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What is comedy? Is something that makes people laugh out loud truly "comedy"? Throughout history, comedy has been defined in many various ways. Tracing back to ancient Greece, Aristotle stated in Poetics that comedy portrays people as worse than they are in reality. As civilisation advanced, while bring joy, comedy also concealed a deeper layer of meaning beneath the laughter - revealing and satirizing reality. Now, in 2025, what does "comedy" represent? 

Resident Conductor of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra Quek Ling Kiong will take the audience to a fun and interesting musical adventure to explore on the kaleidoscope of percussion instruments. Along the journey, we will hear beautiful pieces such as A Musical Adventure, Radetzky-Marsch and Golden Snake Dance etc. Let’s explore the colorful Percussion Kaleidoscope together!

Band culture has always been an integral part of Hong Kong's pop culture. This year, renowned and award-winning producer Carl Wong is re-invited as the curator and music director, to curate two concerts at Ko Shan Theatre featuring bands from various decades, showcasing popular band hits.

Following The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting, this is yet another outstanding achievement of China Oriental Performing Arts Group pertaining to creative transformation and development of traditional Chinese culture! Flowing between‘cognitive essence’and‘aesthetic realm’, the dancers use their bodies as paint brushes to express freely on stage! Inspired by the poetry and life of the literary giant Su Dongpo, Dongpo: Life in Poems integrates music, dance, poetry, and painting into a captivating show. Su Dongpo’s calligraphy and poetry are both powerful and graceful, brimming with emotions and artistic style.  Blending contemporary dance with various traditional Chinese culture elements such as poetry, traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy, seal engraving, guqin, Chinese opera, and martial arts, this programme brings Su Dongpo’s ancient verses to life on stage, crafting an immersive journey where‘poetry embodies dance and dance incorporates poetry’.

Principal artists Yu Kuizhi and Li Shengsu will lead an ensemble of outstanding performers in presenting three Peking Opera masterpieces.

The 3rd Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival, themed “More Than Joy” will commence in April and feature a diverse range of programmes along the line of “happiness”. ImagineLand, the large-scale outdoor music carnival taking place on 5 & 6 April 2025, will turn the area around the Hong Kong Cultural Centre into a Hong Kong pop culture paradise, offering visitors to experience a unique cultural pulse.