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Hong Kong’s Clockenflap Music and Arts Festival is set to begin on December 1 and last until December 3. The city’s second Clockenflap of 2023 will provide a deep dive into contemporary and alternative music.
As we gear up for the festivities, here is a look back at 15 years of Clockenflap.

















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Clockenflap Music Festival

15 years of Clockenflap: a visual history of Hong Kong’s festival, from A$AP Rocky and Arctic Monkeys to Denise Ho and RubberBand

Fans cheer during Clockenflap 2016. Photo: Jonathan Wong


Jarvis Cocker at Clockenflap 2018. Photo: Chris Lusher

Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys performs in March 2023 at Clockenflap. Photo: Sun Yeung

Fans cheer during Clockenflap 2016. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Collar x RubberBand perform in March 2023 at Clockenflap. Photo: Dickson Lee

Attendees dress up at Clockenflap in March 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee

Kid Ink at Clockenflap 2017. Photo: James Wendlinger 

Spectators at Clockenflap 2017. Photo: Handout

The Chemical Brothers close Clockenflap 2016. Photo: Chris Lusher

Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack at Clockenflap 2017. Photo: James Wendlinger 

A cash confetti storm during A$AP Rocky’s set at Clockenflap 2015. Photo: Clockenflap

The first Clockenflap festival in 2008. Photo: Chris Lusher

Stormzy at Clockenflap 2017. Photo: James Wendlinger

Umbrellas in hand, the crowd enjoys the performance by Jose Gonzalez at Clockenflap 2016. Photo: Jarrod Watt

Denise Ho at Clockenflap 2015. Photo: Jonathan Wong

U-God (left) of the Wu-Tang Clan talks to the media while backstage at Clockenflap in March 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee

Franz Ferdinand at Clockenflap 2013. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Clockenflap December 2023: stage guide, the food, drink and activities on offer, how to pay for things and how to get there – everything you need to know

The second Clockenflap music and arts festival of 2023 begins on Hong Kong’s Central Harbourfront (above) on December 1, and we have a guide to everything festivalgoers need to know. Photo: Clockenflap

The second Clockenflap festival of 2023 opens at Hong Kong’s Central Harbourfront on December 1. Photo: Clockenflap

The festival map for Clockenflap December 2023. Illustration: Clockenflap

J-pop duo Yoasobi will be performing on the main stage at the upcoming festival. Photo: Clockenflap

Singer-songwriter Leah Dou is among the performers at Clockenflap. Photo: Clockenflap

DJ Daryll Griggs will play on the Topper Stage at the upcoming festival. Photo: Instagram/@djdaryllg

Bad Bambino will also perform on the Topper Stage. Photo: Instagram/@bad.bambino

After a four-year gap, Clockenflap made a successful return to Hong Kong in March 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee

Hong Kong restaurant Little Bao will provide some of the food at the festival, with its creative bao burgers featuring ingredients from chicken to pork belly. Photo: Shutterstock

Scottish craft beer brand BrewDog will run The Kuuchi Café & Bar at the upcoming festival. Photo: Edmond So

An outdoor sitting area at Clockenflap. Photo: Kennevia Photography

The festival venue is reachable within a few minutes on foot from Hong Kong’s Central Star Ferry pier. Photo: Clockenflap/Lee Kit-min

A crowd watches a performance at Clockenflap 2017. Photo: Clockenflap/Lee kit-min

Second Clockenflap festival this December is ‘a leap of faith’, says co-founder, who promises ‘outrageous levels of fun for all who come’

How will December’s Clockenflap festival differ from the March edition? Justin Sweeting, Clockenflap co-founder and head of music, talks to the Post. Photo: Dickson Lee

Wu-Tang Clan on stage during Clockenflap at Central Habourfront on March 5, 2023. Photo: Dickson Lee

The city’s biggest music event is back again in December. Photo: Dickson Lee

Justin Sweeting is a Clockenflap co-founder and the head of music. Photo: Clockenflap

Arctic Monkeys at Clockenflap on March 3, 2023. Photo: Sun Yeung

A second festival this year helps get Clockenflap back on its usual winter months timeline. Photo: Dickson Lee

Clockenflap festivalgoers in March 2023. The December edition’s three-day tickets sold out in just under a day. Photo: Dickson Lee

‘Time travel’ tourism in Hong Kong – could it be the boost the city needs to attract more international visitors?

“Dim sum aunties” push trollies of food at the New Kwong Tung Seafood Restaurant in Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, in May 1997. Offering retro-themed dining events incorporating traditional dishes could form part of a “time travel” tourism concept that could boost visitors to the city. Photo: SCMP

The Luk Kwok Hotel in the 1970s. Photo: Gloucester Luk Kwok Hong Kong

“The World of Suzie Wong” serves as a valuable historical record, capturing the essence of 1960s Hong Kong.

The Luk Kwok Hotel’s Jambo Room Nightclub in the 1970s. Photo: Gloucester Luk Kwok Hong Kong

Customers order bamboo steamers of dim sum at a restaurant in Hong Kong. Photo: AFP

Cars park outside The Peninsula hotel, in Tsim Sha Tsui, circa 1974.

A family enjoys their “morning tea” on the last day of Ocean Palace Restaurant and Night Club in Tsim Sha Tsui on April 17, 2005. Photo: Edward Wong

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From A$AP Rocky to Arctic Monkeys, a visual history of Hong Kong’s music and arts festival Clockenflap on its 15th year


From A$AP Rocky to Arctic Monkeys, a visual history of Hong Kong’s music and arts festival Clockenflap on its 15th year.


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