WestK is one of the world’s largest cultural districts, bringing together performing and visual arts, education and public space across 40 hectares overlooking Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour.
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WestK is a major international arts and cultural district located on Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Encompassing 40 hectares of cultural venues, green spaces and waterfront promenades, it provides a meeting place where artists, audiences and communities from Hong Kong, the Asia-Pacific region and around the world can connect.
The district is home to M+, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, the Xiqu Centre, Freespace and the Art Park. Its expanding portfolio of venues supports artistic creation and presentation across music, dance, theatre, xiqu, visual culture and interdisciplinary practice, with the new WestK Performing Arts Centre due to open in 2027.
Alongside exhibitions and performances, WestK delivers festivals, artist residencies, commissions, learning programmes, professional development and community activities. Through local and international partnerships, it supports artistic exchange, nurtures emerging talent and strengthens Hong Kong’s role as a cultural gateway between Asia and the wider world.
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Funding pressures, changing audiences and the future of performing arts centres shaped four days of discussion as the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres marked its 30th anniversary.
Hong Kong’s WestK Performing Arts Centre will open in summer 2027 with world premieres and international collaborations, combining support for local talent with plans to take Hong Kong productions overseas.
At the opening sessions of the 2026 Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres' conference in Hong Kong, performing arts leaders discussed funding new productions, attracting audiences and helping artists earn a living.
Paul Tam is the Executive Director of Performing Arts at the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA). In this role, he helps shape the WestK Performing Arts vision for WestK, a cultural district taking shape across 40 hectares of reclaimed land beside Victoria Harbour. He discusses WestK’s place in Hong Kong’s cultural ambitions, what artists need from its venues, and the audiences it hopes to reach.
Funding, technology and the changing role of performing arts centres will be among the themes when the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres (AAPPAC) holds its 2026 Annual Conference at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District from 6 to 9 October.
The long-term partnership with WestK will give Hong Kong Ballet a permanent home while supporting new productions, talent development, education and community engagement.
A fly tower may be ugly, automated systems eventually break and a missing loading bay can compromise a venue for decades. Frank Yeung and Kenny Wong draw on projects in Hong Kong and Singapore to explain how performing arts venues are planned in practice.
Performing arts leaders from Hong Kong and Singapore will share experience of major venue development projects in the latest online edition of the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres’ (AAPPAC) _Let’s Talk!_ series.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum’s flagship youth development programme has brought together 22 students for cross-city cultural learning, industry dialogue and internships, with Swire Properties continuing as Lead Sponsor.
Cultural leaders, policymakers and performing arts professionals from across the Asia-Pacific will gather at Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District from 6-9 October for the Association of Asia Pacific Perfoming Arts Centres' Annual Conference 2026.