2009 Jul 30 Summer Pilot Music Festival starts today
The Beijinger August Issue has just gone out, and there are already corrections to be made. The Pilot Records Music Festival, which consists of month-long series of weekend concerts, has moved its opening concert to July 30, which is today. For more information and more updates, click here. Call the English hotline at 6417 7845 to check the schedule before you go.
Updated Schedule
Jul 30
Sand, Saving Molly, Magic Mama, Candy Monster, Hybrid, Ashura
Blues cats join dancing rockers from Sichuan to kick off Pilot Records' month-long series of weekend concerts. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Jul 31
Ma Tiao, Shan Ren, Xie Tianxiao
Xinjiang rocker Ma Tiao and the legendary XTX for more summer concerts. RMB 80, RMB 60 (advance). Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 1
Moka, Miserable Faith, Chiren, Liquid Oxygen Can, The Unsafe, Zhu Jing & The Blue Knights
The third day of Summer Pilot stars indie pop, folk, electronica and dark rockers Miserable Faith. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 5
Remnant of Volition, Logic Lost Control, Hybrid, The Falling, Maul Badly, Twisted Machine
Metal’s turn to take over Summer Pilot 2009. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 6
Li Meng, From Next In, Larry’s Pizza, Youth, Silent Resentment, Shuangzi & The Boxers
Second day of Summer Pilot Week Two strikes a balance between metal, hip-hop and pop. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 7
Dn’D & Ouzi, Fall Insects, Longjing, Children Sky, Caffeine, Ruin
Summer Pilot 2009’s second week goes soft with indie pop. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 14
April & Box, Future Bicycle, Yuyu’s Mars Party, Huang Shaofeng, Zhang Qianqian, Convenience Store, Wang Shengnan
Acoustic folk and indie rock kick off Week Three of Summer Pilot. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 15
The Skyscraper, Gangzi, Zig Zag, Pacalolo, Hedgehog, Cao Fang
Rockabilly, Mongolian folk, dance rock and indie pop top another night of Summer Pilot 2009. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 16
Muma & Third Party, Arrows Made of Desire, Hao Yun & Band, Qin Xuan, Longjin, Flying Midnight
Folk, reggae, classic and glam rock bring another weekend of Summer Pilot to a close. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 21
Brain Failure, Old Doll, Sko, The K, The Noname, PB33
Summer Pilot 2009 starts the weekend off with punk. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 22
The Reason, Orange, The Raving Radio, Long Shen Dao, Xinjiekou, Heaven, Tarot Saint
Summer Pilot continues with emo, metal and reggae. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 23
Plastic Rubber, DEFY, DH & Chinese Hellcats, Been Lee, Liefeng, Second Hand Rose
Retro hits Summer Pilot, and alt-rock, too. RMB 50. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 28
Lucky Monkey, Kamutang, Chinatown, Missing Eden, Perdel, Tang Dynasty
The electro and Brit-pop rock gets going at the Summer Pilot festival, followed by the return of Chinese metal founders Tang Dynasty. RMB 80. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 29
Dr. Feel Good, CMCB, Suffocated, AK-47, Yu Yang, Strobolight, Caffeine
Nu-metal rockers team up with China’s hip-hop forefathers for the last weekend of Summer Pilot 2009. RMB 80. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
Aug 30
Honey Gun, Finger Family, The Face, Reflector, Left Right, Spring Autumn, Overload
Bands from the glory days of Beijing metal reunite for the final day of the Summer Pilot 2009 festival. RMB 80. Tickets at 400 810 3721 or 5860 1088. 4pm. Olympic Sports Center Stadium
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