Tag Archives: music festivals
Summertime in China Posted by sasha on Jun 24, 2015
We’ve already gone over some useful vocabulary for talking about summer in Chinese, but what is summertime really like in the Middle Kingdom? Just like in America and many other countries around the world, summer is full of family vacations, outdoor fun, and sunshine in China. Of course, people here do their best to avoid…
Spirit Tribe Festival Video Highlights Posted by sasha on Apr 20, 2015
The first ever Spirit Tribe festival held just outside of Kunming was a huge success. Beijing based Goa Productions put on this 2-day psytrance party in a peaceful mountain village for just 250 attendees. Check out some highlights from the inaugural event:
Yi Xian Camping Music Festival (易县露营音乐节) Part 1 – Travel Troubles (旅行的麻烦) Posted by sasha on Aug 15, 2010
As promised in my last post, here is the ridiculous story of my journey to the Yi Xian Camping Music Festival: Having been back in Beijing for almost two months, I started to feel like I was trapped in the concrete jungle. With the May Day Holiday (五一节 – wǔ yī jié) approaching, I was…
Music Festivals in China (中国音乐节) Posted by sasha on Aug 11, 2010
Back home in 美国, one of my favorite things to do every summer is going to a music festival (音乐节 – yīn yuè jié) with a group of friends. In fact, between 2003 and 2009, I attended over 30 such events, from Camp Bisco in upstate New York, to Langerado in southern Florida, to Bonnaroo…