As we go deep into the month of January, we are very excited to list down a bunch of awesome events happenings around KL City with concerts by international artistes, music performances, and even special events you can enter for FREE!
Whether it is to enjoy artistic impressions from cosplay to creative arts, listening to great tunes by famous artistes to indie acts, or simply to educate yourself with experimental sounds or artistic architecture, we have got it all right here. So have a great time!
Sunday, January 18th
DONG TAIDU (DTD) MUSIC FESTIVAL 2015 – AUTONOMOUS @ BLACK BOX, MAP KL
Indoor Music Festival with 2 stages and creative market plus indie music talk, photo exhibition, indie screening and open mike sessions. Featuring an ensemble of local and international indie music acts:
Rock Stage!
Elephant Gym, UNiXX , The Voodoo Sound, The Metaphor, Coma, Nao, Lang, Platform11.
Shock Circuit Stage!
Anna, Shelhiel, +2dB, Aki, JacAl Map, Euseng Seto + Silent Keat + Kent Lee
Venue: Black Box and White Box, Map KL, Solaris Dutamas, 1, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Time: 1.00pm – 10.30pm.
Entrance is free.
Tuesday, January 20th
LEO SAYER LIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR – 40 YEARS AT THE TOP @ KL CONVENTION CENTRE
Join the legendary Leo Sayer, as he takes you down his illustrious 40-year recording career, performing his classic songs from the 70s and 80s to his recent chart topping hits like “More Than I Can Say”, “When I Need You”, “You Make Me Feel Like Dancing”, “The Show Must Go On”, “I Can’t Stop Loving You”, “One Man Band”, “Thunder In My Heart” and many more, Experience the words and the voice of one of the most internationally acclaimed singer / songwriter of our generation.
Venue: Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Jalan Pinang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Showtime: 8.00pm.
Telephone: +603-7880 7999
Ticketing information:
Diamond – RM591
Platinum – RM391
Gold – RM241
Silver – RM141
More info here or call +603-9222 8811 / +604-6459811
Wednesday, January 21st
PAM PUBLIC LECTURES 2014 / 15 @ PUBLIKA, MAP KL
BUILDING A MUSEUM FROM SCRATCH, AND ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW – Aric Chen is the Curator of Design and Architecture at M+, the new museum for visual culture, being built in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District. Previously a Creative Director of Beijing Design Week, he helped to successfully relaunch the event in 2011 and 2012. Chen curated and organized numerous exhibitions and projects at museums, biennials and other events internationally, and is a frequent contributor to publications including The New York Times, Monocle, Metropolis, Architectural Record and PIN-UP.
This lecture is free and everyone is invited, and those with strong interest in architecture, cities, art and culture, preservation, Asian urbanism and international practice, are encouraged to attend.
Venue: Black Box, PUBLIKA, Solaris Dutamas, Jalan Dutamas 1, 50480 Kuala Lumpur.
Please register at the reception at 7.15pm, first come first serve basis.
Lecture starts on time at 8.00pm.
Note: No unauthorised video recording is allowed.
Visit the event page.
Get to know about the PAM Public Lecture Series.
Friday, January 23rd to 25th
2ND MALAYSIAN JAZZ PIANO FESTIVAL @ KLPAC
One of Malaysia’s most prominent musician Michael Veerapen and 5 jazz pianists combine their efforts once again to run the second Malaysian Jazz Piano Festival, a creative platform for musicians to pool their talents and inspire one another to attain greater abilities in their instruments.
The Clinics And Competitions:
January 23rd
2:00pm – 3:30pm : Clinic 1 (Advanced Jazz Voicings for Piano, conducted by Justin Lim)
4:00pm – 5:30pm : Clinic 2 (Transcription of a Bebop Solo, conducted by Cheah Wei Li)
January 24th
11:00am – 12:30pm : Clinic 3 (The Art Of the self-accompanied singer, conducted by David Gomes)
2:00pm – 3:30pm : Clinic 4 (Jazz Improvisation, conducted by John Dip Silas)
4:00pm : Competition – Solos (Open to Public)
January 25th
11:00am – 12:30pm : Clinic 5 (Synthesis and Recording, conducted by Hin Ee Jeng)
2:00pm – 3:30pm : Clinic 6 (Rhythm Section Accompaniment, conducted by Michael Veerapen
4:00pm : Competition – Trios(Open to Public)
Entrance is free.
Jazz Piano Performances:
Venue: Pentas 2, Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Sentul Park.
23rd January, 8.30pm – Solos
24th January, 8.30pm – Duets
25th January, 8.30pm – Trios
Ticket Prices:
RM150 – Adult, 3-show package
RM68 – Adult, per show
RM25 – Student, per show, floor seat
(All ticket prices inclusive of RM3 ticket handling fee)
Box-Office and Ticketing: The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre, Tel: +603 4047 9000 or visit: www.ticketpro.com.my
Friday, January 23rd to 25th
MALAYSIA BARISTA CHAMPIONSHIP (MBC) 2015
The Malaysia Specialty Coffee Association, in partnership with the Official Secretariat Barista Guild Asia, presents the Malaysia Barista Championship (MBC) 2015, a competition that highlights the craft of baristas, and inspiring skill development and service excellence of local baristas, sanctioned by the World Coffee Events (WCE). The champion will represent Malaysia in world competitions.
