Inventory of previous Midi Music Festivals

Midi Music Festival

?Midi Festival? (Midi Festival) is organized by The birthplace of China's underground rock bands? The first original music festival in China founded by Beijing Midi Music School. After more than ten years of development, it has become one of the loudest brands in modern music. Every year, dozens of well-known bands at home and abroad are invited to perform, and tens of thousands of enthusiastic music fans flock from all over the country. More than a hundred well-known media at home and abroad are paying attention to its developments and competing to report on it. According to the news, Midi is also called China's "Woodstock".

Previous music festivals

The first one

From April 30 to May 1, 2000, the first Midi Music Festival was held at Midi School Held in the auditorium, 30 bands participated, with nearly a thousand spectators every day. In July 2000, Xidan Midi Music Week was held in Xidan Cultural Square. It was a seven-day large-scale open rock music event in the form of a square, which brought a wider space for original music in Beijing. The audience exceeded 100,000 people every night. 1,000 people.

The second session

From May 1st to 3rd, 2001, the second Midi Music Festival was held in the auditorium of Midi School. More than 40 groups from all over the country The band participated in this summer carnival, and the audience reached 2,000 people every day.

The third session

From May 1st to 3rd, 2002, the third Midi Music Festival was grandly held on the campus of Beijing Midi Music School. More than 50 outstanding bands were selected from all over the country, with a daily audience of 3,000-4,000 people. It was hailed by the media as China's first true open-air rock music festival.

The 4th Midi Music Festival

From October 1st to 3rd, 2003, the 4th Midi Music Festival, which was postponed due to SARS, was finally held in the bright golden autumn, 43 All Chinese and foreign bands perform on a voluntary basis, with an enthusiastic audience of 5,000 people on Midi campus every day.

　The Fifth

From October 1st to 4th, 2004, the Fifth Midi Music Festival was held at the Beijing International Sculpture Park. This was a four-day festival music feast. , attracting about thousands of audiences from all over the country every day, becoming another truly meaningful event for Chinese rock musicians in 2013. 45 rock bands took the stage to appear on the largest, most beautiful and coolest open-air stage in the history of Chinese rock music. .

　The Sixth

October 1-4, 2005, an important festival for music fans across the country? The Sixth Midi Music Festival will be held on the 40,000-square-meter lawn of Haidian Park It was held grandly on 2018. 40 outstanding domestic rock bands and 6 foreign bands presented a wonderful rock feast to audiences from all over the country. The audience was about 8,000 people every day. Public opinions from all sides believe that this music festival has made great progress in all aspects and has received strong support and approval from various government departments.

　The Seventh

In 2006, at the Seventh Midi Music Festival held in Haidian Park, Beijing, the number of participating audiences reached 60,000, and the number of main stages increased to 4, more than 50 music groups from all over the world performed wonderful performances, including rock, folk, electronic and hip-hop and other music forms.

The Eighth Festival

From May 1st to 4th, 2007, the Eighth Midi Music Festival was even grander in scale, with 5 stages set up. On the basis of the four stages, a HIP-POP stage was added, and the electronic experimental stage added a "Folk Day" on the fourth day. This was the first time that Midi introduced folk performances. Nearly 800 Chinese and foreign bands and artists participated in the performance. The daily audience is about 30,000. The permanent logo "Green Butterfly" designed by designer Chi Lei for the Midi Music Festival beautifully reflects the 2007 Midi theme of Green and Peace. Through Midi, a huge publicity platform, Greenpeace, a world-famous organization, The NGO (non-governmental organization) has been very successfully promoted in mainland China, and the Midi Music Festival will continue to play a huge positive role in publicity.

　The 9th edition

In 2008, Midi returns to the place where the music festival was born - Midi Music School. From October 1st to 5th, there will be hundreds of Chinese and foreign rock bands. , hip-hop groups and folk artists dedicated their long-awaited songs to Midi’s Titos on two stages. On the tree-lined campus, thousands of spectators at the music festival once again returned to the pre-2003 Midi feeling, a big green party full of love and passion.

　The 10th session

From May 1st to 3rd, 2009, the 10th Midi Music Festival was moved from its birthplace, Beijing, to Zhenjiang for the first time. At the same time, Midi also ushered in the 10th birthday.

