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What's On Hong Kong
What's On Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Palace Museum opening and exhibitions
Date: 2 July 2022
Venue: Hong Kong Palace Museum, West Kowloon Cultural District, Kowloon
Opening in July 2022, the Hong Kong Palace Museum will present over 900 priceless treasures from the Palace Museum collection (Beijing). Many of these gems are on display in Hong Kong for the first time, while others have never been displayed to the public.
The nine galleries of the museum will regularly present special exhibitions featuring Chinese art and culture; art collections in Hong Kong and multimedia projects; art and treasures from other parts of the world in dialogue with Chinese culture.
Info: https://www.westkowloon.hk/en/hkpm
Cinema
Screenings at M+ Cinema
Date: starting on 8 June 2022
Venue: M+ Cinema, West Kowloon Cultural District, Kowloon
Featuring three screening houses of various sizes, the M+ Cinema will have a series of feature films, documentaries, experimental cinema, and restored classics on show for the public which will also respond to the museum’s exhibitions.
Cinephiles can look forward to the premieres of restored classics such as the ever-classic Days of Being Wild by Wong Kar Wai and Xiao Wu by Jia Zhangke.
Info: https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/cinema/
46th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Date: 15 - 31 August 2022
Venue: hybrid approach of inperson and online screenings
Founded in 1976, the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) is Asia’s oldest international film festival and a pioneer in introducing Hong Kong, Chinese language and Asian cinema and filmmakers to the world.
The annual event is organized by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS), a charitable, non-profit and nongovernmental organization dedicated to the discovery and promotion of creativity in the art and culture of film. HKIFF46 has announced that Hong Kong star Aaron Kwok will return as the festival’s ambassador for the fourth consecutive year.
Info: https://www.hkiff.org.hk
Fairs
Hong Kong Book Fair
Date: 20 - 26 July 2022
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai
Launched in 1990, the annual Book Fair is organized by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and takes place over several days. Visitors can buy books, printed matter, stationery, printing, compact discs and other multimedia publishing.
Info: https://hkbookfair.hktdc.com/en/index.html
Hong Kong’s Ani-Com and Games Fair
Date: 29 July - 2 August 2022
Venue: Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wan Chai
The annual Ani-Com and Games Fair (ACGHK) not only brings together comic books and anime fans, but also a great variety of gamers under one roof surrounded by limited edition comics, figures and other collectibles from Hong Kong, Japan and around the world.
The event is also well-known as a giant cosplay gathering, where fans dress up in their favourite characters.
Info: https://ani-com.hk/2022ver/
Local Festivals
Mid-Autumn Festival ( 中秋節 )
Date: 10 September 2022Venue: various venues
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is the second biggest traditional Chinese holiday after Chinese New Year. It traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunar calendar, which is in September or early October on the Gregorian calendar; people celebrate the harvest and the Autumn season at the time of the full moon. In Hong Kong you can watch the fire dragon and lion dances (Tai Hang, Causeway Bay), enjoy festival food and drinks and lantern displays (Victoria Park). People usually celebrate it by gathering for dinners, worshiping the moon, lighting paper lanterns, and eating traditional sweets called “mooncakes”.
Opera
“Don Pasquale” semi-staged opera
Date: 13 - 14 August 2022Venue: TBC
Don Pasquale is a comic opera in 3 acts - composer: Gaetano Donizetti, Librettists: Giovanni Ruffini and Gaetano Donizetti
The wealthy elderly bachelor Don Pasquale wants his heir and nephew Ernesto to marry a rich woman of noble birth. He tries to force Ernesto to accept an arranged marriage by threatening to disinherit him and drive him out of his house. Ernesto resolutely refuses to obey because he is in love with Norina, a young widow. Dr. Malatesta, Don Pasquale’s personal physician and a close friend to both Ernesto and Norina, devises a scheme to help the young lovers and teach the old man a lesson through a punishing experience.
Info: https://www.operahongkong.org
Music
“Mirror.We.Are” live concert
Date: 25 - 31 July and 2-6 August 2022
Venue: Hong Kong Coliseum, 9 Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom
MIRROR, the Canto-pop sensation debuted in 2018, will hold their first-ever Hong Kong Coliseum concert this July and August. This famous boy band consists of 12 members who have also participated in various drama series and reality shows.
Info: https://www.viagogo.com/hk/en/Concert-Tickets/C-Pop/ MIRROR-Tickets
“Reflections on Refractions” concert
Date: 16 - 17 September 2022
Venue: HK City Hall - Concert Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central
Joint Celebration Concert of Hong Kong City Hall 60th Anniversary & Hong Kong Arts Festival 50th Anniversary. Hong Kong Sinfonietta, LCSD and Hong Kong Arts Festival, in collaboration with City Contemporary Dance Company, proudly present a rich music programme called “Reflections on Refractions” with arias by Charles Kwong, J. S. Bach and I. Stravinsky.
Info: https://hksl.org/concert/reflections-on-refractions-sep-2022/
Note: Please check with the official websites and organisers about potential special arrangements for COVID-19 before attending the events
Lia Campiglio
I want to thank everyone for reading and engaging with me over “What’s on Hong Kong” articles during the last few years. It has been an amazing journey that has come to an end as, while you are reading this last article, I have already left the country! I am very thankful for every one of you and hope you will keep reading the ItalianCham Magazine in the future.
Ciao e a presto!
