Probably one of the largest event hosted at the West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade is Clockenflap, the outdoor music event every year at November/December. In a mere windows of 3 days, around 50 bands from all over the world gather at the Promenade, providing live music performances at 6 main stages along the promenade, from day till night. It is really fun to see huge crowds gather at specific stages for a particular band, and after the performances finish, the crowd again, disperse to other stages for the next shows. If you are not sure what is good to see next, you can sure follow the direction of the largest crowd, good stuff guaranteed!
Apart from the excellent band shows, there are also art exhibits, film screening and children/adult activities available on the site, thus every year we see lots of families bringing their children out to picnic. If you intend to stick around for a bit, remember to bring a cloth mat so you can relax on the grass!
Outdoor comfort food and beer sure adds points to our level of enjoyment! Also there are people with interesting costumes like dressing as a shoe or an orange alien, and also cool trendy people with hair dyed pink green blue purple red at the same time. Arriving in the afternoon, we mucked around activity centers, snacking, drinking, and photo snapping until it's time for the music.
Of course the sunset at the promenade is a must see. During Clockenflap 2013 a traditional Hong Kong junk with huge brown sails was put in the Victoria Habor, and with the huge egg-yolk sunset in the background it's probably one the most beautiful postcard sights you can see. Then after around 5 beers you get a little tipsy and with the exciting band music, nothing matters anymore LOL. What a great way to enjoy good music, and life!
2013's Lineup included the well-known Franz Ferdinand, The 1975, 2manyDJs, Metric, Cui Jian, with Ketchup and G.E.M from Hong Kong. And while there are rumors flying around saying that after the Chinese opera house is built, Clockenflap will have to be moved to the Hong Kong Central Waterfront promenade which is much smaller, recent announcement on the Clockenflap website shows that in 2014, we are still going to be at West Kowloon Waterfront! Really, it's the best location for Clockenflap! Can't wait! read more