Great Wall Tanglewood Music Festival - August 27/28/29

On August 27, 2010, the three-day Greatwall Tanglewood Forest Music Festival will have a grand opening in Yanqing County (in the northern part of Beijing Prefecture). This exciting festival will feature many of China’s most-well-known indie rock, punk, metal, singer-songwriters, electro and DJ acts as well as a few foreign bands that are making waves abroad. The festival will be held outdoors among beautiful scenery and provides vistas of the Great Wall. Camping grounds will also be provided. Since the website (www.tanglewood.com.cn) is in Chinese, we’ve done our best to give you as much information as possible in English.  More pictures and maps can be found on the official site.

When: 2010.8.27/28/29 from 8/27 15:30 to 8/29 21:30
Where: Tanglewood Forest Valley, Yanqing County, Beijing Prefecture
Price: ￥220 for 3 days (adult), ￥180 for 3 days (student) OR
￥100 for 1 day (adult), ￥80 for 1 day (student)
Features: three stages, large electronic stage settings, over 100 rock bands and singers including first-class domestic artists and emerging foreign artists, fantastic northern fall weather, camping area, cool environment

Festival Map: http://festival.modernsky.com/tanglewood10/ui/guide/13

Chinese artists: 逃跑计划 / Bigger Bang / 曹方/ 重塑雕像的权利 / AV大久保 / 周云蓬/刺猬/谢天笑/扭曲机器 /王胜男/Lazy Camels/洪启/指人儿  / 丁可 / 丝绵 / 茶凉粉 / 今日立秋 /宠物同谋 / ME灌ME / 病蛹 / 查可欣 / 梁晓雪 / 晴天 / 秋天的虫子 / 声音碎片/ 左小祖咒 / 张悬 / 罗大佑 / 王若琳)

(English names - Sorry if this is a little inaccurate. NOTE:  some of the bands’ preferred English names have nothing to do with their Chinese names.)
(PERDEL / Bigger Bang/ Cao Fang / Rebuilding the Rights of Statues (ReTROS) /AV Okubo/ Zhou Yunpeng / Hedgehog / Xie Tianxiao / Twisted Machine / Wang Shengnan / Lazy Camels / Hong Qi / Finger Family / Ding Ke / Silkfloss / Cha Liang Fen/ The First Day of Autumn / Pet Conspiracy / The ME Guan ME’s / Bingyong / Cha Kexin / Liang Xiaoxue / Qing Tian / Fallinsex / Sound Fragment / Zuoxiao Zuzhou / Zhang Xuan / Luo Dayou/ Wang Ruolin aka Joanna Wang)

Foreign artist: The London Souls, Arms and Leg, Grass Widow, Maximilian Hecker

How to book a ticket:
(if you are unsure, get a Chinese friend to help you out with purchasing online):
www.mlive.me
http://live.damai.cn/bj/ticket_18733.html
http://www.piao.com.cn/ticket_18733.html

Travel: http://festival.modernsky.com/tanglewood10/ui/direction/7 (using Google Translator will get the job done!)
Camp: Nighttime security and fresh water are available in the camping area. You will need the following things: Tent/sleeping bag/pillow/tissue/flashlight/sunscreen/cell phone and battery backup/cash
Hotel: http://festival.modernsky.com/tanglewood10/ui/direction/6 (Again, using Google Translator will get the job done!)