Another day, another government sponsored festival. This latest one is a 5 year collaboration between one of Sichuan’s second cities, that of Mianyang (绵阳) and organizers (we’re not sure who just yet). The media kit certainly is an exercise in hyperbole, in the words of these organizers:
- “China’s largest and most comprehensive outdoor music festival to date.”
- 700 performers (constituting 88 bands) will play over four days.
- The festival site itself will boast 300 portable toilets and 140,000 sqm, of which 15,000 are dedicated to camping.
- daily peak attendance of 50,000 with 100,000 over the course of four days.
Lucky China will see the return of the 1980’s soft rock band “Extreme” (remember the song More than Words) as well as many of the usual suspects that you’d expect to see at the other festivals around the country. Go Chengdoo has much more on it HERE.
For techno enthusiasts, you’ll be pretty stoked to see the names John Tejada and Jeff Mills on the bill 🙂