Get in touch with Hong Kong’s cultural scene at the Fringe Club, a not for profit arts organization that assists emerging artists of all sorts to get a start in life. It promotes Hong Kong’s culture overseas through cultural exchange programmes and sustains and energizes the city’s cultural heritage by hosting theater, dance and music performances and visual arts exhibitions. The late 19th century stucco building with its red and white façade – called blood and bandages – is provided rent free to artists for performances and exhibitions. Originally built for a dairy farm it saw use as a warehouse, a shop selling dairy products, a cold storage facility and an office until it was abandoned in 1970s. The Fringe Club acquired it in 1984. After renovations to make it suitable for the purpose at hand it was thrown open to the artistes of the city. The club shares part of the building with the Foreign Correspondents Club.
The club’s live music performances every Friday and Saturday from 10.30 pm onwards showcase jazz, alternative rock, post punk, indie pop, psychedelic rock, classic rock, canto pop, funk, blues and other musical genres. Its open air roof top bar is a popular watering spot and its thatched roof, green grass like Astro Turf and palm trees provide a very different vibe from that of the other over crowded bars in the city. The fact that it is located atop one of the last remaining old stone buildings also adds some interest. Popular with Hong Kong residents and visitors alike it is an ideal place for a casual evening with friends. Its week end brunches, vegetarian lunches, tapas during the week and happy hours from 3 to 9 pm from Monday to Thursday are well patronized.
The Fringe Club has become an intangible heritage asset of Hong Kong and has successfully demonstrated how to reuse old buildings.
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