Midi Music Festival 2010

Festival 2010	Tickets
Rock in China is official partner of the Midi Festival 2010 Dates and Duration: 1st til 4th May 2010 Place of Happening: at Haidian Park, in Haidian District, Beijing.	Advance: 240 RMB for all 4 days! www.piao.com.cn or call: 010-64177845 (for English)

Contents 1 General Information 2 Artists of Midi 2010 3 Location & Directions 4 Stages 5 Flea Market and Environment Matters 6 History 7 Further information 7.1 Online listenings 7.2 Official pages 7.3 Articles / Previews / Reviews 7.4 Videos 7.5 In the blogosphere 7.6 References

General Information

Dates of registration: January 5th - March 1st 2010

Organizer: Beijing Midi School of Music

Festival Series: Midi Music Festival

Artists of Midi 2010

See all Bands that are going to rock Midi 2010.

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  Mnemic (DK)

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  Sahara Hotnights (SWE)

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  Sham 69 (GB)

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  Stalingrad Cowgirls (FIN)

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  XTX 谢天笑

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  Miserable Faith 痛仰

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  Voodoo Kungfu 零壹

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  Yin Ts'ang 隐藏

Location & Directions

Midi Festival will be held at Haidian park.

The park’s address is 2 Xin Jian Gong Men Lu, Haidian, Beijing.

Getting there by Bus: 302、904、933支、933、973、362、384、特5、817、725、708、992、996、运通108 to Fu Rong Li station.

Or you can take the 740 740内、740外、735、835、840内、840外、751、982、983 to Haidian Qiao station.

Getting there by car/taxi: Take the north 4th ring and exit after passing the Haidian Qiao Bridge heading north (towards Summer Palace), make a U-turn under the next bridge, get onto the side road and go further south wards until you reach the giant rocket and the main parking place of Haidian Park.

From Beijing railway station: Get on the 808 bus at the railway station and take it to Bai Shi Qiao station and transfer there to the 特5 bus, which you should take to Fu Rong Li station.

From Beijing west railway station: Get on the 374 Bus at the Beijing west railway station to Wan Quan Zhuang station. Transfer there to the 933 bus to Fu Rong Li station.

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Stages

Please see Midi 2010 Stages for all details.

May 1st Tang Stage 左斌 13:30-14:00 Alt Senior 14:20-14:50 Mr. Turtle 海龟先生 15:10-15:50 Yu Yang 虞洋 16:20-17:00 Stalingrad Cowgirls (FIN) 17:30-18:10 Mountain Men 山人 18:40-19:20 Izia (FR) 19:50-20:30 He Yong 何勇 21:00-21:40

May 1st Song Stage Finger Family 指人儿 13:00-13:30 24 Hours 13:50-14:20 No Name 14:40-15:20 Nine Eleven (DK) 15:50-16:30 Yufeimen 与非门 17:00-17:40 King Lychee (HK) 荔枝王（香港） 18:10-18:50 Sham 69 (GB) 19:20-20:00 Twisted Machine 扭曲的机器 20:30-21:10

May 1st Ming Stage (Folk) Xiao Meng 小猛 13:00-13:30 Zhao Lei 赵雷 14:00-14:30 Lidong 立东乐队 15:00-15:30 Li Jian Bin 李建傧 16:00-16:30 Dongzi 冬子 17:00-17:30 Zhang Weiwei & Guo Long 张玮玮和郭龙 18:00-18:30 Wang Juan 王娟 19:00-19:30 Zhao Muyang 赵牧阳 20:00-20:30

May 1st YEN Stage Elmar 13:00-14:15 Cody 14:15-15:30 X Lee 15:30-16:45 Jerryson 16:45-18:15 Blackie (UK) 18:15-19:30 Youdai 19:30-21:00

May 1st MAO Stage MiSanDao 蜜三刀 Li Mo 李漠 Skarving Orchestra Hell City La Loupe

Flea Market and Environment Matters

Midi Festival will provide a seperate area for a Flea Market and private sales again this year, here are few rules to be respected also about environmental issues and garbage policy.

