Travel Reference
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Hong Kong Arts Festival
A highlight of the arts calendar is the annual Hong Kong Arts
Festival (
www.hk.artsfestival.org
)
, a three-week dose of inter-
national culture in February/March, with concerts, plays,
Chinese opera, and other productions staged by leading tal-
ent from East and West. Tickets for the shows must be re-
served well in advance.
The performing arts
Performance venues
. The theatres in the
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
in Tsim Sha Tsui
are the main venues for concerts and opera. Other performing arts centres are the
City Hall
(
www.cityhall.gov.hk
) cultural complex, with exhibition halls and theatres that present con-
certs, plays and films; the
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
(www.hkapa.edu)
with two major theatres for dance, drama and concert performances; and the
Hong Kong
Arts Centre
(
www.hkac.org.hk
) in Wan Chai. Other centres for concerts and entertainment
are Sha Tin Town Hall, Kwai Tsing Theatre in Kwai Chung and the theatres in the Fringe
Club for plays and cabaret. Larger arenas, including the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, the Hong
Kong Coliseum, and the Ko Shan Theatre in Kowloon play host to various concerts, sport-
ing events and variety shows.
Classical music.
The Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra (
www.hkco.org
) performs new and tra-
ditional works featuring traditional and Chinese instruments. The Hong Kong Philharmonic
(
www.hkphil.org
)
performs Western classical works and new pieces by Chinese composers
in its September-to-June season.
