Well-organised Beijing festival shocker

Joined: Oct 02, 2009
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Alright, this might be a little biased since it was the first time I've been there and it was their eighth anniversary mini festival, but... free entry, free beer, free roast lamb, good bands (although we were outside for most of it). That's a good start, but on top of that they actually managed to organise it well enough that getting food and drinks (whether free or paid for) never took too long, the toilets weren't awful, and everybody seemed to be having a good time. After experiencing Beijing's larger festivals with their 100 yuan+ entrance fees and two-hour queues for water, that's some feat. The fact that it's located within the fourth ring road, and yet somehow you still get to walk through a forest on the way in, is an extra bonus.

Festival aside, drinks selection seems decent and reasonably priced. Can't report on the normal food as we managed to stuff ourselves with the lamb, which was excellent- but then, it's probably hard to go wrong with sticking a whole lamb in a fire and then eating it.