Shanghaiist: New Midi Festival location: Zhenjiang, two hours away from Shanghai (UPDATED)

Username 21

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:54:58 +0700

I heard kind of funny and odd comment from an overseas guy who is involved with Shanghai police operations: "Shanghai MIDI will never happen, it will be too big risk combined with the local whorehouse business". Whatever that means, I need to think about it. It doesn't add up, but I know those people are thinking in other terms.

jennwong

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:21:26 +0700

if anyone's interested, here's what the (shanghai) promoters have to say: (from facebook group page) The "real" Midi is happening in Shanghai. It is also happening in Zhenjiang. The two festivals will be different to reflect their different audiences. Shanghai Midi will feature a wider selection of international bands and also more bands from Shanghai, whereas the Zhenjiang Midi will not. The references to Shanghai as a "satellite festival" or "small concert series" through snippets in the Xinhua article and others are all direct quotes from a single Sohu.com editor who was theorizing about the festivals. These will soon be discredited in forth coming press from Beijing Midi School."

Andy Best

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:26:05 +0700

If it was there, i'd go. It's just an hour or so by train ..half way to Nanjing on the regular line. Why not.

Jake Newby

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:34:24 +0700

I agree with James, this sounds much better. Assuming this is a decent sized space and something more festival-like than the Sculpture Space would be. So does this mean that this "cancellation" is actually just a move?

James Creegan

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:08:08 +0700

In a way I think that sounds like more fun than the plans for a Shanghai festival. You'd have to be pretty optimistic / dumb to start booking hotels already though.