Clockenflap music festival reveals new names in artist line-up, Ocean Park gets first mainland tour group in years as Hong Kong marches on to normality
- City to see return of popular music and arts festival on March 3, with last instalment in 2018
- Ocean Park meanwhile welcomes first tour group of mainlanders in years following recent border reopening
Hong Kong moved a step closer to normality on Saturday with its largest outdoor music festival confirming a line-up of global artists and a theme park receiving its first mainland Chinese tour group in years.
Organisers of the three-day Clockenflap festival announced latest stage names for this year’s event, set for March 3 to 5 at the Central Harbourfront, marking a long-awaited comeback after its last appearance in 2018.
Newly confirmed performers are American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, Swedish indie-pop superstars The Cardigans, British rockers Bombay Bicycle Club, the United-States’ singer-songwriter Sasha Alex Sloan, British hoppers Black Country, New Road, Japanese dance-pop sensation CHAI and Hong Kong Canto-rock group KOLOR.
Clockenflap is among the first wave of major events Hong Kong will host to draw tourists following the cancellation of all Covid-19 travel restrictions in January. Earlier this week, the city also scrapped all pandemic curbs with mainland China.
The new line-up came on top of previous names already confirmed – British rock icons Arctic Monkeys, French synth-rockers Phoenix and Norwegian folk-pop duo Kings of Convenience.
Tickets are on sale and priced at HK$1,620 (US$206) for a three-day pass and HK$1,080 for single days.
On the heels of the festival will come the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament from March 31 to April 2 at the Hong Kong Stadium in Causeway Bay.
