We think DOK2’s first performance in London was back in 2011. He came back in 2016 and now he’s including the Scala in his tour of Canada and Europe: DOK2GONZO World Tour 2019: Thunderground Wednesday 11 September 2019 Scala | 275 Pentonville Rd | London N1 9NL | scala.co.uk Tickets £35.20 on sale 3pm, 5 … [Read More]
LKL articles by Events Editor (page 95)
Say Sue Me UK Tour
Say Sue Me are certainly busy this year: this is their second tour in the UK – this one as part of a wider European tour: 18/08 – Green Man Festival – Crickhowell, UK – (sold out) 31/08 – Golden Leaves Festival – Darmstadt, DE | 02/09 – Supersonic – Paris, FR | 04/09 – … [Read More]
Eris 136199 play the Vortex
Eris 136199 brings their “beautiful noise” (KFJC 89.7 FM) to Europe starting with a performance at The Vortex, London, 8 August Eris 136199: Han-Earl Park, Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky Thursday 8 August 2019, 8pm Vortex Jazz Club | 11 Gillett Square | London, N16 8AZ Tickets £10 | Book here Han-earl Park (guitar) | … [Read More]
Nina Park plays one-handed daegeum
Join Ms Nina Park for this one-handed daegeum performance at Christ Church North Finchley: 620 High Rd | North Finchley | London N12 0NU Sunday 18 August 2019, 3.30pm | FREE, drop-in [Read More]
CANCELLED Teen Top perform at Islington Assembly Hall
The event’s Facebook page says this is now cancelled, and the venue website has stopped selling tickets. Tuesday 27 August 2019, doors from 6pm Islington Assembly Hall | Upper St | Islington | London N1 2UD Tickets from £85 | Book here Teen Top is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The group … [Read More]
LKFF 2019 Teaser Screening #4: Ode to the Goose
The fourth teaser of the season: Ode to the Goose (군산: 거위를 노래하다) European Premiere Director: Zhang Lu (2018, 121 min) Cast: Park Hae-il, Moon Sori, Jung Jin-yung, Park So-dam Monday 19 August 2019, 6:20pm Picturehouse Central | Corner of Great Windmill Street and Shaftesbury Avenue | Piccadilly Circus | London W1D 7DH | www.picturehouses.com/cinema/Picturehouse_Central Tickets £7.90 … [Read More]
KNK Sunrise Tour at the Islington Academy
Korean boyband KNK bring their Sunrise Tour to London off the back of their new EP, Lonely Night. Sunday 18 August 2019, 7.00pm O2 Academy Islington | Angel Central | 21 Parkfield Street | London N1 0PS Tickets £51 – £125 | Buy tickets [Read More]
CANCELLED Lucente “Lights On” Tour at 229 the Venue
Another K-pop concert bites the dust – at least the second this year. Here’s what the organisers had to say. Dear Lu.b, We are extremely sorry to tell you that LUCENTE European Tour is officially cancelled. This tour was our call since the beginning and we were thrilled to see your passion. We did try, … [Read More]
KCC August House Concert: Jaeyong Nam (Clarinet) + Harry Rylance (Piano)
August’s House Concert at the KCC is a clarinet recital: Jaeyong Nam (Clarinet) & Harry Rylance (Piano) Tuesday 27 August 2019, 7PM @ KCCUK Register via the KCCUK’s website Programme Liszt: Transcendental Etude No.4 “Mazeppa” | Andante Lagrimoso Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No.2 Op.120 Robert Schumann: 3 Romances Op.94 About the performers Jaeyong Nam is a … [Read More]
Joo Yeon Sir lunchtime recital at St James’s Piccadilly
Friday 23 August 2019, 1.10pm Joo Yeon Sir, violin Irina Andrievsky, piano Richard Strauss – Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat Major Op. 18 Pancho Vladigerov – Bulgarian Rhapsody ‘Vardar’ Royal College of Music series Links: St James’s Piccadilly lunchtime recitals page Joo Yeon Sir’s concert diary [Read More]
LEAFF open air screenings in Leicester Square
LEAFF is constantly coming up with new ideas to keep audiences involved and engaged throughout the year. This summer, they are hosting a two-day event of free open air screenings in Leicester Square. Sunday 28 July will feature four Chinese language screenings. LKL readers will be more interested in the screenings on Saturday 27 July, … [Read More]
2019 Independence Day Korean Festival in New Malden
The celebrations by the Korean community are often a word-of-mouth thing. Everyone knows they’re going to happen — at least, everyone in the Korean community — but no-one seems to want to publicise it to non-Koreans. So credit to Wook Kim for posting a video about the upcoming New Malden celebrations on Facebook. The festivals … [Read More]
Hyukoh played the Oslo Hackney
Leading indie band Hyukoh performed in London earlier this week. But as the promoters didn’t let us know about it, and as the event wasn’t listed on Facebook, we didn’t find out about it in time. We list it here for completeness’s sake, and to note with a certain wistfulness that we’d really have made … [Read More]
Lunchtime piano recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields: Jinah Shim
A free lunchtime piano recital coming up later this month: Jinah Shim (piano) Tuesday 30 July 2019, 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm St Martin-in-the-Fields | Trafalgar Square | London WC2N 4JH Programme Mozart – Sonata for Piano in B flat Brahms – Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Book 2) Ravel – La Valse Jinah … [Read More]
August Literature Night: a talk with author Kim Kyung-Uk
The Korean Literature Night (KLN) is a monthly discussion group that explores various themes and topics relating to that month’s chosen book. August’s texts are ‘God Has No grandchildren’ and ‘Spray’ by Kim Kyung-Uk, and the discussion will benefit from the presence of the author himself. The latter story is available online, while the latter … [Read More]
Artist Talk: Heezy Yang meets Hurricane Kimchi
Heezy Yang will be giving a talk at the British Museum tomorrow: Heezy Yang meets Hurricane Kimchi Moser Room, British Museum, WC1B 3DG Sat, 13 July 2019 | 11:30 – 12:30 BST Free | Registration required Join us for a talk by Heezy Yang as part of ‘The Liminal’, the ‘Queer’ Asia Art Exhibition 2019. … [Read More]