Triple Threat: 3 Music Festivals for the 3-Day Weekend
Posted: April 28th, 2011 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Music, Special Events, Upcoming Events | Tags: Avril Lavigne, Bigger Bang, Black Head, China Music Valley (CMV) Music Festival, DH Chinese Hellcats, DJ Patrick Yu, DJ Saul D, Editors, Hanggai, Hot Hot Heat, Jinglandao Park, KT Tunstall, Ladytron, Long Shen Dao, Midi Festival, Miserable Faith, Mr. Big, Omnipotent Youth Society, Queen Sea Big Shark, Re-Tros, Sound Fragment, Strawberry Festival, Voodoo Kungfu, Yugang Ski Resort | 1 Comment »
This year’s 3-Day May Holiday Weekend will see 3 different music festivals – Strawberry, Midi and newcomer China Music Valley Music Festival.
While Strawberry and Midi will have a 3 day line-up for non-stop music and fun in the sun, China Music Valley (CMV) will only be on Saturday and Sunday.
Lucky for us, we have a 3 day weekend!
LumDimSum Breakdown of this Weekend’s Trio of Music Festivals:
1. China Music Valley (CMV) Music Festival
CMV aka Pingu Music Festival will be held out by the capital airport at Yugang Ski Resort.
With some big names coming through like Avril Lavigne, Ladytron, Hot Hot Heat, KT Tunstall and Editors, be sure to allocate at least 1 day (either Saturday or Sunday) to check out this music fest.
Here’s the 2-Day Line-Up:
CMV Fest Day 1 (Saturday, April 30)
14:00-15:00 Deep Rainbow 深虹
15:00-16:00 Free the Birds 自游
16:00-17:00 Negative (Finland)
17:00－18:00 Rooney (U.S.)
18:00-19:00 F.I.R. 飞儿乐团
19:00-20:30 Juliette Lewis
20:30-22:00 Avril Lavigne
22:00－23:00 Huang Shu’ai 黄舒挨
23:00-23:30 Li Gaoyang 李高阳
CMV Fest Day 2 (Sunday, May 1)
14:00-15:00 Jiang Ting 姜听
15:00-16:00 Hot Hot Heat (U.S.)
16:00-17:00 Huang Xiaolong 黄小唬
17:00-18:00 Little Boots (U.K.)
18:00-19:30 Ladytron (U.K.)
19:30-21:00 Editors (U.K.)
21:00-22:30 KT Tunstall (U.K)
22:30-23:30 Huang Guanzhong 黄贯中
Tickets: Presale tickets from ¥200-380 via Piao.com.cn, Tel: 400-610-3721. Or, buy tickets at the door.
Getting there: CMV has outlined the transportation options to Yuyang Resort in this PDF. You can also grab a shuttle bus from Workers Stadium North Gate for ¥30 round trip, leaving every half hour from 10:30am-3pm.
2. Midi Festival 2011
Celebrating their 12th year, Midi is the original Beijing rock & roll outdoor music festival. This year will be moved from Haidian Park to Jinglandao Park.
Highlights: Voodoo Kungfu 零壹 & Long Shen Dao 龙神道 (Day 1, Tang stage), Mr. Big and DH, Chinese Hellcats and DJ Patrick Yu (Day 2), and Miserable Faith (Day 3).
Midi will be held 3 days with 3 stages with acts from about 1PM-10PM. Expect solid rock and roll plus an electronic stage.
Here’s the 3-Day Line-Up:
Midi Day 1 (Saturday, April 30)
Tang Stage 唐舞台
14:30-15:00 Dahongpao 大红袍
15:20-15:50 Perdel 逃跑计划
16:10-16:40 Mr: Graceless
17:00-17:40 Gammalux (Germany)
18:00-18:40 Long Shen Dao 龙神道
19:00-19:40 Yaksa 夜叉
20:00-20:40 Subs
21:00-21:40 Voodoo Kungfu 零壹
Song Stage 宋舞台
14:00-14:30 56 Degree 56度
14:50-15:20 Exit A 出口A
15:40-16:20 The Dancers
16:50-17:30 Fall of Mirra (Singapore)
18:00-18:40 Suffocate 窒息
19:10-19:50 Fall Insects 秋天的虫子
20:20-21:00 Thin Man 瘦人
Yen Stage 焱舞台
14:00-15:00 Zhiqi
