A HONG KONG KIND OF NOVEMBER

A musical month brings rock gods, jazz acts and international popstars to the city

AH, NOVEMBER. THE

weather’s fine, the holidays are in sight and there’s no shortage of events – especially in this most musical of months.

Calum Scott, who wowed the Britain’s Got Talent judges in 2015, drops by to perform soulful piano ballads from new album Only Human at KITEC on 1 November. For a full festival experience, head down to Central Harbourfront for the city’s biggest and best:

Clockenflap (9-11 November) – a weekend of brews, harbour views and headliners including Talking Heads’ David Byrne, New York indie heroes Interpol (1) and local math-rockers

GDJYB (turn to pages 42 and 89 for more on them).

Then it’s time for the big guns. Specifically, Guns N’ Roses (2), who perform over two nights at AsiaWorld-Expo (20-21 November). Elsewhere, Norwegian indie-popster

Boy Pablo plays at North Point’s MOM Livehouse (20 November) and Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand take over Wan Chai’s Southorn Stadium (23 November). Hong Kong Ballet dips its toe into the arena with the International Gala of Stars (3), a mashup of classics like Swan Lake danced to rock at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (2 November).

For a full night of musical fun, start with jazz at Foxglove (hidden behind a luxury umbrella shop in Central) or the Alonso Gonzalez Jazz Latin Quintet at Studio Club, followed by indie rock, funk and jazz at Peel Fresco, before letting loose to DJ sets (and costumed manga characters) at Japanese-inspired Yojimbo.

Still going? Check out Visage One (barbershop by day, jazz bar by night) and the non-stop rock at The Wanch.

Need something nourishing the next day? Try the tacos and sharing plates at Te Quiero Mucho, a Mexican restaurant in newly opened hotel Mojo Nomad Central, or perch at the counter at high-end Japanese restaurant Ryota Kappou Modern (4) in Central (chef Ryota Kanesawa’s fried wagyu will cure even the meanest hangover). For a nourishing dose of culture, the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, held at Tai Kwun (2-11 November), presents talks by authors like Laline Paull

(5), Jenny Zhang and Cheryl Strayed (whose memoir Wild

was made into a film starring Reese Witherspoon). Or swing by the Hong Kong Arts Centre for Wan Chai Grammatica: Past, Present, Future Tense (6),

an exhibition of works by 18 artists exploring the district’s identity and place in popular culture. 踏入11月，深秋時分，天朗氣清，雖然年底的假期還未來到，但香港依然有大量精采有趣的活動，特別是各類音樂節目。

曾在2015年的電視節目《全英一叮》上令評判擊節讚賞的唱作人Calum Scott將於11月1日駕臨九龍灣國際展貿中心獻唱以鋼琴伴奏的溫柔情歌，作品來自他的全新專輯《Only Human》。若想體驗大型音樂節帶來的豐富節目與熱鬧氣氛，就要於11月9至11日的周末前往中環海濱，參加全城最盛大的Clockenflap音樂節。今年演出的音樂人括Talking Head樂隊的主音

David Byrne、著名紐約獨立樂隊Interpol（1）及本地數學搖滾樂隊雞蛋蒸肉餅（參閱42及89頁關於她們的故事）等，加上源源不斷的啤酒與維港美景，必定令你樂在其中。

音樂節過後，意猶未盡的話，可於11月20至21日到亞洲國際博覽館欣賞重量級搖滾樂隊

Guns N’Roses（2）的演唱會。挪威獨立流行樂隊Boy Pablo於11月20日在北角的音樂表演場地MOM Livehouse演出一場，蘇格蘭搖滾樂隊Franz Ferdinand則在11月23日於灣仔修頓場館為樂迷帶來新作。香港芭蕾舞團匯聚多位精英，於11月2日在香港文化中心上演《國 際芭蕾巨星匯》（3），節目括《天鵝湖》等著名舞劇的選段，以及用搖滾配樂的現代作品。

晚上若想與音樂為伴的話，可到隱身於中環一家高級雨傘店後面的神秘餐廳兼酒吧

Foxglove裡欣賞爵士樂，或者到Studio Club去聆聽Alonso Gonzalez Jazz Latin Quintet爵士拉丁五重奏的表演。想一次過聽到獨立搖滾、放克與爵士樂的演出，就要到Peel Fresco音樂酒吧去；而洋溢東瀛風的酒吧Yojimbo不但有打扮成漫畫角色的人物，還有DJ打碟，令你不禁手舞足蹈。還未聽夠嗎？也許隱身巷內、白天是理髮店晚上變身爵士樂酒吧的

Visage One會令你流連忘返；如果你是搖滾迷，就要到灣仔

The Wanch酒吧去大飽耳福。

通宵聽音樂後，翌日要吃一頓豐富的大餐來補充體力，可到全新開幕的Mojo Nomad Central酒店的墨西哥餐廳Te Quiero Mucho去，品嚐玉米卷及可供多人分享的拼盤菜式。或者坐在中環高級日式餐廳Ryota Kappou Modern（4）的吧檯前，享受大廚兼澤良太的香煎和牛，無論你的宿醉多嚴重，都會從此消失。想來點精神食糧的話，11月2至11日在大館舉行的香港國際文學節是個好節目；今年邀來演講的作家括Laline Paull（ 5）、Jenny Zhang，以及Cheryl Strayed（她的回憶錄《Wild》被拍成電影《狂野行》，由Reese Witherspoon主演）等。在香港藝術中心舉行的

《灣仔文法：過去、現在、未來式》（6 ）展覽，展出18位藝術家的作品，探討灣仔區的身份構成以及在流行文化中的位置，亦值得參觀。