Hong Kong’s Tone Music Festival to give city’s live-music scene a boost after two years of restrictions
- More than 40 acts, including Janice Vidal, Kolor and Tyson Yoshi, will perform at the two-day festival at the AsiaWorld Expo Arena
- Tone Music Festival started as an online event in 2020, when live performances were banned because of coronavirus restrictions; a partial ban is still in place
If you want proof that Hong Kong’s indie music scene has not only survived the pandemic but is alive and kicking, look to the Tone Music Festival.
While Canto-pop concerts and music festivals have resumed in the city over summer, the Tone Music Festival is the largest and most diverse since the pandemic began. The event at the AsiaWorld-Expo Arena on Lantau in October will feature more than 40 acts.
Headlining the festival are rock band Kolor, Canto-pop darlings Panther Chan and RubberBand, rapper and singer-songwriter Tyson Yoshi, and the recently regrouped Chochukmo. Long-time Canto-pop fans can look forward to seeing veteran singer Janice Vidal jamming with heavy metal band Niliu, and Ivana Wong Yuen-Chi crossing over with jazz-pop band R.O.O.T.
Tone Music Festival started out as a virtual show in 2020, when the music collective Tone Music came together to organise a platform for performers who were unable to play live during the pandemic because performance venues were closed.
Tone Music is a collective formed by music brands including Zuk Studio, Daymaker Creatives, OC2S and the now-defunct live house This Town Needs.