Kong’s Clockenflap festival in December and vocalist Alex Kapranos is glad to be coming back.

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Hong Kong

For Hong Kong’s outsiders, zines offer what the city doesn’t – space, dignity and voice

At workshops and festivals, some are embracing DIY publishing as a slower, more human way to find connection and tell their stories.

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Performing arts in Hong Kong

Review | Jazz great Dianne Reeves brings the house down at Hong Kong return show

With her commanding stage presence, huge vocal range and some top-notch backing, Dianne Reeves delivered a soulful, polished performance.

Five-time Grammy Award-winning jazz legend Dianne Reeves during her solo concert at the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on November 10, 2025. Photo: WestK
On Our Radar

Slow mornings, island air and 30-plus acts: CT Music Fest rethinks the formula

CT Music Fest heads to the Saiyuen campsite for 3 days of close listening, community vibes and a Hong Kong-first artist lineup.

Music

The Hong Kong Cantopop drummer helping revive the genre with his DJ sets

Stephane Wong drummed for Cantopop stars Eason Chan and Joey Yung in the 2000s. Now, his DJ discos are helping Hongkongers reminisce.

New Openings

Hong Kong new openings, from new music venue Tides to a pet club in West Kowloon

Italian pasticceria Cova reopens in Pacific Place, a new pickleball venue offers four indoor courts, and pets come first at WestK Pet Club.

WestK Pet Club offers pet-friendly bicycle rentals, among other things. Photo: courtesy West Kowloon Cultural District
My Life

He plays music with his elbows and brings skateboard tricks into his performances

Steve Hui Ngo-shan reflects on his journey from teen raver to Hong Kong’s leading sound artist. He even writes operas.

Steve Hui Ngo-shan, aka experimental musician Nerve, pictured in his studio in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. Photo: Eddie Huynh
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How actor Anthony Wong survived terrible films, ‘shut out’ by mainland China

From humble beginnings, Anthony Wong overcame adversity to become one of Hong Kong’s top actors and a man unafraid to speak out.

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Your Perfect Week

The best things to do in Hong Kong, November 2-8

Enjoy cabaret at Maggie Choo’s, revel in a festival of jazz in West Kowloon or tuck into some prime beef at Carna.

Music

The story of Lamma Fun Day, Hong Kong’s longest-running free music festival

Taking place this year on November 15 and featuring its biggest line-up, LFD raises money to support youth projects and initiatives in Nepal.

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Afro-Brazilian percussion band Salvaje perform at Hong Kong’s Lamma Fun Day in 2023. This year’s festival will feature 45 bands, DJs and solo artists. Photo: Dave Wilkinson
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Shirley Kwan, Cantopop’s complex ‘queen of cool’, is a star like no other

Kwan experienced a meteoric rise followed by an artistic metamorphosis in the 1990s, before personal struggles began to take the spotlight.

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Shirley Kwan (left) sings at the JVC Hits Award presentation ceremony at the Hong Kong Coliseum in January 1996. Photo: SCMP
Asian cinema: Hong Kong film

Why new documentary on Beyond’s Wong Ka-kui only tells part of the story

Because of You – Ka Kui, about the life of the Hong Kong frontman, is marred by the same issues that tore Beyond apart after his death.

New Openings

Hong Kong’s newest openings, from Tempura Nagaoka to Bakehouse at The Peak

Tempura Nagaoka brings Fukuoka’s street-stall culture to Causeway Bay, while Bakehouse now offers cityscape views with your egg tart.

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First Mention

When rumours swirled around the cause of Cantopop star Danny Chan’s death

Chow Yun-fat, Sally Yeh, Anita Mui and Pansy Ho attended his funeral. It was speculated that attempted suicide, Aids or a drug overdose caused his death.

Singer Danny Chan Pak-keung puts one of his albums in a time capsule in 1991. Photo: SCMP Archive
Hong Kong economy

New Hong Kong concert venue 70% booked until year end

1,500-capacity Tides venue in Whampoa fills a demand gap for facilities of this size in city, operator says.

My Life

Andrew Tuason on his music career alongside Cantopop’s biggest stars

The record producer, composer and band leader discusses learning his craft from his father and working with Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau.

Performing arts in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Early Music Festival celebrates grand sounds of the Baroque

The October festival will feature four concerts and over 20 players, with fresh music and unusual crossovers between genres and cultures.

Hong Kong Early Music Festival founder and artistic director Karen Yeung (centre), composer Lee Wai-shan (left) and pipa player Mavis Lam will perform at the four-day festival in October. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How Hong Kong’s ‘Fat Mama’ Maria Cordero went from Cantopop to controversy

The Macau-born singer, actor and TV chef was a beloved star from the 1980s to the 2000s, but more recently her politics have divided opinion.

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Maria Cordero in an interview with the Post in 2014. The Cantopop singer, actor and chef rose to popularity in Hong Kong in the 1980s, but more recently her political outspokenness has made her a polarising figure. Photo: Bruce Yan
Centre Stage

This director of music wants you to listen differently

The Oakland native moved to Hong Kong in 2010 and started the XXX Gallery. Now he curates a listening experience for thoughtful Hongkongers.

Music

Meet the Hong Kong DJ collective bringing back Cantopop’s golden age

Beat Friday plays the ‘best of Cantopop’ for party-goers at Hong Kong venues big and small. The trio reflect on the genre’s enduring appeal.

Hong Kong society

Meet the musician who turns Hong Kong’s noise pollution into urban symphonies

Laurie Lau, 27, who went viral for remixing city noises into songs, explains how curiosity led him to reimagine stressful sounds as harmonies.

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Laurie Lau, who records urban noises and remixes them into harmonies, poses for a picture in Sheung Wan. Photo: Karma Lo
Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | How ‘ugly’ Hong Kong star William So overcame scandal to return to the top

From taking Anita Mui’s fashion tip to rebuilding himself after drug charges, the bespectacled singer and actor’s story is one of resilience.

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William So in 2008. By the late 2000s, the actor and Cantopop star had rebuilt his career after a drug scandal in 2002 nearly ended it. Photo: William So
Hong Kong society

Editorial | As Hong Kong hosts more mega-events, a tougher crackdown on scalping is needed

The smashing of a syndicate that allegedly targeted ticket-buyers should be a wake-up call to better protect the city’s concertgoers.

Hong Kong celebrities and icons

Profile | When Sally Yeh dominated Hong Kong music and film in the 1980s and ’90s

After learning Cantonese from George Lam, Canada-raised Yeh became a Cantopop queen and shared the big screen with the likes of Chow Yun-fat.

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