A review of the inMusic Festival in Zhangbei

Check out a review of this year's InMusic Festival in Zhangbei

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Last year, we had a reviewer up there. This year, we failed you, good people. However, China.org.cn stepped up to the challenge. You can find the full review HERE.

The article shows the discrepancy between organizer expectations of what a music festival here in China can deliver and the actuality. Pre-festival numbers of 200,000 people attending and 3,000 security guards gave rise to an actual attendance (estimated) of around 6,000 and general understaffing and disorganization. In fact, this review is typical of the comments we have seen coming out of festivals all over China.

This sudden rash of underfunded and terribly organized music festivals is giving a bad name to the good ones. Badly treated customers and bands will increasingly think twice about going to another festival, which is a sadness for the genuine people that are working hard and risking lots to make them happen.

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