Blog Tag - Midi Music Festival

Mos Def Tries Again
As you may remember Mos Def was supposed to headline the 2012 Midi Music Festival, but pulled out at what seemed to be the last minute. Now he is on...
Little Movies in Big China: A Perspective-Shifting Look at Beijing
How do you take a big city and make a miniature film about, without using any scale models, sets or figurines? Simple: just shoot it. Using tilt-...
As we gear up for the long holiday weekend, it's time to decide where you're going to be on Monday when the two biggest music festivals in Beijing...
Midi Moves Again: Prepare to Make a Longer Trek This Year
This kind of thing happens so often that we’re totally numb to this news: Midi is moving again. The Global Times reports that the music festival is...
Rock Heroes of the Year - Midi Awards' Nominations Reveal
The third annual Midi Awards will be held at Tango on December 10. (Keep an eye on the site and our newsletter for ticket giveaways). It's no doubt...
How Did Midi Festival Turn Into Strawberry Festival? Midi Speaks Out
With its 12-year history, Midi Music Festival is the granddaddy of China’s music festivals – highly respected and influential. In 2011, they...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Twisted Machine, Hedgehog, Shanren
It seems that 80 percent news about music or bands in Beijing are about music festivals these days. There are really so many of them. One thing that...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Suede, Punk Festival, Taylor Momsen
Blue Midi Festival just started today in Rizhao, a coastal city near Qingdao; and people are getting wild on the beach while you’re reading this...
Full Guide To This Weekend’s Music Festivals
Even though we have four music festivals lining up over the same days this long weekend, only one of them – the Chaoyang Pop Music Festival – is...
Festival Fashion Tips: What (Not) to Wear to Midi, Strawberry and Music Valley
For once, we’re aiming to spend the entire long weekend in Beijing. Why, you ask? See here, here, here and here – need we say more? Our Music Editor...
To Be With Us: An Interview With Mr. Big's Paul Gilbert
Beijing is becoming a place to relive the past. Not including the overwhelming trend among local bands of bringing back old school punk or ’80s...
Festival Fight: Strawberry VS. Midi - Round 3
If the first round of our Festival Fight was just a warm up, and Midi played its big cards in the second stage what will happen in this final round...
Festival Fight: Strawberry VS. Midi - Round 2
After the first day warming up, the music festival fight hits intensity on the second day. Here are the Day Two lineups for Round 2 of our festival...
Festival Fight: Strawberry VS. Midi – Round 1
There’s not long left till the May music festivals kick off, and the two major competitors, Strawberry Music Festival and Midi Music Festival have...
Midi Music Festival "Confirmed"
There have been rumors that this year's Midi Music Festival was in doubt and may not go ahead, but we've just received notice from the organizers of...