Pharrell Williams, Carly Rae Jepsen, Phoenix, and More Slated for Inaugural Grammy Festival Beijing at Changyang Park, Apr 30

Kyle Mullin | Mar 2, 2018 2:30 pm | 2 comments | 4591 reads

The capital's music scene has been rocked by some major news: major marquee acts like Pharrell Williams and Carly Rae Jepsen are slated to perform at Changyang Music Theme Park on Apr 30 for the first-ever Grammy Festival Beijing. 

The announcement was made via a social media post today (Mar 2). The eclectic lineup also includes chart-topping pop-rockers OneRepublic (of "Apologize" fame), early 00's soul star Macy Gray, critically acclaimed French alt-rockers Phoenix, and up-and-coming dance-pop diva Daya.  

Seeing as Beijing only intermittently hosts acts of superstar status (due to numerous strict policies and hurdles), the announcement that so many big names were coming at once has certainly come as a surprise. We first heard word about the fest this past August, when Billboard reported that The Recording AcademyTM, in a move to expand the brand of its famed Grammy Awards, announced the "newly created GRAMMY Festival, a touring, world-class live music experience that will debut in China in 2018." Their partners in this big-ticket endeavor were also on hand: BRAVO Entertainment, China Music Vision Ltd, along with co-organizers like Beida Jade Bird Music Culture Industry Group, Guo Guang United Cultural Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Weibo and Toutiao. 

Local music industry insiders tell the Beijinger that they were floored to hear the festival would take place in Beijing in just under two months time. They instead expected the event to happen in Shanghai, which has laxer policies that lure big names far more frequently. Case in point: soul star John Legend will perform in the Pearl City next week without making a stop in Beijing. Bruno Mars, meanwhile, has two shows in Shanghai already booked with a third one rumored to be arranged soon, while Beijingers still hold out hope that he might put on a last minute gig here. 

Indeed, such frequent snubbing has left few music buffs in the capital ever expecting a gig of the Grammy Festival's ilk to come their way. Better still: the festival boasts households names and a varying lineup that caters to everyone from discerning music nerds (who will surely flock to see Phoenix) to more mainstream inclined fans (who have been singing along to Pharrell's "Happy," and Carley Rae Jepsen's chart-topping hits for ages now).

Tickets can be purchased via Damai or 247tickets and cost RMB 580 presale or RMB 880 on the door plus an optional RMB 50 for a return trip bus from either Guomao or Wudaokou.

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Re: Pharrell Williams, Carly Rae Jepsen, Phoenix, and More...
Posted Mar 21, 2018 5:02pm by radarita

The Grammies festival questions and answers:

1-How to buy your tickets?
Contact vera-radarita

2-Whats the process?
Contact vera-radarita, buy your ticket by wechat or alipay or bank transfer before March 31st. March 31st all the tickets will be sent by Sf to address that the client provided. So like this you have a tracking code and receive the ticket with 24 hours.

3-Can I smoke inside?
Yes we have a designated area to smoke.

4- Can I bring my own food and alcohol inside the venue?
No you can't. But we sell food and alcohol inside.

5- Do you sell alcohol?
Yes, we sell alcohol.

6- what's the address of the venue?
It’s the location, the new name for is 长阳音乐主题公园·

7- How to get to the venue on a cheap way?
Take the subway. Line 9 Guogongzhuang Station, transfer to Fangshan Line. Changyang Station is where people should get off.

8- Can I bring my kids in?
Yes, the kids can go inside if are higher than 1.2 meters.

9- what's the time of the event?
The event is from 2 to 10 pm but I can't tell you who plays at what time.

10- who will perform? Will be the real artists or djs???

Final lineup confirmed for Grammy Fest..

- Pharrell Williams
- OneRepublic
- James Bay
- Carly Rae Jepsen
- Phoenix
- Macy Gray
- Daya

11- what's the price of the tickets?
580 yuan if you buy before March 31st. 880 yuan from 1 st of April.

12- when is the event?
30 of April, 2 to 10 pm

13- 30 of April is on a Monday... so forget it...

30 of April is a holiday, so you can go and have fun.

14- do we have seats?
Sure you can seat on the floor.

15- inside or outside event?
it's an outside event.

Feel free to ask me any translation from chinese, english or french to portuguese. My email is radarita@sapo.pt

Re: Pharrell Williams, Carly Rae Jepsen, Phoenix, and More...
Posted Mar 12, 2018 10:27am by tomarnstein

Tickets go on sale for Grammy Festival Beijing as of Mar 12, 3.12pm. They can be purchased via Damai or 247tickets and cost RMB 580 presale or RMB 880 on the door plus an optional RMB 50 for a return trip bus from either Guomao or Wudaokou.

Managing Editor, the Beijinger