23rd of January – Workshop and activities
24th of January – Top 16
25th of January – Competition finals
Place: Chin Woo Stadium, Jalan Hang Jebat, 50150 Kuala Lumpur.
Entrance is free.
Find out more at Malaysian Barista Championship Facebook page.
Saturday, January 24th
UCC COSPLAY BALL 2015: FROM THE EAST INTO THE WEST @ THE PLACE, ONE CITY
The Cosplay Ball is back, with a full day event open to public ending with a buffet dinner and glow-in-the-dark concert. Featuring exhibitions and competitions, games and activities, photo shoots and lucky draws, plus meet & greet sessions, and also performances.
Doujin registration.
Market booth registration.
(Cosplay Runway and Singing Competition registrations are closed)
Time: 10.00am – 8.00pm (public, FREE entrance), 5.00pm – 11.30pm (Ball attendees, Tickets only)
Location: The Place, One City, Jalan USJ 25/1A, 47650 Subang Jaya.
More info on Facebook.
Sunday January 25th – February 15th
SWITCH ON MINI FEST 2015 @ FINDARS, KL
Following the appetizer performances by Heddy Boubaker and Katsura Yamauchi, comes the main event, Switch On Mini Fest 2015, a 2 week festival for electronic & experimental arts, consisting of 2 evenings of engaging sound and music performances, and a 16 day exhibition, plus workshops on sound / music experimentation. The mini festival is taking place at the FINDARS Artist Run Space.
Featuring:
Toshimaru Nakamura defines the experimental music scene of Japan with the use of a no-input mixing board as an electronic music instrument producing a sound without any external audio input, creating unpredictability and indeterminacy. Nakamura appears in over one hundred audio publications throughout the world, performing and recording with numerous other musicians, and a mentor for musicians in Japan. Between1998 to 2003, Nakamura, along with Tetuzi Akiyama, ran the Improvisation concert series at Bar Aoyama and then later the Meeting At Off-Site series of concerts.
Be absolutely mesmerized by Toshimaru Nakamura.
Jason Kahn explores electronic music, vocals and drums, collaborating with many improvisational musicians and exhibiting his art installations in museums, galleries, art spaces and public sites internationally, relating to current politics, social and environmental issues. He performs worldwide, and from 1998 to 2008, he ran the label Cut, releasing 25 CDs with his own work and collaborations with other artists. He later started Editions series to publish his recordings and writings since 2011.
Be awesomely enthralled by Jason Kahn.
Anla Courtis works with sound-art, electro-acoustic music, drone, noise improvisation and music composition, and his written music has been played by ensembles in England, Switzerland, Wales, United States and Latin America. His music / sound experiments uses traditional instruments as well as self-built music equipment, resulting in strange and unusual techniques on sound creation, tape manipulations, field recordings, live electronics, objects, cymbals, synthesizers, computer tools.
Be amazingly stunned by Anla Courtis.
Performance day and time: January 25, 8.30pm.
Venue: FINDARS, 8, 4th Floor, Jalan Panggong, Kuala Lumpur.
Tickets: Entry by RM 45 donation (with complimentary CD) or RM 35.
About the Switch On Mini Fest Concert.
An exhibition will be underway presenting the works of Ayesha Keshani Gergis & Goh Lee Kwang (January 30th – February 15th), and there will also be a talk by Jason Kahn (January 25th, 8.30pm), along with a experimental music workshop by Anla Courtis (January 26th, January 27th 8.30pm).
Check out the Free Improvisation And Concrete Composition Music Workshop by Anla Courtis.
There will be another performance by our very own Local Heroes on February 8, headlined by HKPT (Sudarshan Chandrakumar, Azzief Khaliq and friends), Ronnie Khoo, Jerome Kugan, Tim Blechmann, with live visual by Wong Eng Leong.
Tuesday January 27th
MICHAEL BUBLÉ LIVE IN KUALA LUMPUR @ PUTRA INDOOR STADIUM, BUKIT JALIL
Grammy Award winning crooner and record-breaking swing king Michael Bublé returns to KL! And he is going to belt out all his classic hits from his portfolio of magnificent songs, including the familiar chart toppers ‘Sway’, ‘Home’, ‘Everything’, ‘Haven’t Met You Yet’ and the 2013 smash hit ‘It’s A Beautiful Day’. Joining the standard old show-tune master will be popular a cappella group and vocal players Naturally 7. Have a grand evening with Buble, a man on the top of his glorious music game!
Showtime: 8.30pm
Venue: Putra Indoor Stadium, Lebuhraya Bukit Jalil, Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur
Ticket information:
VVIP – RM998
VIP – RM798
PS1 – RM498
PS2 – RM398
PS3 – RM298
PS4 – RM198
Ticketing information here or call +603-9222 8811
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