Festival Countdown: Midi Music Festival (Haidian Park, Beijing)

After a year off in Zhenjiang, China's very first rock music festival is back in Beijing at Haidian Park on May 1-4. Last Year, Midi School of Music hosted its own award ceremony, and most of the winning acts will appear on stage during the May holiday. But some of the bands from Modern Sky seem to be missing - whatever happened to solidarity...

News just flashed in that British punk legends Sham 69 have postponed their scheduled Asian Tour, so it seems inevitable to compare this turn of event to what happened to The Buzzcocks last year, however the Midi organizer has informed us that Sham will definitely play on May 1. So keep your fingers crossed and keep your eyes on the Beijinger Blog for an interview with guitarist Dave Parsons.

What else can I say? I mean it's Midi. Of course there's going to be a flea market, which is always a good place to get CDs that are too expensive on Amazon, or some t-shirts saying "I'm a dickhead", or something worse than that...Then on Tuesday (May 4), you can skip work when everyone's in office, how's that for rock n roll?

When: May 1-4
Where: Haidian Park
How Much: RMB 80 (per day), RMB 240 (four days)
Tickets at: 6417 7845, 400 610 3721 or here

Fop more information, visit www.midifestival.com/english

Line-up (click artists' names to listen)

DAY ONE: May 1 (Saturday)

TANG STAGE
13:30-14:00 Zuo Bin (左斌)
14:20-14:50 Alt Senior
15:10-15:50 Mr Chelonian (海龟先生)
16:20-17:00 Yu Yang (虞洋)
17:30-18:10 Stalingrad Cowgirls [Finland]
18:40-19:20 Shan Ren (山人)
19:50-20:30 Second Hand Rose (二手玫瑰)
21:00-21:40 He Yong (何勇)

SONG-PILOT STAGE
13:00-13:30 Finger Family (指人儿)
13:50-14:20 24 Hours (24小时)
14:40-15:20 The NONAME
15:50-16:30 Nine Eleven [France]
17:00-17:40 Yu Fei Men (与非门)
18:10-18:50 King Ly Chee (荔枝王) [Hong Kong]
19:20-20:00 Sham 69 (UK)
20:30-21:10 Twisted Machine (扭曲的机器)

MING STAGE
13:00-13:30 Xiao Meng (小猛)
14:00-14:30 Zhao Lei (赵雷)
15:00-15:30 Lidong Band (立東乐队)
16:00-16:30 Li Jianbin (李建傧)
17:00-17:30 Dong Zi (冬子)
18:00-18:30 Zhang Weiwei & Guo Long (张玮玮和郭龙)
19:00-19:30 Wang Juan & Band (王娟乐队)
20:00-20:30 Zhao Muyang (赵牧阳)

YEN STAGE

13:00-14:15 Elmar
14:15-15:30 Poppy
15:30-16:45 X lee
16:45-18:15 Jerryson
18:15-19:30 Blackie
19:30-21:00 Youdai

DAY TWO: May 2 (Sunday)


TANG STAGE
13:30-14:00 Inch Chua [Singapore]
14:20-14:50 Candy Monster (糖果怪兽)
15:10-15:50 Audio’s Pain [Spain]
16:20-17:00 The Swamp (沼泽)
17:30-18:10 Ming’s Pretty Heroes [Holland]
18:40-19:20 Voodoo Kungfu (零壹)
19:50-20:30 Asaf Avidan & the Mojos [Israel]
21:00-21:40 X.T.X (谢天笑)

SONG-PILOT STAGE

13:00-13:30 K-Jell [Norway]
13:50-14:20 Steely Heart (钢铁的心)
14:40-15:20 The Prophecy [UK]
15:50-16:30 Secret 7 Line [Japan]
17:00-17:40 Honey Gun (糖果枪)
18:10-18:50 Mnemic [Denmark]
19:20-20:00 The Reflector (反光镜)
20:30-21:10 AK-47

MING STAGE
13:00-13:30 Qing Tian (晴天)
14:00-14:30 Hu Pan (胡畔)
15:00-15:30 Xiao He (小河)
16:00-16:30 Zhang Tie & Band (张铁乐队)
17:00-17:30 Chen Fangtao (陈方涛)
18:00-18:30 Chuan Zi (川子)
19:00-19:30 Slap (耳光乐队)
20:00-20:30 Ma Tiao (马条)