Jointly sponsored by the Zhenjiang Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, Zhenjiang Municipal Cultural Bureau and Beijing Midi Music School, Zhenjiang City has specially opened a "Midi Bus" that goes directly from Zhenjiang Railway Station to the music festival venue to provide the greatest convenience for friends attending the music festival. .

The 11th Midi Music Festival

From May 1st to 4th, 2010, the 11th Midi Music Festival was grandly held in Haidian Park, and thousands of "di fans" will attend. People from all directions gathered together, with innocence, kindness and fire-like passion, to witness their festival together.

The 12th Midi Music Festival

October 1-4, 2010, the 12th Midi Music Festival? The 2010 Yangtze River Midi Music Festival was held in Zhenjiang (the largest river on the Yangtze River). Held in Shiyezhou Island, the performance lineup of four major metal bands including Soulfly, Loudness, Shadows Fall, and Finntroll has created the most glorious metal era of China's outdoor music festival. The number of spectators during the four days reached 100,000, and the Midi Music Festival was rated as the best music scene in China by the New York Times.

　The 13th Midi Music Festival

From April 30 to May 2, 2011, due to the construction of a new exhibition hall in Haidian Park, the 13th Midi Music Festival was held in Mentougou Invited by the district, it was held as scheduled at Jinglang Island Park. Although it encountered strong winds and sandstorms, it did not weaken the enthusiasm of music fans from all over the country. Everyone spent together the most "windy" music festival in history. The top international rock band Mr. Big joined MIDI's performance lineup, creating a peak in the performance market that was recognized that year. [1]

The 14th session

May 6-8, 2011, the 14th Midi Music Festival? 2011 Shanghai Midi Music Festival in Pudong New Area, Shanghai Century Park was grandly held, and the midi dream of "Rock Shanghai" finally came true after 3 years of preparation.

The 15th session

August 4-7, 2011, the 15th Midi Music Festival? 2011 Ocean Midi Music Festival at the Olympic Games in Rizhao City, Shandong Province Held in a water park, this music festival received strong support from the Propaganda Department of the Rizhao Municipal Party Committee. Prior to this, the "Ocean Midi Music Season" square music activities were held for four months and eighteen weekends. For the first time, Ocean Midi brought a large-scale electronic dance music stage float to the beach and held the largest beach electronic party to date on China's longest coastline, attracting thousands of music fans to party all night long.

The 16th Midi Music Festival

On April 21st and 22nd, 2012, the 16th Midi Music Festival? The 2012 Shanghai Midi Music Festival came to a perfect conclusion in Pudong Century Park. 18 powerful bands at home and abroad and many well-known DJs gave two days of wonderful performances to Shanghai music fans, and the fire of rock and roll once again started a prairie fire in the Yangtze River Delta region.

The 17th session

From April 29 to May 1, 2012, the 17th Midi Music Festival? Beijing Midi Music Festival was grandly held at Shunyi Olympic Water Park Held at the event, Cui Jian, China’s first rock man, was invited to perform at the Midi Music Festival in Beijing for the first time. In addition, rock fire unicorn He Yong, Pain Yang, Mu Ma & Third Party, Hao Yun, Ling Yi, Subs, Yasha, Nearly a hundred powerful bands at home and abroad, including Twisting Machine, Wang Yong CIS, etc., came to support Beijing Midi. The grand scene of 50,000 people in three days and the unprecedented scale of "Midi Camp" made this Midi event once again a talkative event for music fans.

The 18th Midi Music Festival

From August 23 to 26, 2012, the 18th Midi Music Festival? 2012 Yoga Midi Music Festival was held in Huaxi Park, Guiyang. The Midi Music Festival, which entered the Southwest for the first time, adheres to pure rock music and combines the characteristics of the multi-ethnic culture of the Southwest. The band lineup includes not only Cui Jian, the godfather of Chinese rock music, but also Tong Yang, Yasha, Midi Iron Army such as Muma & Third Party joined the performance, as well as new and old bands with Chinese style and national characteristics such as Ziyue Qiuye, Second-hand Rose, and Hanggai.

