2009 Jul 31 In with the Music: The InMusic Festival

SUBS – one of many bands you can catch at the InMusic Festival, more below; photo by Doug Kanter
What may be the last of its kind of the season, the InMusic Festival (Aug 7-9) at the Zhangbei Grasslands (230km outside of Beijing; see photo, right) is a three-day, Woodstock-esque music orgasm with none other than Tricky headlining. Plus, horseback riding, kite flying and a chance to play football with rock stars (Joyside is already registered) … How can you say no? End summer with a bang – or a Bigger Bang, if you want to.
(Ticket prices, transportation options and accommodation info below.)
Here are 25 bands you can catch at InMusic, in no particular order ...
1. Tricky (check back on the blog tomorrow for our interview with the trip-hop pioneer)

2. The Soundtrack of Our Lives (check back on the blog this weekend to read the transcript of our conversation with the spiritual Swedes)

4. Snake and Jet’s Amazing Bullit Band

8. Joyside

9. SUBS

10. Brain Failure 脑浊

15. Desert Zhang 张悬

16. Miserable Faith 痛仰

17. Omnipotent Youth Society 万能青年旅店

18. The Fire Balloon 火气球

19. Little Dragon

20. Pet Conspiracy 宠物同谋

22. Zuoxiao Zuzhou 左小祖咒

24. ELVIS.T

25. Lucky Monkey 跳猴

More bands …
- Ordinance 军械所
- Wan Xiaoli 万晓利
- Ma Tiao 马条
- Hao Yun 郝云
- Smart Kin 漂亮亲戚
- TOOKOO
- SULUMI 孙大威
- Dead J 邵彦棚
- ZIYO 自游
- PB33
- 24 Hours
- Candy Monster 糖果怪兽
- Hot & Cold 冷热兄弟
- R3
- Alt Senior
- Ben Huang
- Huang Wei Wei
- Eddie LV
- MickeyZhang
- Wang Wen 惘闻
- Zhang Weiwei & Guo Long 张玮玮和郭龙
- Su Yang 苏阳
- Shan Ren Band 山人
- Sound Fragment 声音碎片
- iLoop
- Bigger Bang 大棒
- SKO
- The Reason
- Ivy V
- Patrick Yu
- Hong Qi 洪启
- GALA
- Steely Heart 钢铁之心
- Mosaic 马赛克
- Saving Molly 拯救茉莉
- The Mailman 邮差
- @llen
- Emcore
- Gao Hu
The InMusic Festival takes place at the Zhangbei Grasslands from August 7-9. Visit www.inmusicfestival.cn (Chinese only; English version available soon) for full details.
Tickets
RMB 80 (one day),
RMB 135 (two days),
RMB 180 (three days)
Transportation
Buses depart every 15 minutes from pick-up stations scattered throughout the Second and Fifth Ring Roads, between 9am and 4pm. Return buses to Beijing leave every half hour from Zhangbei Grasslands after the last performance until as late as 2pm (RMB 25 for a one-way ticket, RMB 40 for round-trip).
For a map and detailed driving directions, click here.
Accommodation
It’s a music festival! Bring a tent. Or rent one for 10 kuai when you get there. Student hostel beds are also available for RMB 20-30. More info here.
You can also stay at one of the local hotels listed for your convenience here.
Performance Times
Aug 7: 2.30pm
Aug 8 & 9: 1.30pm
Questions? E-mail inmusic@126.com or call 5870 0215.
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Re: In with the Music: The InMusic Festival
English portion of the website is up
http://www.inmusicfestival.cn/eng.html
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