Hong Kong’s biggest music festival, Clockenflap, cancelled for second year running, this time because of coronavirus
- Like Glastonbury festival in the UK and South by Southwest in the United States, Clockenflap festival in Hong Kong has fallen victim to the Covid-19 pandemic
- Organisers say disruption to international travel makes it impossible to stage properly. Its 2019 edition was also scrapped because of anti-government protests
Hong Kong’s biggest annual music festival has been cancelled for the second year running, with the coronavirus crisis making it impossible to stage this year’s edition, organisers said.
The Clockenflap Festival was to have been held at the Central Harbourfront Event Space over three days in November. Last year’s Clockenflap Festival, at the same venue, was cancelled because of anti-government protests.
In a statement posted to social media, the Clockenflap organisers said: “Due to the dynamic nature of Covid-19 and the effects on international travel, it’s impossible to deliver the depth and breadth of the Clockenflap festival experience we strive for each year.”
However, the statement added that the festival would be returning on November 26-28, 2021. “We are already planning on the biggest and best Clockenflap experience ever for our return.”
Mike Hill, co-founder and CEO of Clockenflap organiser Magnetic Asia, said: “The biggest challenge for us is the uncertainty of international travel. Would artists be able to come without having to spend 14 days in quarantine? There is a strong chance this may not improve before November. That makes it impossible to create the kind of Clockenflap people want.