The 19th session

From April 29 to May 1, 2013, the 19th Midi Music Festival? China Music Valley? 2013 Beijing Midi Music Festival was held in Legu Grassland Music Park (Beijing Yuyang International Ski Resort) held a grand event. The music festival has five stages: Vans-Tang, Tiger-Song, Qing, Mini stage and Kids Midi. Among them, the first Kids Midi and Mini stages are no less stunning than the other three stages. Become a unique highlight of this music festival. The overseas lineup is led by American metalcore group The Ghost Inside and Danish hard rock band D-A-D, as well as American retro undercurrent Cold Cave, Finnish melodic metal Amoral, Bavarian metal Emergency Gate, Swiss modern industrial metal band Sybreed, and specially invited Swiss There were 17 bands including the percussion group Bubble Beatz. Together with many Chinese bands, they set off a carnival on the lawn with thousands of people.

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The 20th session

May 3-5, 2013, the 20th Midi Music Festival? 2013 Shanghai Midi Music Festival in Pudong Century Park It was held as scheduled! It lasted for three days, and on three stages of Tang, Yuan and Qing Dynasty, outstanding bands from 7 countries including China, Britain, the United States, France, Denmark, Finland and Switzerland formed the most powerful rock lineup in the history of Shanghai.

The 21st session

On May 17-19, 2013, the 21st Midi Music Festival? 2013 Shenzhen Midi Music Festival was held at the Universiade in Longgang, Shenzhen Center held. Heading all the way to the south? China's largest outdoor rock music festival Midi Music Festival has finally arrived in Lingnan! The Midi Music Festival has received strong support from the Shenzhen Longgang District Government and Kaisa Group. Nearly a hundred Chinese and foreign bands and musicians were invited to perform a total of 100 hours of performances for three consecutive days on the four stages of Tang, Yuan, Ming and children's midi. The domestic lineup includes not only Cui Jian, Xie Tianxiao, Hao Yun and other powerful old, middle-aged and young bands who came south from Beijing, but also Hong Kong's Lychee King, Macau's Why Oceans, Guangzhou's Swamp, Wu Tiao Ren, Toy Captain and other bands from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. The band performs. The overseas band lineup is led by the German super-heavy group Caliban, as well as the American retro undercurrent pioneer Cold Cave. With over 100,000 visitors over three days, it set a record for the largest outdoor music festival in South China.

The 22nd session

October 2-4, 2013, the 22nd Midi Music Festival?Light of China?2013 Yangtze River Midi Music Festival in Shanghai Pudong Sanjia Port creates another miracle! It lasted for 3 days, in the largest 250,000-square-meter performance venue in history in China, with a fully equipped 50,000-square-meter super-large Midi camp area, 9 stages in the main venue + 2 stages in the Midi camp area, and 200 groups Live performances by artists, covering all kinds of music types from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, including the reunited and returning rock legends Tongue and Cobra Band, a strong overseas lineup? The 2013 Yangtze River Midi Music Festival set a number of epic records and has become the first in the history of China's outdoor music festivals. new benchmark. Among them, the most unique Midi Camp was also a great success, including more than 400 volunteers, and 6,769 people camped together in four days, creating the largest number of people camping at an outdoor music festival in China. [3]

The 23rd Midi Music Festival

From December 31, 2013 to January 2, 2014, the 23rd Midi Music Festival is also the first in China New Year's Eve Music Festival, 2014 Shenzhen Midi Music Festival? Kaisa's New Year's Eve grand event was held at the Shenzhen Longgang Universiade Center. There will be 5 stages in 3 days, including Swiss percussion group Bubble Beatz, China's Tang Dynasty, Xie Tianxiao, Wang Yong CIS, Zhang Youdai and other super powerful bands giving New Year performances. The China Rock Midi Awards moved to Shenzhen for the first time to hold an awards ceremony; rock enthusiasts? Hundreds of Harley heavy-duty motorcycles supported Midi and called for "reduce honking"; there were also a variety of creative cultural and sports activities, highly creative technological fashion products and Services, dragon and lion dances and other colorful folk activities were present to add to the fun. The fusion and collision of various creative elements created a unique 2014 Shenzhen Midi Music Festival. Nearly a hundred bands, hundreds of staff and tens of thousands of spectators completed this groundbreaking "rock annual meeting". Its perfect ending also brought a good start to Chinese rock music in the new year. [4]

