Urbanscapes 2013

Do you love the arts? Music? Then you will be delighted to know that Malaysia is home to a lively contemporary arts scene. The epicenter of this contemporary arts community is the country’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur, the founding city of Urbanscapes, an annual exposition featuring music, fashion, dance, visual design and more.
A local company, Freeform Sdn. Bhd, founded this annual festival in 2002, and hosted it at a centrally located, much frequented KL eatery, which has since closed. Anyway, the festival itself had outgrown its venue due to large crowds it was drawing and in recent times, the Urbanscapes festival is held at larger venues outside KL. Moreover, the festival has also been extended to span two days instead of just one day. This, year Urbanscapes has been earmarked for the weekend of 23^rd and 24^th November and the grand event will be hosted at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) at Serdang, Selangor.

Aside, from the size and the duration, the festival has also expanded its repertoire and now features a whole host on internationally recognized performers in addition to local stars. This year’s festival lineup thus includes well-known names like Franz Ferdinand (a rock band from Scotland), Tegan and Sara (an indie-rock outfit from Canada), Two Door Cinema Club (a dance-rock trio from Northern Ireland), Efterklang (a Danish electronica band),  Black Voices(An Afro-Caribbean band from the UK), Last Dinosaurs(an alternative music band from Australia) and many others like Singapore’s Obedient Wives Club, Kyoto Protocol, Oh Chentaku and more. Also performing at the festival are comedians like Pierre Hollins from the UK and Malaysia’s very own Kuah.

In addition to music and standup comedy acts, Urbanscapes will also feature various other performing arts events like shadow puppetry, poetry readings, percussion and ukulele performances, beat box acts, dance concerts and more.  Visitors will also have a chance to indulge in a touch of retail therapy at the festival’s various popup shops showcasing the works of creative folks and offering products like clothing, accessories, home wares, lifestyle products, vintage wares and other knick-knacks.

The festival grounds will additionally, host a variety of food and beverage outlets offering much food and drink for enthusiastic festivalgoers.

For more information about the festival do visit- http://urbanscapes.com.my