15:00-16:00 Ouyang
16:00-17:30 Donny Liu
17:30-19:00 Ben Huang
19:00-20:00 Blackie
20:00-21:30 Mickey Zhang
Midi Day 2 (Sunday, May 1)
Tang Stage 唐舞台
13:30-14:00 The Ghost Spardac
14:20-14:50 The On Fires (Australia)
15:10-15:40 Finger Family 指人儿
16:00-16:30 Namo 南无
16:50-17:30 Left Right 左右
17:50-18:30 Mongol800 (Japan)
18:50-19:30 Brain Failure 脑浊
20:00-22:00 Mr: Big (USA)
Song Stage 宋舞台
13:00-13:30 K362
13:50-14:20 Mya Audrey (Switzerland)
14:40-15:10 Misandao 蜜三刀
15:30-16:10 DH & Chinese Hellcats
16:30-17:10 Moyi 末裔
17:30-18:10 Good 4 Nothing (Japan)
18:30-19:10 SMZB 生命之饼
19:30-20:10 Tiantang 天堂
Yen Stage 焱舞台
13:00-14:00 Kora
14:00-15:00 Bobby
15:00-16:30 Jerryson
16:30-18:00 Jerry K
18:00-19:00 Patrick Yu
19:00-20:30 Dio
Midi Day 3 (Monday, May 2)
Tang Stage 唐舞台
13:30-14:00 Die From Sorrow 郁
14:20-14:50 Cafe-In 咖啡因
15:10-15:50 Velvet Highway 丝绒公路
16:20-17:00 Forty-Five 肆伍
17:30-18:10 Sand 沙子
18:40-19:20 Your Favorite Enemies (Canada)
19:50-20:30 Reflector 反光镜
21:00-21:40 Miserable Faith
Song Stage 宋舞台
13:00-13:40 Wings of Eternity 永恒之翼
14:10-14:50 The Fools 痴人
15:20-16:00 Dengel
16:30-17:10 Audio’s Pain (Spain)
17:40-18:20 Wang Bao and Zhengxu Yangguang 王宝和正午阳光
18:50-19:30 Ming’s Pretty Heroes (The Netherlands)
20:00-20:40 AK-47
Yen Stage 焱舞台 13:00-14:30 Baozi
14:30-15:30 Huang Weiwei
15:30-16:30 Donald Summer
16:30-18:00 X Lee
18:00-19:30 Eddie Lv
19:30-21:00 Yang Bing
Tickets: You can score presale tickets from ¥80-150/day viaPiao.com.cn, Tel: 400-610-3721. Or, buy tickets at the door.
Getting there: Grab a Midi Shuttle Bus from Pingguoyuan Station (Line 1) for ¥5. Or, take a taxi to Jinglangdao Park in Mentougou District (门头沟京浪岛公园).
3. Strawberry Festival
Probably the biggest of the three, Strawberry’s 3-day line-up will feature 6 stages including the Strawberry Stage (the main stage), the Love Stage (pop/ alternative/ folk stage), the Overload Stage (metal stage), the Taiwan Stage, the electronic music stage and a stage for school bands.
Highlights: Sound Fragment and Omnipotent Youth Society (Main Stage, Day 1), Black Head 黑撒, Miserable Faith 痛仰 and Re-Tros 重塑雕像的权利, Yang Chengang杨臣刚 (Day 2), and on the 3rd day: Bigger Bang, Queen Sea Big Shark (后海大鲨鱼), Hanggai (杭盖), and DJ Saul D.
Here’s the 3-Day Line-Up:
Day 1 (Saturday, April 30)
Strawberry Stage 草莓舞台
13:30-14:10 Nanwu 南无
14:30-15:10 Hang On The Box 挂在盒子上
15:30-16:10 Arms and Legs (US)
16:30-17:10 Brain Failure 脑浊
17:30-18:30 Sound Fragment 声音碎片
19:00-20:00 Omnipotent Youth Society 万能青年旅店
20:30-21:30 He Yong 何勇
Love Stage 爱舞台
12:30-13:00 Mix Market (JP)
13:30-14:00 Mushroom Band 蘑菇团
14:30-15:10 Candy Monster 糖果怪兽
15:50-16:30 Ding Ke 丁可
17:10-17:50 Liang Xiaoxue 梁晓雪
18:30-19:10 Maizi & Wei 麦子与微
19:50-20:30 The Cir 麦田守望者
Overload Stage 过载舞台
13:00-13:30 Velvet Road 丝绒公路
14:00-14:30 Logic Lose Control 逻辑失控
15:10-15:50 Moyi 末裔乐队
16:30-17:10 Army Of Jade Kirin 玉麟军
17:50-18:30 Four Five 肆伍
19:10-19:50 Left Right 左右
20:30-21:10 Twisted Machine 扭曲机器
Taiwan Stage 台湾舞台
14:00-14:30 SKARAOKE
15:10-15:50 Bear Baby 熊宝贝
16:30-17:10 Annie Duola 安妮朵拉
17:50-18:30 Little Nurse 小护士
19:10-19:50 女孩与机器人
20:30-21:10 林生祥
Electronic Stage 电子舞台
14:00-15:00 Terry Tu
15:00-16:00 Eric lee
