{"id":37543,"date":"2026-03-19T11:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37543"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:09:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:09:43","slug":"want-to-be-a-dj-hong-kongs-moth-foundation-is-music-school-and-lgbtq-safe-space-in-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=37543","title":{"rendered":"Want to be a DJ? Hong Kong\u2019s Moth Foundation is music school and LGBTQ safe space in one"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Those who take a stroll along the tranquil streets near the post office in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, are likely to hear a curious mixture of sounds \u2013 the rhythmic taps of hammers and whirring of electric drills punctuated by the muted thump of electronic music tracks being seamlessly blended.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The cacophony is coming from the new space of Moth Foundation, where something special is being built.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe were planning to take a six-month break and do some fundraising and then launch our new space somewhere, but we saw this space, and we were like, \u2018It\u2019s perfect,\u2019\u201d says Ahura Mazda, one of the three co-founders of the non-profit organisation, which has been touching an increasing number of lives in Hong Kong in recent months.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">The organisation originally launched in 2024 as <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Moth Agency, a DJ collective<\/span> formed from a shared mission to provide safe LGBTQ nightlife events in the city.<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Moth Foundation\u2019s new space in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The organisation originally launched in 2024 as Moth Agency. Photo: Moth Foundation\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/18\/2698434c-6ccc-466e-8182-540c6827d4cb_49fc1238.jpg\" title=\"Moth Foundation\u2019s new space in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The organisation originally launched in 2024 as Moth Agency. Photo: Moth Foundation\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Moth Foundation\u2019s new space in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong. The organisation originally launched in 2024 as Moth Agency. Photo: Moth Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Following a series of successful events and establishing themselves as a prominent force in Hong Kong\u2019s LGBTQ party scene, the collective established Moth Radio, a not-for-profit community radio that continues to give DJs from all walks of life a platform to express themselves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3347003\/want-be-dj-hong-kongs-moth-foundation-music-school-and-lgbtq-safe-space-one?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who take a stroll along the tranquil streets near the post office in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong, are likely to hear a curious&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5873,3569,5010,16092,1474,294,1086,848,1413],"class_list":["post-37543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-foundation","tag-hong","tag-kongs","tag-lgbtq","tag-moth","tag-music","tag-safe","tag-school","tag-space","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}