The lack of DJs at Modern Sky Music Festival may have been disappointing to some, but fear not, the label has got even bigger plans - The ZOO Electronic Music Festival will be held on Oct 16 and Oct 17 at Haidian Exhibition Hall (inside Haidian Park), featuring DJ Spook, Pet Conspiracy, The Death Set, Classixx, Patrick Yu, LIman and many many more DJs and electronic bands. The party start at 8pm and last until midnight.

Since all foreign acts for Modern Sky Music Festival are cancelled, you might want to get some of your money back. Despite the festival will still be held on time at Chaoyang Park, Modern Sky just came out with a refund plan with many options to go.

The parade for the 60th anniversary of the PRC this October 1 is shaping up to be bigger than Ben Hur – or at least the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. CNReviews has provided a good round up of recent coverage in the local press, while the naughty New Yorker has posted some surprisingly dull pirate footage of students rehearsing for the parade – though it’s displayed via YouTube so most Beijingers won’t be able to see it.

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)

You! Having too much fun le! Image by fatfatfat, douban.com

For people who attended the evening portion of Intro 2009: Beijing Electronic Music Festival, which was broken up by the police, there is some news: According to Terry Tu, a DJ from Acupuncture Records, the organizer received more than 100 phone call complaints (apparently about the noise) from people living around 798, and the police canceled the evening indoor party "for security reasons".

Acupuncture Records has just released their ticket refund plan for disappointed party animals: 100% refund for people who haven't used their ticket; 50% refund for people bought the RMB 200 ticket after 9pm。