Harbour Chill Carnival by Hong Kong Tourism Board brings summer fun to the city

Starting from July 8 for five consecutive weekend evenings, the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is hosting the Harbour Chill Carnival, a free, relaxing, and fun event for the public and visitors to enjoy a variety of street performances, music shows, and X-game performances in the Wan Chai harbourfront while taking in the beauty of Victoria Harbour.  

Held over ten days at five weekends, the Harbour Chill Carnival will be staged at the Water Sports and Recreation Precinct, HarbourChill in Wan Chai and Wan Chai Temporary Promenade covering an area of over 30,000 square meters with a series of exciting programs for the public to enjoy the new, diverse experiences.  

The five-weekend music shows are themed “Asia Power,” “Fresh Finds,” “Indie Rocks,” “Cantopop Hits,” and “DJ Nights,” encompassing a wide range of music from a new generation of musicians of more than 40 groups of musicians from Hong Kong, mainland, Taiwan and overseas.  

With Cantopop diva Kelly Chen opening the season, the star-studded line-up features singer-songwriter Jay Fung, Ivana Wong, and new-generation musicians Tyson Yoshi, Ng Lam-fung, and Lolly Talk.  

Performers outside Hong Kong will also join the cast, including mainland band Project Ace, “Queen of OST” Queena Cui, Golden Melody Awards nominee Hush and charismatic songsmith YELLOW from Taiwan, trending Thai supernova TYTAN, South Korean R&B sensation Reddy, etc.  

Tickets will be distributed free of charge on the HKTB’s e-platform in two rounds on June 27 (Tuesday) and July 17 (Monday) on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public can register for an account on the Discover Hong Kong website now. Each user can get tickets for a max of two sessions (two tickets per session) at the same time.  

The Carnival also includes street performances featuring 25 local and overseas performing groups. The performances will showcase a special theme each week along the Wan Chai Waterfront Promenade, from European-inspired acrobatics and juggling, dynamic and passionate Samba drumming to time-honored kung fu and diabolo performances.  

Among them, the former Australian artistic gymnastics champions will bring Hong Kong an attractively lit hula hoop show, dazzling across the city’s streetscapes at night.  

The HKTB will also set up an outdoor X-Games performance area and invite local, mainland, and Japanese BMX and skateboarders, including a 14-year-old member of the national skateboard team Chen Ye, and Hong Kong’s No.1 skateboarder “Chun Chai” Luk Chun-yin to showcase their deft tricks.  

Last but not least, for one month from July 8, “A Symphony of Lights” will be staged at 8 pm every night with enhanced lighting effects. During the ten days of the Carnival, Victoria Harbour will host a waterfront pyrotechnic edition of the multimedia show, lighting up the harbor with a vibrant summer scene.