2008 Oct 23 Nanluogu Xiang Street Festival Starts Tomorrow
After having been rescheduled about seventy four times (not true), when we first heard that the Nanluogu Xiang Street Festival was slated to take place this weekend, we took the news with a pinch of salt. But, finally, it appears that a Beijing festival will go ahead as planned and that the NLGX Festival is indeed going to get under way tomorrow. The festivities will also flow on over into Saturday.
We’re going to keep details fairly sketchy, partly because they’re a little thin on the ground, but from what we can gather together:
- There are freebies available – with the NLGX cafe giving away pin badges to the first 300 people through the doors, and T-shirt giveaways at 6pm every day.
- There will be live music – with Jimmy Biala and the New Photon Trio slated to groove from 2-5pm on Saturday.
Plastered T-shirts aren’t involved with the organization this year, but will likely “cobble something together at last minute” should the event actually go ahead. Fingers crossed they resurrect plans for the hutong catwalk (planned for early October), so we might get to witness first hand the new range of hoodies and fancy new T-shirt designs.
Update: Plastered will indeed be hosting a hutong catwalk. It's set to get under way at 2.30pm on Saturday.
Links and Sources
Plastered T-Shirts Blog
NLGX: Nanluogu Xiang Street Festival
The Beijinger: Nanluogu Xiang Street Festival Cancelled
The Beijinger: Beijing and Beyond …
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