Hidden Agenda Relocation Live!

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“Everytime we have issues, I’d think, that’s it, we’re done. But at the end of the day, I feel like we should carry on, we should not give up yet”, says founder of Hidden Agenda.

On January 2010, the building where the first Hidden Agenda situated was sold to a big corporation due to the industrial building revitalization policy. The old, abandoned factory buildings, which artists depends on, once again becomes part of the monopoly. Hidden Agenda was forced to move out, and we held a two days music event for the one last time, more than 20 artists/bands came and pay tribute for the beloved live house. This building is still abandoned right now.

Found a new place, a brand new start. For two years new helpers joins our team, we have many new audiences, bands lending us equipments, so shows keeps happening. Around 300 bands/artists set foot on Hidden Agenda’s stage, and we held screenings, forums, new comer shows, workshops, many cultural events. We don’t have the best gears, but we and our friends built our stage by our own hands, and we are proud of it.

For two years, people start recognizing Hidden Agenda. We were selected as the best music venue in Hong Kong, even Alliance Française de Hong Kong and Leisure and Cultural Services Department picked our place for some wonderful events, although there’s no proper license for such a music venue. Under the current policy, art galleries, theatres, music venues are not allowed in the factory buildings. We had a lot of meetings with different government departments, on the other hand, Lands Department, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, and even the Building Departments were trying to close us down. Our government says supporting local cultural development is their task, we felt the opposite.

Hidden Agenda operates without hiding; we hope to draw attention for the sake of the improvement of our cultural policies. But before we can change anything, Lands Department threatens our landlord that they’ll take legal actions if they renew our lease. Although our landlord shows much support in cultural activities, they left with no choice but to terminate our lease.

It’s not an easy path we walked, we believes that the policy ought to be changed, and Hidden Agenda have no real reason to stop. Right now we are finding a new location in the same district, but the rent gone up so much that we cannot afford such a massive relocation. Thus, once again:

Support Hidden Agenda Relocation Live! On the 24th-25th of December, and the 31st-1st January.

If you feel like Hidden Agenda shouldn’t vanish like this, please support us once last time. We believe the people has the power to overcome difficulties. We have been depending on friends and supporters since the very first day, then let our friends and supporters decide our destiny.

No matter how things turns out, everyone in Hidden Agenda would like to thank; our audiences, performers, media, friends in different art scenes. Thank you so much for being a part of something so beautiful. Take good care folks, may the arts and culture in Hong Kong flourish.


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Date : 24/12 25/12 31/12 01/1
Time : 4:30PM Till end
Ticket : $100 per day ( Walk-in Only )

參與樂隊:

24/12

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怒人 :
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戳麻 :
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Evocation :
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MEMOIMOIL :
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Thyhazard :
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Massacre Of Mothman:
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No One Remains Virgin :
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25/12

31G :
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UNIXX :
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Luxury :
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Protoss :
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Embryo :
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FaceFace :
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Direct action :
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My Little Airport :
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Error Wrong + Sascia + wyxmm(Singapore) :
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31/12

Fad :
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意色樓 :
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Elf - fatima :
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Ignite the Hope :
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Life Was All Silence :
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01/1
狻猊 :
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tfvsjs :
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Jing Wong :
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Scream hard :
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Modern Children :
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