2019 e-sPorts And musiC
festivAl
Gaming fans, for once, will want to put
down their controllers and head outside
for the weekend when the e-Sports and
Music Festival arrives in Hong Kong at
the end of the month. Besides many of
the homegrown top talents, there will
be an impressive assembly of gamers
from across the globe, all of whom will
be competing for the HK$3.5 million in
prize money on offer. Last year’s festival
attracted more than 80,000 fans, but
organisers are confident that the 2019
event will be bigger yet. Hong Kong
Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo
Dr, Wan Chai. HK$50-250. emfhk.com26-28 Jul
lumiere internAtionAl
fAshion event
Hong Kong’s fashionistas will be out in full
force as Meler Productions presents Hong
Kong: Lumiere, an event that will kick off
its high-end fashion show and summer
party this month. Showcasing an array
of international designers from Japan,
Hong Kong, USA, France and Sweden, this
highly fashionable fiesta won’t be strictly
fun and games, with five percent of all
profits being donated to Redress, a Hong
Kong-based NGO dedicated to promoting
environmental sustainability in the fashion
industry. The Annex, 173 Des Voeux Rd,
Central. HK$370. melerproductions/
lumiere/hong Kong BAKery
CArnivAl
The Hong Kong Bakery Carnival is being
billed as the city’s first-ever public bakery
show, with its organisers hoping to build on
the success of the Hong Kong International
Bakery Expo, an event that has delighted
the city’s more sweet-toothed residents
since 2012. Would-be pastry partakers
may want to loosen their belts as the
event will comprise bakery workshops,
competitions, on-site demonstrations by
celebrity chefs and, of course, lots and
lots of food tasting. Hong Kong Convention
and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Dr, Wan Chai.
hkbakerycarnival.com6 Jul
6-8 Jul
CloCKenflAP Presents:
yAeji, live in hK
In order to excite concertgoers before
the event proper in November, festival
organisers Clockenflap are making
the summer sizzle with an array of
international talents, including New
York-based singer and producer DJ
Yaeji. From humble beginnings at her
college’s radio station, the Korean-
American sensation soared out of the
underground scene to become a full-
fledged international superstar on the
back of such hits as Raingurl and Drink
I’m Sippin On. Yaeji’s
Hong Kong debut is
all but guaranteed
to be an eclectic,
electric night of
avant-pop. This Town
Needs, 6 Shung Shun
St, Yau Tong. HK$420.
ticketflap.com23 Jul
Big resign dAy
They say life imitates art more than art
imitates life. This, however, may not hold
true from the upcoming local production
of Big Resign Day. A laugh-out-loud
comedy, it follows the lives of several
stressed-out Hong Kong office workers
and dives deep into the darker side of the
city’s work culture. The show’s three-week
run features a number of homegrown
stars, including actress Jessica Hsuan
and former DJ and multimedia personality
Lam1Hey. This eminently comic cast is
sure to make the crowds chortle while
touching on subjects that are certain
to have real resonance. The Hong Kong
Academy for Performing Arts, 1 Gloucester
Rd, Wan Chai. HK$380–580.
premier.hkticketing.com6-28 Jul 24 Jul
CloCKenflAP Presents:
AlvvAys
Hailed as Canada’s new indie champs
(with Tegan and Sara now decidedly
mainstream), Alvvays is back in Hong
Kong after wooing crowds at last year’s
Clockenflap Festival. Their latest album,
Antisocialites, may be the most un-
Hong Kong name around, but this won’t
stop these mighty alt-rockers from
delivering one of the more unique concert
experiences on offer to 852 hipsters this
year. Beg, steal or borrow a ticket and bop
along to such peerless dreamy pop as Not
My Baby, Dreams Tonite and Archie Marry
Me. Go on. You know you want to. This
Town Needs, 6 Shung Shun St, Yau Tong.
HK$470. ticketflap.com18 igafencu.com