Hong Kong’s Wow and Flutter Weekend music festival 2017 to feature Supper Moment, Tat Ming Pair, Chochukmo and more
Two-day festival in West Kowloon will also see the reunion of ’80s electronica group Minimal, and performances by Dear Jane, Nowhere Boys and NiLiu
Indie music festival Wow and Flutter Weekend will be staged for a second year in Hong Kong next month, and features a host of well-known local acts and up-and-coming talents.
Around 50 acts have been announced so far for the two-day music festival, to be held in the West Kowloon Cultural District from August 11-13. At least another 20 acts will be added to the bill in the coming weeks.
As well as several Canto-pop bands, including 1980s duo Tat Ming Pair, four-piece favourite Supper Moment and pop-punks Dear Jane, the line-up will also feature the long-awaited reunion of 1980s synth-pop group Minimal.
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The band, formed in 1987 by Arion Au-Yeung, Johnnie Lok, Timmy Lok and Alan Ip, will reunite on the Weekend stage as part of a series of performances to celebrate their 30th anniversary.
Festival organiser Hong Ka-chun says it will be a show to remember. “There are not that many electronic bands in Hong Kong, especially with so much history, so I am definitely looking forward to it,” he says.
The Weekend is about Hong Kong and all things valuable to [the city]
Indie rock kings Chochukmo will make their second consecutive appearance at the Weekend, alongside the return of pop rockers Nowhere Boys, heavy outfits NiLiu and Qiu Hong, shoegaze groups More Reverb and Thud, Canto-reggae gang Sensi Lion, post-rockers ANWIYCTI and alt-rock noise-makers David Boring, all of whom made an impact last year. New Territories folk musicians The Interzone Collective will also perform again.