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History

On December 30th, 2009, CNNGo announces Midi 2010 as one of the best guitar-hero gatherings in Asia in 2010.^[1]

On January 5th, 2010, Midi 2010 has opened together with MySpace China an online registration and voting system for bands that want to participate in the Midi Music Festival 2010. On January 6th, the festival is honorably mentioned by MTV Iggy and their Top 10 Music Festivals 2010 list.^[2] As of January 18th, over 500 bands of various genres (metal, rock, jazz, punk, electronic, rap, etc.) have already registered and thereby showed their interest and commitment to China's legendary rock festival.^[3] February 1st, China Music Radar announces that it seems as if Midi 2010 is going to be held at Haidian Park in Beijing and not as in the past in Zhenjiang. Furthermore it is rumoured that Shan Wei, the 2 i/c at Rock for China (organizers of the Beijing Pop Festival from 2005 – 2007) has joined the team for Midi.^[4] On April 2nd, the list of bands performing at Midi 2010 are announced as well as the official naming of the stages (Tang, Song, Ming, Yen).^[5] On April 26th, it was announced that due to the recent closure of the Mao Livehouse in Beijing on the 16th^[6], the bands scheduled for the upcoming days in Mao would be playing at a newly announced MAO Stage at the Midi 2010 Festival.^[7] On May 3rd, MTV Iggy released their first review of the Midi Festival, entitling it China Rocks Out! and stating Midi 2010 is off with a bang., reconfirming their previous announcement of Midi being a festival to watch in 2010.^[8]

Further information

Online listenings

Google.cn Music Section: Themepage of Midi Festival

http://www.google.cn/music/topiclisting?q=top100_midi_festival_songs&cat=song

Official pages

• Official Homepage
• Official English Page (RiC)
• Official Band Participation MySpace page

Articles / Previews / Reviews

• Midi Fest 2010: Beijing's Original Outdoor Rock Fest Returns, by Cityweekend Beijing, April 2010
• MIDI and Strawberry Festival survival guide: Artists offer advice, by Cityweekend Beijing, April 2010
• Festival Fashion - How to Survive Midi and Strawberry Fields in Style, by Cityweekend Beijing, April 2010
• MIDI day 2: This is how a festival is done!, by Beijing Daze, May 2010
• Festival Showdown: How Did They Stack up?, by Cityweekend Beijing with a comparison of Midi 2010 and Strawberry 2010, May 2010
• China Rocks Out! MIDI Music Festival in Beijing: Day 1, my MTV Iggy, May 2010
• Flower power, Up to 50,000 music and fashion fans flocked to Strawberry Music and Midi Music festivals over the May 1 holiday., China Daily, May 2010
• Art vs Commerce – a review of the Beijing festival weekend, by China Music Radar, May 2010
• Heroes of the Day: Miserable Faith brings MIDI to an end, and what a glorious one it was, by Beijing Daze, May 2010
• More May Festivals – from the Pet Conspiracy posse, by China Music Radar: 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 jumping off the 2m high stage at Strawberry, so send her fuzzy best wishes…, May 2010
• 2010迷笛十大瞬间, by Wooozy.cn, May 2010
• Best Unplugged Show Ever: Looking Back on Midi's Last Day, The Beijinger, May 2010

Videos

• Beijing Midi Festival 2010 Promo 2010年迷笛音乐节
• Ming's Pretty Heroes at Beijing Midi festival 2010
• Last song of day 3 of the Midi Festival 2010, Beijing
• Hanggai at Midi Festival 2010, Beijing
• Tang Dynasty at Midi Festival 2010, Beijing

In the blogosphere

• Vote for bands at Midi 2010, Jake Newby, January 7th 2010

References

1. ↑ La Carmina (CNNGo) (2009-12-30). "Rock festivals: A headbanger’s guide to 2010". Retrieved on 2010-01-23.
2. ↑ MTV Iggy (2010-01-06). "Top 10 Music Festivals Around the World (to Check Out in 2010!)". Retrieved on 2010-01-23.
3. ↑ Blog post on Midi 2010 MySpace Page, dated January 18th 2010
4. ↑ China Music Radar (2010-02-01). "Festival roundabout". Retrieved on 2010-02-02.
5. ↑ Midi News (2010-04-02). "2010年北京迷笛音乐节演出全阵容公布". Retrieved on 2010-04-02.
6. ↑ Alex Searson (Beijing Gig Guide) (2010-04-20). "Breaking News: Mao Livehouse Shut Down!". Retrieved on 2010-04-21.
7. ↑ Beijing Gig Guide (2010-04-26). "Mao News: Mao Moves to MIDI 2010". Retrieved on 2010-04-26.
8. ↑ MTV Iggy (2010-05-03). "China Rocks Out! MIDI Music Festival in Beijing: Day 1". Retrieved on 2010-05-04.

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