YEN STAGE
13:00-14:15 Yang Qing
14:15-15:30 Fish
15:30-16:45 LYDNB
16:45-18:15 Huang Weiwei
18:15-19:30 Jerry K
19:30-21:00 Dio

DAY THREE: May 3 (Monday)

TANG STAGE
13:30-14:00 Exit A (出口A)
14:20-14:50 Proximity Butterfly (变色蝴蝶)
15:10-15:50 Hanggai (杭盖)
16:20-17:00 Turdus Musicus [Norway]
17:30-18:10 Supermarket (超级市场)
18:40-19:20 Gammalux [Germany]
19:50-20:30 Sahara Hotnights [Sweden]
21:00-21:40 Tang Dynasty (唐朝)

SONG-PILOT STAGE
13:00-13:30 Rubber Phonograph Needle (橡胶唱针)
13:50-14:20 Djizoes [Switzerland]
14:40-15:20 Mosiac (马赛克)
15:50-16:30 SUBS (杀不死)
17:00-17:40 Mike TV [UK]
18:10-18:50 The Verse
19:20-20:00 CMCB (中国说唱兄弟)
20:30-21:10 Suffocatted (窒息)

MING STAGE
13:00-13:30 Gang Zi (刚子)
13:45-14:15 Zhou Laoer (周胜军)
14:30-15:00 Wang Shengnan (王胜男)
15:20-15:50 Zhang Zhi (张智)
16:10-16:40 Liu Er (刘东明)
17:10-17:40 Xishan Laoyao (西山老妖)
18:10-18:40 Ajinai (阿基耐乐队)
19:10-19:40 Song Yuzhe (宋雨喆)
20:10-20:40 Wu Junde (吴俊德)

YEN STAGE
13:00-14:15 Suki
14:15-15:30 Bobby
15:30-16:45 Kay C
16:45-18:00 Kamikaze
18:00-19:30 Liushuai
19:30-21:00 Ben Huang

DAY FOUR: May 4 (Tuesday)

TANG STAGE
13:30-14:00 Chaine (拆呢)
14:20-14:50 Lao Liu & Sand (刘冬虹 & 沙子)
15:10-15:50 Gemini (简迷离)
16:20-17:00 Narakam (冥界)
17:30-18:10 Fall Insects (秋天的虫子)
18:40-19:20 Carsick Cars (晕车车)
19:50-20:30 Muma & Third Party (木玛 & Third Party)
21:00-21:40 Miserable Faith (痛仰)

SONG-PILOT STAGE
13:00-13:30 Velvet Highway (丝绒公路)
13:50-14:20 Army of Jade Kirin (玉麟军)
14:40-15:20 Nanwu (南无)
15:50-16:30 Perdel (逃跑计划)
17:00-17:40 Caracal (新加坡)
18:10-18:50 Free The Birds (放飞)
19:20-20:00 Brain Failure (脑浊)
20:30-21:10 Yaksa (夜叉)

MING STAGE
13:00-15:00 DJ Tatu CREW
15:00-15:30 B.O.K
15:30-16:00 Fan Quan Liang (反犬良)
16:00-16:30 Nanzheng Beizhan (南征北战)
16:30-17:00 Xinjiekou (新街口)
17:00-17:30 B.M.W
17:30-18:00 Li Meng (李萌)
18:00-18:30 Stone Unit (石头公社)
18:30-19:00 Modeng Pohuai Nian (魔登破坏念)
19:00-19:30 Man Ren (满人)
19:30-20:00 Zhang Nan (张楠)
20:00-20:30 Yang Fan (杨帆)
20:30-21:00 Yintsang (隐藏)

YEN STAGE
13:00-14:15 Elemental
14:15-15:30 Baozi
15:30-16:45 MHP
16:45-18:00 Harry Ho
18:00-19:30 Eddie Lv
19:30-21:00 Ouyang

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what a fun office...

fantastic lineup this year... maybe the most diverse and solid on offer since they started! Not sure how strawberry is gonna fare against this competition!

and the Leningrad Cowgirls are HOT

Oh, those r dou ban links.

Haha.

Sorry, wang ge. Come out and have a smoke!

Hi lodgerly ,

I think he means click on the individual artists.

Register and post your own events on the beijinger website.

Line-up (click to listen)

Doesn't work...Wang ge, please edit it.