Trippin WhatsApp Broadcast London: ESEA Heritage Month Curated by YING
Meet This Week's Curator
YING
Elaine Zhao, better known as YING, is a Hong Kong-born DJ, creative producer and writer, making noise through Eastern Margins—the collective, label and events platform championing alternative Asian sounds.
To celebrate East and South East Asian Heritage Month coming to an end, she’s taking over this week’s WhatsApp, curating her top picks for what’s happening across London. Dive in to catch what’s next on the radar.
What’s on in London This Week?
Romance in the Mundane: Letters to Cantopop
Hong Kong diner HOKO have invited Cantonese singers Matt Tam and Saidosi ensemble to take you on a journey of the greatest Cantopop hits through the 70s and 80s. No need to register, just pop by for some music and classic Hong Kong snacks.
Date: Thursday 26 September
Time: 7pm
Location: HOKO Cafe
Price: Free entry - must purchase a drink at the venue
Head here for more info.
Margins United festival by Eastern Margins
Margins United is our flagship 12-hour day and night music festival that celebrates Alternative East and Southeast Asian culture - the first of its kind in the UK. The festival will feature art, workshops, talks, market stalls, food and a huge range of music, from electrifying live acts to high energy DJ sets throughout the night - including performances from Jianbo, Lucy Tun, Oh Annie Oh, LVRA, Gyrofield, Onra, No Rome, Shelhiel, DJ Love and many more amazing artists.
Date: Saturday 28 September
Time: 3pm - 3:30am
Location: EartH, Hackney
Price: From £17.85
Head here for tickets.
Changing Seasons: besea.n
besea.n (Britain's East and South East Asian Network) presents their annual flagship event at Peckham Levels, which will host delicious food by different Asian caterers - as well as panel discussions between grassroots organisations on topics like food colonialism and cultivating community through creativity.
Date: Saturday 28 September
Time: 12pm - 7pm
Location: Peckham Levels
Price: Free
Head here for tickets.
Hongza: 'Coming of Age' EP Launch
The super talented Vietnamese-Chinese singer-songwriter Hongza is launching his new EP ‘Coming of Age’ with an all East and South East Asian line-up of shoegaze and dream-pop.
Date: Saturday 28 September
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Sebright Arms
Price: TBA
Head here for tickets.
Zine Coop & Family Outland Publishing Fair
ZINE COOP, founded in 2017 in Hong Kong, is an independent publishing collective based in Hong Kong. They collect, curate and educate through workshops and exhibitions and tables at zine fairs around the world.
Date: Saturday 28 September - Sunday 29 September
Location: White City Warehouse
Price: Free
Head here for more info.
The Island Remembers + QA
Presented by the Hong Kong Film Festival UK and ESEA film collective Archipelago, “The Island Remembers” tells unique narratives set on, about or from these Asian islands, offering a glimpse into the complex and vulnerable histories of Okinawa, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Date: Sunday 29 September
Time: 2pm
Location: ICA
Price: From £14
Head here for tickets.
Chinatown Stories: The Community-Led Walking Tour (ESEA Heritage Month Special Edition)
Spend a wholesome afternoon doing this tour of Chinatown by a local volunteer to shed insight into the history behind the area - each ticket also includes a shared family-style Chinese lunch.
Date: Sunday 29 September
Time: 11:30am - 2pm
Location: China Exchange
Price: TBC
Head here for tickets.
MilkTeaFilms: ESEA Heritage Month screening of Chungking Express
MilkTea, the organisation that showcases the best of ESEA cinema in the UK, celebrates their 30th anniversary of Wong Kar-wai’s beloved Chungking Express. The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar-wai an instant icon. This screening is sold out, but email hello@milkteafilms.com (mailto:hello@milkteafilms.com) to be added to the waitlist.
Date: Monday 30 September
Time: 7pm
Location: Charlotte Street Hotel
Head here to find out how to book tickets.
Babes with Blades: ‘Split’ Film Screening + Q&A
Babes with Blades (an Asian-led film collective celebrating the action genre) is throwing a screening of their latest short film production, Split, made in collaboration with SAL Studios and the Standard. The short is an action comedy about two female friends splitting the bill rooted in East Asian paying traditions - starring Ayesha Hussain (Wolverine & Deadpool, MCU) and Alice Hewkin (Brothers Sun, Netflix), directed by Jade Ang Jackman.
Date: Wednesday 2 October
Time: 7pm
Location: The Standard Hotel
Price: Email standardlondon@purplepr.com to book and for details
Head here for more info.
Majazz Project: Palestinian Sound Archive
Palestinian Sound Archive is an ongoing exhibition and celebration of music, spoken word and album artwork from historic Palestine, mainly from the 1960s – 1990s. It is part of Majazz Project, a Palestinian-led record label and research platform founded by Mo’min Swaitat in 2020.
Dates: On until Friday 1 November
Location: Southbank Centre
Price: Free
Head here to book tickets.
Munch of the Week
Med Salleh Viet
I’ve recently heard about this new Vietnamese place in Earl’s Court (opened by the same team behind the iconic Malaysian restaurant Med Salleh Kopitiam in Bayswater). Apparently the menu has amazing wagyu beef and truffle pho so can’t wait to go try it.
Location: 32-36 Hogarth Rd, London SW5 0PU
Learn more here.
