Beijing indie label Modern Sky have announced a new folksy-style event called the “Strawberry Festival” in the Chinese media (Chinese links here, here and on the Modern Sky website). Details are still a little vague but available information so far suggests three stages and 60 bands to be spread over the 1st-3rd of May at the Tongzhou Canal Park in Beijing. Everything else TBC.
Modern Sky boss Shen Lihui says that “compared with the enthusiasm of the Modern Sky Festival, the Strawberry Festival will have a warmer tone….the park will be your pleasure ground”.
Organisers also suggest it will be the “biggest music festival in Beijing during the May holidays” and that the Modern Sky main festival will go ahead in October as well.
The last bit of the sina news reads:
“Strawberry is not just a fruit, it’s way of life, it represents enjoying music and life, it brings everyone a festival that belong to spring, and it redefines the meaning of entertainment. Every element of spring will be presented here, incluing the soft air floating in the air, teenage hormone and unknown love.”
Posted by Ulysses Shi on March 10th, 2009.