Forget Reading’s Thameside park, All Points East’s berth in the heart of the London borough of Tower Hamlets, or even Glastonbury’s rolling Somerset hills. When it comes to impressive – not to mention immersive – festival locations, it’s hard to beat Clockenflap. The three-day Hong Kong event is plonked in the territory’s financial district. Or, one of them.
Thrusting high above the harbourfront site are the main-stage headliners of the banking world: JP Morgan, HSBC, Citibank, Bank of America, and Tottenham Hotspur kit sponsors AIA. Their gleaming high-rises shimmering and pulsing with logos and illuminations that put the festival’s actual light-shows in the shade.
