ASIA RISING: How 1MX, an Asian-centric music festival, made a huge splash in London this summer

LONDON, August 3, 2023 – It's summer festival season in London and this means weekends are filled with a litany of options for folks looking for fun, relaxation and entertainment. 
 
Guess who represented big time this past July in London's live events landscape? It's a group of young music artists who are already stars in their own right in their respective countries and are emerging as acts to watch out for in the global mainstream music market.
 
These are the stars of 1MX Music Festival in London which was held last month at the ultra-cool Silverworks Island, London's new center of cultural gravity.  
 
All Asian artists — Ben&Ben, Moira, Janine Berdin and Maymay from the Philippines, Yuna from Malaysia, U.K.-born tinyumbrellas, U.K.-raised DJ Clara Rosa — was joined by Canadian Johnny Orlando for a noon-to-sundown showcase of among the best fast-rising music acts in the world today.
 
"1MX is a music festival that captures the dynamic and shifting landscape of music where Asians are rising like a wave," said ABS-CBN Global Head of Events Arnie Joseph Garcia, also concurrently ABS-CBN Managing Director for Europe and the Middle East. "This is the first time that this event brand mixed Filipino artists with primarily other Asian artists to see how they can break boundaries.  1MX in London showed in a big way that they can. The massive support of fans for this event was undeniable."
 
1MX is an event by ABS-CBN Global, a leading Filipino and media entertainment company committed to bringing the best of Filipino content and talent worldwide.  The next 1MX events are on September 10, Sunday, at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto and on October 8, Sunday, at The Hordern in Sydney.  
 
As fans look forward to the next two legs of the travelling music festival, here's a peek into the historic event that was 1MX in London: