Everything you need to know about our 2024 Bar Awards party

This year, you can throw back shots with us at Soho House Hong Kong. Our party will be in the House Studio on the first floor, an expansive space that has seen many raves, literary launches, parties, and art exhibitions. Founded in London in 1995, Soho House is a private members’ club for people in the creative industries and is well-known for turning away suited finance bros and city boys at its doors. Since then, there are now over 40 Soho House clubhouses around the world, with Hong Kong joining the ranks in 2019.

What kind of bar-related event would this be if we didn’t ply you with alcohol? Thanks to our generous sponsors, all guests can enjoy bottomless drinks featuring Bacardi, Bombay Sapphire, Dewar’s, Grey Goose, Perrier-Jouët, London Essence, and Yardley Brothers. Start off with our welcome drink, a flute of Champagne by Perrier-Jouët, and see where the night takes you.

Our Future Shaper nominees will also be doing guest shifts at the bar – they have each created a drink with our spirit sponsor’s products, so you’ll get to try drinks from the personalities behind some of Hong Kong’s best bars at one convenient event. Argo’s Evan Mak has created the zesty Harbour Lemonade, Bar Leone’s Taki Li will present her Lychee Highball, Lockdown and Penicillin’s Santosh Dhakal has the Stone Fence, and Quinary’s Billy Choi will serve the Bubble Bobble.

Meanwhile, party-goers who don’t wish to imbibe too much are also going to be well taken care of with a range of mocktail sodas from London Essence’s premium tonics.

The Soho House kitchens will be keeping everyone fed with a selection of canapés. The sweet-toothed among us will be glad to know that we’ll also have an ice cream corner at this party, featuring a range of decadent flavours including lychee topped with yuzu chocolate, Sicilian pistachio topped with milk chocolate, hazelnut IGP Piedmont hazelnut topped with milk chocolate, premium vanilla topped with milk chocolate, and a double whammy of chocolate ice cream with dark chocolate topping. No judgement if you’re drooling slightly at this point, because we are, too.

It wouldn’t be a party without some auditory bangers, so we’ve got tunes spinning until 11pm to keep the vibes going. Taiwanese Murphy Kin, known as DJ Lucy, is W Macau - Studio City’s music curator, who crafts the hotel’s entire auditory persona. He also has a background in the film industry, so if there’s a DJ who knows how to shake things up by combining soul-stirring melodies, pulsing rhythms, and a flair for the dramatic, it’s Kin – and we’re so excited to experience the ambience he’ll create for the Bar Awards party.

Indie singer-songwriter Joya will also be performing some of her songs especially for this event, so if you want to catch a live performance from this rising star, this is your chance! Additionally, producer and singer-songwriter Shimica Wong, who won awards for singing the original track Let’s Dance for the 2013 film The Way We Dance, will also be pulling up for a special performance. We love shining the spotlight on Hong Kong’s musical talents, and we hope you’ll like them too!

Just like our dynamic city, we have to keep innovating and reframing our ideas to stay relevant. That’s why we’ve revamped eight of the categories for this year’s Bar Awards. Among our 14 categories, we’ll be crowning for the first time the Best Transportative Bar for creating unforgettable drinking experiences; the Best Al Fresco Bar for providing Hong Kong’s finest views; the Spirit of Hong Kong award for a bar that captures the essence of the city; the Best Innovative Bar for forward-thinking establishments with sustainable initiatives; and the Bar Congeniality Award for the bar team that consistently delivers exceptional service that keeps us going back time and again.

In this edition, we’re also going to be looking ahead at the future of Hong Kong’s drinks scene, specially honouring the individuals whose shakers are most likely to keep delighting us for years to come. Find out for yourself which innovative and dynamic bar personality will end up winning our Future Shaper Award, as well as which recently opened venue with a distinctive cocktail programme will win the new Rising Star Award.

Lastly, we will also be honouring a long-standing venue that has become an institution in Hong Kong’s bar scene. Despite numerous changes and challenges in the city, this bar will have maintained their relevance over the years, and will be crowned our new Timeless Bar Award.

Celebrate Hong Kong’s diverse and exciting drinks scene with us at the 2024 Time Out Hong Kong Bar Awards – buy your tickets now!