Category Archives: modern sky

and then there were three (more)…

Posted on September 6, 2010 by admin

And so, Beijing’s ascension into the annals as the city with the most music festivals in the world ever continues. We are moving into a complicated holiday period, due to the fact that the mid autumn holiday is snuggled up … Continue reading →

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Festival Announcements

Posted on September 6, 2010 by admin

Modern Sky have announced their October holiday lineup. Outside of the usual bands, the Modern Sky festival (which moves this year back from Chaoyang Park to the original home at Haidian). Of the foreign artists, Modern Sky 2010 will feature … Continue reading →

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and then there were more…

Posted on August 1, 2010 by admin

And as if Beijing needed another festival, they get another three. The mid-autumn holiday is 22-24 September is now playing host to two brand new festivals:

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What other people are writing about…

Posted on July 27, 2010 by admin

We have a LOT of browser windows open at the moment, talking about China’s independent music scene. And so it is that we thought we should put them all together for your viewing pleasure. 1. China Daily sticks its “journalistic” … Continue reading →

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The Year of the Music Festival: China 2010

Posted on July 23, 2010 by admin

Sorry for the lack of activity since we returned. Email/ catchup hell have played havoc with our posting. As we have regularly discussed on this site, 2010 has turned into year of the Music Festival here in China. There are … Continue reading →

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We seem to be a festival promotional website

Posted on July 5, 2010 by admin

Well, it isn’t really, but we have 3 more festivals to announce (and a further 2 on the cards that we aren’t in a position to announce just yet). the Big Love Festival in Hangzhou Organized by the InMusic posse, … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Festival in Xi’an

Posted on May 17, 2010 by admin

This last weekend saw Modern Sky, Nokia and a variety of artists from the very pop to the very indie head to Xi’an for the first installment of their Strawberry Festival there.  You can find a great preview of the … Continue reading →

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More May Festivals – from the Pet Conspiracy posse

Posted on May 5, 2010 by admin

Helen Feng from Pet Conspiracy and Free the Birds fame updated her Facebook with reviews of the 3 festivals that they played over May holiday. She kindly allowed us to use it here. Enjoy!  By the way, she hurt herself … Continue reading →

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Art vs Commerce – a review of the Beijing festival weekend

Posted on May 4, 2010 by admin

There were 11 festival stages operating in Beijing during the 4 day holiday, 1-4 May. This is how we felt it went down… Westerners working in marketing in China often spout forth that Chinese kids do not mind branding. In … Continue reading →

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Modern Sky take their Strawberry Festival to Xi’an, and other fests

Posted on April 27, 2010 by admin

Modern Sky’s bid to become festival kings of China takes another significant step with the announcement that they will be heading to Xi’an with their Strawberry Festival concept.  Potential headliners will be Karen Mok, Zhang Zhenyue 张震岳, Khalil Fong 方大同, Zhou Yunpeng, Dang Dynasty. … Continue reading →

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