Fringe Club

The former warehouse of Hong Kong's former milk company was built in 1913 as the venue of the fringe Association, a famous art promotion NGO in Hong Kong. It has a simple appearance and is full of British flavor. It is red and white with bright colors. It often has arts and crafts exhibitions and small theater performances.

Fringe Club

Fringe is a non profit making organization and charity. It is located at 2 lower Albert Road, central, near snow Factory Street South. The original building was built in the 1890s. It was used as an icehouse to store food.

The original site of the Fringe Festival was vacant for more than ten years. In December 1983, it was used for the Fringe Festival. Since 1987, it has been used for artistic creation and cultural exchange. Free exhibition and performance venues for artists.

A total of 28 art festivals were produced, 62 overseas cultural exchanges were held in 15 cities, 67 on-site plans for art practitioners were presided over, 1400 exhibitions, 8150 stage performances, 1900 concerts and 3230 community outreach activities were held, including performances in Shanghai World Expo 2010 and Hong Kong Pavilion of the 54th Venice Biennale 2011.

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The venues available for performances or exhibitions include:

"Fringe studio" with a capacity of 60-75 audiences;

"Fringe Theatre" with a capacity of 80-100 people;

Fringe fotogalerie;

The Anita Chan Lai Ling Gallery;

"Fringe roof garden".

Resident Troupe

The troupes that used to be on the scene include "Tiantai studio", "Yisui mime laboratory" and "Lotte pottery society".

City B Festival

Hong Kong Festival Fringe Ltd was founded in 1983. Based on the principle of openness and freedom of creation, it is committed to creating an environment for local and foreign artists engaged in different art forms to display their works in Hong Kong and overseas, and actively establishing communication channels between them and Hong Kong culture. Before and after the handover in 1997, Hong Kong's identity changed, and the future development direction of the city presented various possibilities. The Fringe Festival was renamed "city" in 1999 Festival), which is the only art festival with the theme of urban culture, focuses on music, dance, drama and visual arts, and explores all subjects related to urban life, such as urban planning.

In 2011, with the new concept of "Art Festival beyond walls", Yicheng festival held the traditional intensive Art Festival throughout the year, advocating the integration of art into daily life, the freedom of creation and expression, and the freedom of time and space for the occurrence of art. In response to the social changes catalysed by science and technology, Yicheng Festival explored the relationship between art and audience, the way of appreciating art, and the change of urban people's life style Profound changes.

Meeting site

The Fringe Club is a historic building located in the most prosperous central district of Hong Kong. Built in the late 19th century, this three story brick building is one of the few that can be preserved today. When the building was built, it was designed for a variety of purposes, including industrial, commercial and residential. Therefore, the building is very unique. It not only reflects its original goal of multi-functional use, but also radiates the nostalgic color of the colonial era.

When the Fringe Club took over the building in 1984, the building was in disrepair, dilapidated and leaking for a long time. Xie Junxing, founder of the Fringe Club, and a group of enthusiastic volunteers and decorators worked together to reorganize the icehouse that had been abandoned for more than 10 years in just four weeks and transform it into today's Fringe Club. At first, the Fringe Club operated for five years without a fixed lease. Later, it signed a contract with the government. After years of maintenance at different stages, the building will be well preserved and take on a new look. In addition to making it escape the axe chisel of developers, it also gives it new life. Today, the Fringe Club has been recognized as a vibrant contemporary art space in Hong Kong and even in the Asia Pacific region. It has become a successful example of valuable reuse of abandoned buildings and revitalization of decadent communities.

Building history

The warehouse of the old milk company, which was built in 1892, was originally an ice cellar. The area of the old warehouse is only half of the current one (South Block). In 1896, the milk company moved its headquarters to the main warehouse, and then successively joined the slaughterhouse, pie production workshop, milk distribution center, retail ice snow warehouse, non-staple food workshop and boiler room. In 1913, the company renovated the warehouse into the residence of the general manager. During the period of Japanese occupation (1941-1945), the warehouse was once plundered by the Japanese army. It was still the headquarters of the milk company until the 1970s. In 1982, the Hong Kong foreign press conference entered the old North block. Two years later, the government also leased the south block to the Fringe Club.

Address: intersection of wyndham street and lower Albert Road, central, Hong Kong Island

Longitude: 114.155754

Latitude: 22.280157

Tel. + 852-25217251