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Lonely Planet's Top Choices
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Asia's top film festival features both esoteric titles
and crowd pleasers.
Clockenflap Outdoor Music Festival
Everyone in town attends this massive rock festival.
Hong Kong Arts Festival
Hong Kong's most exciting outdoor music festival.
Hidden Agenda
The city's most visible clandestine live-music venue.
Street Music Concert
Free under-the-stars live music, from Bach to original jazz.
Best for Live Music
Peel Fresco
Groovy jazz and arty crowds in a tiny club.
Backstage Live
A restaurant created for the purpose of having live music of all sorts.
Hidden Agenda
HK's most famous music dive has a line-up of solid indie acts.
The Wanch
Wan Chai's venerable live-music spot is tops for rock, jazz and lots of beer.
Grappa's Cellar
This Italian restaurant turns to rock, jazz and comedy.
Jazz, world music and more play inside this Victorian building.
Best Underground Vibe
XXX
A dive bar with indie bands.
Cattle Depot Artist Village
A Kowloon slaughterhouse turned artists' village and music ven-
ue.
Hidden Agenda
THE underground music spot in Hong Kong, so cool the government wants
to shut it down.
Best for Theatre
Hong Kong Arts Centre
Theatre, dance and more.
Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts
All manner of performances grace this
school's stage.
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
If it's culture, it's here.
Fringe Club
Think of it as Hong Kong's off-Broadway.
Cattle Depot Artist Village
Esoteric performance art in a former slaughterhouse.
