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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 2025
2025 marks the 25th anniversary of Standard Chartered Arts in the Park, Hong Kong’s largest outdoor youth art event. For this special occasion, the free festival brings to life the Italian classic The Adventures of Pinocchio.
This year’s event takes place on 29 and 30 November in Causeway Bay, and sees the much-anticipated return of the illuminated Night Parade after a seven-year break! Also featured are the spectacular Grand Finale Parade with ten giant puppets, 17 creative arts booths, live performances, live storytelling, African drumming workshops, and a display of over 1,000 pieces of artwork. Capture photos and interact with our giant puppets at surprise appearances throughout the event! Come witness Pinocchio and Geppetto's adventure as they celebrate the spirit of growth in 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 and Instagram @SCArtsInThePark.
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.
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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