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Shanghai, typically a live music wasteland, is preparing for a gaggle (Shanghaiist has the hippest vocabulary) of music festivals, all scheduled for the normally dead October Golden weekend. Get ready for 4...yes, count'em....f-o-u-r....music festivals, with some pretty damn exciting bands.
October 2nd-4th - 1234 Beach Rock
Last year the Beach Rock festival was a blast for the few people who braved the weather and long 2 hour bus ride. This year the location has changed, but the distance from town is the same. Being held in Zhujiajiao, many of China's best punk, metal and indie bands will descend upon the countryside for 3 days of campfires, moshing and sleeping bag hankie panky (or so we have been told). Some of the better known bands will be Brain Failure, AK-47, Top Floor Circus and Demerit. But with the schedule still being worked out, there are sure to be many (pant wetting) surprises.
October 3rd - Rock-ing Festival
Being organized by one of the founders of Yuyintang, this festival is slated for the often forgotten green space of Zhongshan Park. Two well known (supposedly) European metal bands, Negative and Malice in Wonderland. If metal isn't your thing, don't worry, indie folk band Cold Fairyland is also scheduled to perform. We have always felt Cold Fairyland would be perfectly suited for an outdoor festival, and obviously we weren't the only ones. Bring your frisbee and long haired wig. Short haired people head banging just looks silly.
October 4th-7th - Fuxing Park Jazz Festival
Don't let the name fool you. This festival has WAY more than just jazz. Cui Jian and Xu Wei two of China's biggest rockers will perform along side the stellar Jazz lineup. Also given generous space in the park is I-Mart, the creative market, where DIY'ers sell there interesting handicrafts and hangout with fellow creative minded people.
October 5th - Shanghai Hop Festival
Shanghaiist isn't exactly sure what the name is supposed to mean, but the big name headliners have got us excited. Latin/rap/indie band Ozomatli, Rapper Talib Kweli and UK due Faithless are all headed to Zhongshan park for this one day music extravaganza.
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Yeah, I'm going to Taleb Kweli. Hellz yeah.
Suprised Faithless got invited. While not anti-China (that I know of), they have several politically charged songs.
Cold Fairyland will be excellent.
zhujiajiao is not two hours away. buses from xujiahui stadium take about an hour.
chengdu lu dagu lu highway (gaosu) bus to qingpu takes 30 minutes/10kuai. from there you can cab or heiche (freelance cab) to zujiajio for 20 kuai in 5-10 minutes.
The 2 hours was in reference to the time it took to get to the PREVIOUS 1234 Beach Rock Festival. The DISTANCE is the same....but Zhujiazhao is easier and quicker to reach. So hopefully more people will come out this year.
whatev, abe, that was misleading
to be a stickler for details: zjj hardly qualifies as countryside, while there is a big lake in a landscaped park and what used to be farmland around, it's still shanghai municipality...
and there's the beautiful ancient town there too
Any more info about Beach, Rocking and Hop would be sumptuously accepted by me. I would love to see a lot of the artists from those 3 festivals but am interested about tickets (do i need?) etc. so i can book the time off work (I live in Xi'an...).
haha..sorry if the distance thing was misleading....ticket price for the Beach Rock festival will be kept low, but the organizer is still desprite for a sponsor to help cut loses so if any of you know a generous company let us know....the Hop festival will be 140rmb for students, 200rmb if bought in advance and 280rmb if bought at the gate. Rock-ing tickets range between 280rmb and 880rmb. Hope that helps.....will keep everyone updated on the lineups...
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Any where in particular to order the tickets on-line? Or will I have to wait a bit? And will the Fuxing Jazz be similar prices to Hop do you think?
I think I'll be visiting Shanghai for the first time in almost 2 years what ever the case.