16:00-17:00 QQ
17:00-18:00 Shen Yue
18:00-19:00 Zhi Qi
19:00-20:00 Weng weng
20:00-21:30 Elvis:T
School of Rock 校园舞台
12:00-12:20 Hocus
12:30-12:50 T76
13:00-13:20 赵彬
14:10-14:30 Unionbunny
15:10-15:30 太空漂移
16:10-16:30 Blue motion band
17:10-17:30 未完成
18:30-18:50 刺秦
Day 2 (Sunday, May 1)
Strawberry Stage 草莓舞台
13:30-14:10 Steely Heart 钢铁的心
14:30-15:10 Black Head 黑撒
15:30-16:10 AV Okubo AV大久保
16:30-17:10 Ye Pei 叶蓓
17:30-18:30 Hedgehog 刺猬
19:00-20:00 Miserable Faith 痛仰
20:30-21:30 Re-Tros 重塑雕像的权利
Love Stage 爱舞台
12:30-13:00 Me Guan Me (Me灌Me)
13:30-14:00 Tang Hongfei 唐荭菲
14:30-15:10 SUCCESS (France)
15:50-16:30 The Fallacy 疯医
17:10-17:50 Xu Fei & Jam 许飞及Jam乐队
18:30-19:10 Top Floor Circus 顶楼马戏团
19:50-20:30 Reflector 反光镜
Overload Stage 过载舞台
13:00-13:30 Multi-Ego
14:00-14:30 Chaine 拆呢
15:10-15:50 Institutional Crush 制度瓦解
16:30-17:10 Nuclear Fusion-G 核聚变-G
17:50-18:30 Yang Chengang杨臣刚
19:10-19:50 Minjie 冥界
20:30-21:10 Liquid Oxygen 液氧罐头
Taiwan Stage 台湾舞台
14:00-14:30 IO Band (IO乐团)
15:10-15:50 Coach (教练)
16:30-17:10 Cotton Candy (棉花糖)
17:50-18:30 Mr: Brown Chen (大囍门)
17:10-19:50 The White Eyes (白目)
20:30-21:10 Waa Wei (魏如萱)
Electronic Stage 电子舞台
14:00-15:00 Pancake Lee
15:00-16:00 Lupen
16:00-17:00 Patrick Yu
17:00-18:00 Donald Summer
18:00-19:00 Tobias Patrick
19:00-20:00 Sistema
20:00-21:30 XLF
School of Rock 校园舞台
12:00-12:20 Wet Sand
12:30-12:50 Liugenjin 六根筋
13:00-13:20 Wanju Bintuan 玩具兵团
14:10-14:30 Stupid Bird 笨鸟
15:10-15:30 Quark 夸克
16:10-16:30 Joe’s Heart
17:10-17:30 Gao Shan 高姗
18:30-18:50 Vast 茫
20:00-20:20 Po Shang Cun 坡上村
Day 3 (Monday, May 2)
Strawberry Stage 草莓舞台
13:30-14:10 Lazy Camels
14:30-15:10 Bigger Bang (大棒)
15:30-16:10 Zhou Yunpeng (周云蓬)
16:30-17:10 Life Journey (旅行团)
17:30-18:30 MONO (JP)
19:00-20:00 Queen Sea Big Shark (后海大鲨鱼)
20:30-21:30 Xie Tianxiao (谢天笑)
Love Stage 爱舞台
12:30-13:00 Haozi (浩子)
13:30-14:00 Finger Family (指人儿)
14:30-15:10 Rustic
15:50-16:30 The Ghost Spardac
17:10-17:50 Huang Yida (黄义达)
18:30-19:10 Hanggai (杭盖)
19:50-20:30 Second Hand Rose (二手玫瑰)
Overload Stage 过载舞台
13:00-13:30 641
14:00-14:30 The Falling (堕天)
15:10-15:50 Ego Fall (颠覆M)
16:30-17:10 SAW (锯)
17:50-18:30 Gear Rubber (齿轮橡皮)
17:10-19:50 Bing Yong (病蛹)
20:30-21:10 Yaksa (夜叉)
Taiwan Stage 台湾舞台
14:00-14:30 Huang Jie (黄玠)
15:10-15:50 Monkey Pilot (猴子飞行员)
16:30-17:10 Sugar Plum Ferry (甜梅号)
17:50-18:30 We Save Strawberry (草莓救星)
17:10-19:50 Luantan Ascent (乱弹阿翔)
20:30-21:10 Kimbo (胡德夫)
Electronic Stage 电子舞台
14:00-15:00 Verktget
15:00-16:00 Kimurahh
16:00-17:00 Mikey Dee
17:00-18:00 Howie Lee
18:00-19:00 Tnem
19:00-20:00 AMU
20:00-21:00 Saul D*
21:00-21:30 Harikiri
Tickets: You can score presale tickets from ¥60/day via Piao.com.cn, Tel: 400-610-3721. Or, buy tickets at the door.
Getting there: Take the Batong Subway Line to Tongzhou Beiyuan. There, you will find Modern Sky free shuttle buses, which depart every 20-30 minutes between 10am and 6pm. Return buses are available every 20 minutes from 6-10:30 pm with the last bus at 10:30pm. Alternatively, you can take a cab to Tongzhou Canal Park (通州运河公园) from the Tongzhou Beiyuan stop for about RMB30.
This is sooo helpful. None of the magazines managed such a simple and clear rundown!!