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As the region’s festival industry experiences significant growth, there’s an event for everyone this year – from boutique electronic pop-ups to large-scale showcases of alternative music giants
O.cult - The Asian music festivals that matter in 2026
As the region’s festival industry experiences significant growth, there’s an event for everyone this year - from boutique electronic pop-ups to large-scale showcases of alternative music giants
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January 12, 2026 at 2:35 AM
#HongKong designers are provoking conversations about the very fabric of identity and humanity, writes Kamil. Here’s a few that are on our radar
O.cult - Style subversion: HK’s underground fashion designers
Local designers are provoking conversations about the very fabric of identity and humanity, writes Kamil. Here’s a few that are on our radar
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October 22, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This #Pride we revisit the life of #GordonHuthart who opened Disco Disco, #HongKong's first modern #nightclub in 1978. A queer-friendly club where the #gay community could go when homosexuality was criminalised. And the making of a new #musical about his colourful life: Hong Kong After Midnight
O.cult - Disco inferno: a new musical revisits the life of Gordon Huthart, the Hong Kong nightlife king
Hong Kong After Midnight tells the story of the out-and-proud impresario who opened the city's first modern nightclub, but faced police raids and persecution
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June 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Since emerging in Shanghai in 2016, Plastic parties have popped up everywhere from Beijing and #HongKong, to Bangkok and Singapore, each with a striking poster with the series’ ‘bold, #homo aesthetic.’ We talked to Plastic founder Jing about how the series got started #pride #gay
O.cult - Plastic: the sensational gay party series taking over Asia
Since emerging in Shanghai in 2016, Plastic parties have popped up everywhere from Beijing and Hong Kong, to Bangkok and Singapore, each with a striking poster with the series’ 'bold, homo aesthetic'
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June 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The extraordinary life of this extraordinary photographer is detailed in the documentary I Am Martin Parr, which is being screened this Friday. Catch a documentary and discussion about how one man transformed everyday life through saturated, vivid colours, humour and a dose of irony
O.cult - Looking class: the world of controversial photographer Martin Parr
Catch a documentary and discussion about how one man transformed everyday life through saturated, vivid colours, humour and a dose of irony
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June 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Ahead of the Hong Kong Illustration and Creative Show, we talked to the founders Elise and Sirius about the history and expansion of the event - and asked some artists why you need to swing by their stalls

Cover: @kycolun on IG
O.cult - Creative juices: HK’s largest illustration and design expo returns
We talked to the HKICS founders Elise and Sirius about the history and expansion of the event, how it fosters dynamic and diverse creative exchange, and the importance of cultivating a distinctive and...
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May 27, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Cantomania stands out as a proud champion of Canto-pop in a city where clubbing leans heavily towards techno and where local pop music has been regarded in some circles as slightly uncool
O.cult - Cantomania: the Canto-pop club night that’s completely exploded in 2025
In a city where clubbing leans heavily towards techno, and where local pop music has been regarded in some circles as slightly uncool, Cantomania stands out as a proud champion of Canto-pop
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May 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Hong Kong’s much-loved party people Bad Times Disco to wind up another season of great events and good deeds
O.cult - In good times and in bad: Bad Times Disco
Hong Kong’s much-loved party people to wind up another season of great events and good deeds
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May 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Are you still In the Mood for Love after 25 years? Film critic Mathew Scott looks back at his interviews with the film's creators and cast members as Wong Kar-wai's masterpiece marks its 25th anniversary
O.cult - In the Mood for Love - the greatest Asian film of the 21st century - turns 25
Film critic Mathew Scott looks back at his interviews with its creators and cast members to examine why we’re all still in love with Wong Kar-wai’s masterpiece
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May 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM