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Standard Chartered Arts in the Park
Hong Kong's largest and much-anticipated outdoor youth art event – Standard Chartered Arts in the Park 2024 is back! Inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, the two-day, free-of-charge event includes spectacular giant puppet parade, stage performances, interactive art stalls and a whole lot more.
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Standard Chartered Arts in the Park 2024
Next stop: Hong Kong!
Phileas Fogg and his valet Jean Passepartout – from French writer Jules Verne’s famous novel Around the World in Eighty Days – are determined to win a bet that they can travel around the world in 80 days! Embarking on a journey from London, and travelling through Egypt, India, the United States and Japan…they finally make it to Hong Kong!
This year, Hong Kong’s largest outdoor youth arts festival, Standard Chartered Arts in the Park, returns to Causeway Bay from 30 November to 1 December. Taking inspiration from Jules Verne’s acclaimed tale of adventure, the two-day event features a puppet parade, 15 creative arts booths, live performances, African drumming workshops, live storytelling, and a display of over 1,000 pieces of art work.
Join us for an around-the-world weekend getaway with Phileas Fogg, Passepartout and our flamboyant giant puppets!
For more information about Standard Chartered Arts in the Park, please visit www.scartsinthepark.com or follow us on Facebook @SCArtsInThePark.
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Standard Chartered Arts in the Park 2023
On 2 and 3 December, Standard Chartered Arts in the Park – Hong Kong’s iconic annual outdoor youth arts festival and puppet parade – returns to Victoria Park, Causeway Bay! Join us for a fun The Carnival of the Animals-themed festival showcasing colourful creatures from around the world and all kinds of art styles! Highlights include five magical giant puppets – a pufferfish covered with bright Mexican-inspired patterns, a gorilla in colours inspired by African tribal art, a flamingo decorated with Asian paper folk art designs, a metallic cyberpunk-style mantis and a monochromatic flying dinosaur fossil – plus breathtaking costumed stilt walkers and a whole lot more!
Taking inspiration from Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals, the two-day, free-of-charge event features spectacular giant puppet parade, stage performances, interactive art stalls, storytelling, African drum jamming, an exhibition of 6,000 artworks, and a meet-and-greet session with giant puppets. Mark the dates in your diary and head over for a spectacular weekend of visual and sensorial art experiences for all ages!
For more information about Standard Chartered Arts in the Park, please visit www.scartsinthepark.com or follow us on Facebook @SCArtsInThePark.
Standard Chartered Arts in the Park 2022
This December, travel back in time to nineteenth-century Victorian England for a festive Dickensian Christmas!
Standard Chartered Arts in the Park – Hong Kong’s largest outdoor youth arts carnival – returns with two days of outdoor showcases and performances, all inspired by four wonderful works by British writer Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield and Great Expectations. As well as fun outdoor events, the programme also includes a week-long programme of online activities. Join us and soak up some old-fashioned Christmas spirit!
The two-day live outdoor spectacle takes place on 3 and 4 December in the West Kowloon Cultural District Art Park – transforming the park with a series of exciting free art activities. Head over and enjoy Hong Kong’s largest original Giant Puppet and Dramatic Costume Showcase, eleven interactive art stalls, stage performances, storytelling theatre performances, a capella performances, African drum jams, circus performances, installations featuring 9,000 artworks, and a giant puppet photo area for capturing fun moments with family and friends!
In the run-up to the event weekend, from 28 November to 2 December, we also have an exciting programme of online activities at www.scartsinthepark.com.The free-of-charge, festive activities include storytelling theatre performances, an a cappella performance, two DIY activities featuring paper puppets and a festive face mask, plus festive gift wrapping ideas and a balloon twisting activity – all designed to help children get creative at home with the family, and put everyone in a carnival mood!
For more information about Standard Chartered Arts in the Park, please visit www.scartsinthepark.com or follow us on Facebook @SCArtsInThePark.
【Standard Chartered Arts in the Park】 is an accredited event celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
HISTORY OF STANDARD CHARTERED ARTS IN THE PARK
Standard Chartered Arts in the Park (AIP) is one of the city’s largest annual community arts event, held in winter every year.
We are grateful for Standard Chartered Hong Kong’s unflailing support over the past 23 years. AIP is an annual youth education programme through the arts. The six-month programme provides participants with exciting opportunities that help improve their self-confidence and enhance important life skills including creativity, team spirit and leadership. Every year, the programme culminates in a two-day, free admission family-oriented arts carnival that nurtures positivity, creativity and appreciation of Hong Kong’s talented youth.
Launched in 2001, and inspired by London’s Notting Hill Carnival and Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro Carnival, AIP first took place at Stanley Plaza. Since then, the event has become the largest outdoor youth arts festival in Hong Kong, moving to Victoria Park in Causeway Bay in 2008. In 2012, the Grand Finale Parade expanded out of the park and onto the streets of Causeway Bay, and in 2013 the very first illuminated Night Parade took place. In 2020, we launched our first-ever week-long online series of art programmes for participants to stay creatively connected at home. Each year, over 3,500 young people and local and overseas organisations come together to produce vibrant costumes and giant puppets for spectacular street parades, plus a variety of stage performances and art stalls, attracting over 190,000 visitors each year previously.
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