Chiikawa Day exhibition
Photograph: Courtesy AllRightsReserved
Photograph: Courtesy AllRightsReserved

The best things to do in Hong Kong this August

Heat up your summer with the most exciting events around the city

Catharina Cheung
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Let’s face it: August is never the easiest month to get through in Hong Kong. One minute you’re sweating through your shirt in the stuffy summer heat, and the next you're running from a typhoon trying to stop your eye being taken out by people’s umbrellas. So if you need something to take your mind off our bipolar weather, we’ve got just the ticket. From the latest foodie happenings in the city to soaking up some sun at one of Hong Kong’s best beaches, there’s a slew of summer events happening across the city this month – read on for the best of the bunch. All you have to worry about is how to fit them all into your busy schedule! 

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August events in Hong Kong

  • Things to do
  • Hong Kong

Whether you’re a casual Instagram user or a photography fanatic, you’ve likely come across a post by Accidentally Wes Anderson (or AWA for short), a platform known for showcasing moments in daily life that replicate the American filmmaker’s signature symmetrical style. This internationally acclaimed art project has held exhibitions in cities such as London, Tokyo, Seoul, and Los Angeles, and now, it has landed in Hong Kong for the first time at The Mills and Airside simultaneously. Find more information about these exhibitions here.

  • Things to do
  • Food and drink events
  • Central

Stay cool during Hong Kong’s brutal summer by grabbing an icy treat from Snack Baby, one of Hong Kong’s top gelato shops. From now until September 13, the gelateria is holding a pop-up at BaseHall 02, where they’ll be offering a rotating selection of their crowd-pleasing gelatos. Expect flavours such as BB Cinnamon, olive oil dark chocolate, speculoos, pistachio crunch, as well as Strawberry Moon, a BaseHall exclusive strawberry sorbet swirled with strawberry coulis. Snack Baby’s gelato offerings will be updated every fortnight, and customers can enjoy up to three gelato flavours in each cup ($68), so be sure to swing by and try their new flavours.

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  • Art
  • West Kowloon

The latest special exhibition at M+ showcases Cantonese art in the 20th century, highlighting this period’s significance in visual and artistic modernism within China and beyond. In the radical port cities of Guangzhou and Hong Kong during China’s modern revolution, Cantonese artists moved on from the classical ink paintings to create prints, photography, and even cartoons that were more accessible to all.

After the founding of the PRC, Guangdong artists in mainland China used art to shape their national image through social realism and propaganda, while Hong Kong artists embraced international movements. Explore over 200 works from institutional and private collections, many of which are on public display for the first time, and see the connections and disconnections between the two groups of Cantonese artists before and after 1949. 

  • Things to do
  • Exhibitions
  • Kowloon City

From the Magnavox Odyssey – the first home-use video gaming console – to the latest Nintendo Switch 2 release, gamers have seen the rise and fall of many trends and technologies from the 70s to the present day, and you can now reminisce on them all at this exhibition on gaming, its art and designs, and collective memories.

Airside is hosting the ‘Restart! Beyond Gaming Exhibition!’, which explores how gaming extends beyond simple personal entertainment and has become an integral part of Hong Kong’s cultural tapestry. Check out the wall of gaming consoles to find vintage consoles such as the Atari 2600 from the 70s, the Nintendo Famicom from the 80s, over 300 Nintendo games from the 80s and 90s, and more; and try your hand at ‘The King of Fighters ‘98’ and ‘Bubble Bubble’ on arcade machines.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Little Fighter 2’, the exhibiton will feature the remastered game with an Airside-exclusive backdrop of the famous Kowloon Walled City for an added touch of Hong Kong heritage.

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