Cool Out festival to feature hearing-impaired K-pop band

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Cool Out festival to feature first ever hearing impaired Kpop band called Big Ocean from Seoul, South Korea. - Photo: Supplied Organisers of the Cool Out festival have joined forces with Inclusion Cayman this year to feature performances from the first-ever hearing-impaired K-pop band, Big Ocean.

“They just debuted earlier this year, so we were able to catch them before they become international superstars. Anybody lucky enough to get a seat at one of their shows, will be able to say someday that they saw them first at Cool Out 2024,” festival organisers told the Cayman Compass.

Just four months after debuting, they have attracted a fan base of over 1 million across social media. They have been nominated for Billboard’s September ‘Rookie of This Month’.

Big Ocean is known for adopting the latest technology to overcome hearing limitations such as the beat-to-vibration metronome wristwatch and beat-to-light flashes.

The band will be one of several musical performances in the multi-faceted Cool Out lineup, being held 14-17 Nov., with the slogan #financeXcreativity. Big Ocean will take centre stage for the welcome showcase on 14 Nov., at Harquail Theatre at 7pm. In the festival’s usual format with all visiting acts, Big Ocean will collaborate with local artists.

“The backup dancers for Big Ocean’s performances at Cool Out 2024 will be dancers from the Cayman Islands National Dance Company. You would never know by watching them perform that they are the first ever hearing-impaired K-pop group in the world,” organisers told the Compass.

Pointing to the importance of diversity and inclusion to the creative and cultural businesses, they added, “we are committed to doing everything we can to ensure that no one is excluded from the Cool Out Movement.

“Working with Inclusion Cayman helps us greatly to achieve our goal of including everyone in the Cayman Islands and showing the world that the Cayman Islands are an inclusion-friendly jurisdiction.”

Now in its second year, the festival includes a conference, workshops and several showcases on the financial, legal, tech, creative and business communities at venues across Cayman.

The conference, set for 15 Nov., at Signal House (Cayman Enterprise City), will be hosted by the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers. Leading entertainment attorneys will join music managers, entertainment companies and leading experts in non-fungible tokens, blockchain, investment funds and other areas that support finance and creative industries.

Also speaking will be John Gray High School graduate and filmmaker Alex Helfrecht.

Organisers said, “The core of the Cool Out initiative are the conferences and the workshops … where the business side of the creative industries come together to learn, collaborate and network.”

Noting that the conference begins with a “financeXcreativity network breakfast”, which enables people looking for funding for creative projects to meet potential investors, they said, “The fact of the matter is that the Cayman Islands already has in place the financial infrastructure to be a creative and financial hub for the global creative and cultural industries.”

Workshops On Saturday, 16 Nov., at Signal House (Cayman Enterprise City), aspiring musicians, songwriters, filmmakers, artists and other creatives are encouraged to attend workshops one of which will feature Grammy winner and educator Andrae Alexander of the non-profit trade organisation Songwriters of North America.

Music managers, art gallery owners, filmmakers and more will be on hand to mentor aspiring creatives.

“The workshops will offer valuable lessons from how to make a music video on a budget, develop a business plan, monetize and protect creative works and more. Anyone over the age of 14+ with an interest in music, film, art or other creative industries is encouraged to attend the workshops,” organisers said.

Cool Out Live Showcases Several local artists are set to perform at various locations across Grand Cayman. Cool Out Live offers ticketed events as well as free shows.

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Other performers include Madam Nirosa, Jimmeh the Boss, and a band from Belize, according to oreganisers, who added there may also be “surprise special guests”, according to organisers.

Caymas at Cool Out will be led by Brent McLeant, the artist behind The Duppy Project, Cameron Douglas JR will host Cool Out’s Rising Stars at LOCO in Camana Bay.

The full 2024 lineup, registration and ticketing details, are at the Cool Out 2024 website or on Instagram @coolout2024.

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