The 24th Shanghai Midi Music Festival

On April 25-27, 2014, the 24th Shanghai Midi Music Festival was held at Sanjia Port, Pudong, Shanghai. During the three-day performance, the local Shanghai band "Home Battle", led by Circus on the Top Floor and Grim Wonderland, received high courtesy from music fans; Chinese rock music backbones such as Tomahawk, Muma, Yasha, Subs, and Sound Toys Power appeared one after another; leading Chinese new music figures such as Pain Yang, Xie Tianxiao, and Escape Plan collectively showed fans the highest level of Chinese original music; there were also the legendary British band Suede, who participated in the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival The great American musician Larry Graham, as well as top bands from Germany, Israel and other countries, bring the world's top live enjoyment to music fans. Within three days, more than a hundred groups of Chinese and foreign bands and artists gave wonderful performances. In this largest 250,000-square-meter performance venue in China, tens of thousands of live audiences enjoyed the passion and freedom brought by rock music. The muddy venue became their carnival paradise, and fans covered in mud could be seen everywhere. Many classic scenes in the history of world rock music were reappeared at this moment. [5]

The 25th Beijing Midi Music Festival

On May 1-3, 2014, the 25th Beijing Midi Music Festival concluded successfully at Kuangbiao Paradise in Haidian District. Midi Music Festival cooperates with the United Nations Development Program for the first time, and its cooperation with internationally renowned brands such as MINI/Vans/Zippo continues wonderfully. There are also a variety of new youth cultural and entertainment projects such as food, wine, poetry, and extreme sports, making the three-day music festival a veritable carnival.

The world's greatest British band Suede, legendary funk artist Larry Graham and his Graham Central Station Band, the most innovative Swiss percussion group Bubble Beatz, the originator of hardcore D.O.A, as well as Xie Tianxiao, Pain and Escape Plan More than 100 groups of well-known domestic and foreign artists, including the top domestic musicians, gave live music fans shocking performances of international standards. The three-day Beijing Midi attracted about 70,000 people, and the camping area was also a great success. Nearly 4,000 music fans stayed, setting a new record for the number of people camping at the Beijing Outdoor Music Festival. [6]

The 26th session

October 1st to 3rd, 2014, the 26th Midi Music Festival?Light of China?2014 Yangtze River Midi The music festival was held as scheduled at Sanjia Port in Pudong, Shanghai. Yangtze River Midi invited 200 groups of top domestic and foreign musicians to present many world-class performances to music fans on 9 stages including Infiniti Tang and Sennheiser Song, which will become a precious memory of Chinese rock music. In three days, 50,000 music fans from all over the world gathered here, and the number of people camping at Midi Camp once again set a new record. Tiger Trampoline, Rhythm Master, J?germeister’s electronic music party, themed movies, more than 1,000 square meters of smoking area, Red Beat, rock climbing, Big Pixel Studio’s Heartthrob, super group photo digital art creation and other interactive activities The event brought more entertainment options to the audience, as well as improvements in on-site sanitation, upgraded dining areas, and several bus lines to transport fans in and out of the venue in an orderly and on time manner, allowing music fans to see Midi. Be determined to constantly improve yourself and practice your words through actions.

The 27th Midi Music Festival

From October 5th to 7th, the 27th Midi Music Festival? 2014 Taihu Midi Folk and World Music Festival was held in Wujiang District, Suzhou Taihu Midi Music Park (formerly Green Country Park) in Qidu Town was held grandly. The four stages of cotton, silk, children's fans and opera present to the audience many music types such as folk songs, blues, bluegrass, tango, bossa nova, etc., as well as opera types such as Peking Opera, Yue Opera, Huangmei Opera, Puppet Kunqu Opera, etc. Chinese and foreign bands such as Laolang, Pain Yang, Mu Ma, Deine Lakaien (Your Servant), Urena, Mo Xizishi, Pia-no-jaC, Shanren, etc. sang romantically on the shore of the beautiful Taihu Lake. With a comfortable and beautiful venue environment, elegant and diverse live music, Taihu Midi, held for the first time, attracted more than 20,000 music fans, making Taihu Midi the most wonderful and unforgettable music holiday during the National Day holiday.

The 28th Midi Music Festival

From December 31st to January 1st, the 28th Midi Music Festival? 1415 Shenzhen New Year’s Eve Midi Music Festival was held at the Shenzhen Universiade Center Successfully held. The two-day performance of the Shenzhen Midi Music Festival attracted nearly 40,000 music fans. The Mesozoic Mesozoic rock foundation bands such as Pain, Tongue, Second-hand Rose, Muma, Twisted Machine, Hedgehog, Big Wave, and Mitschak were among the The most representative new bands include Chuzhimao, The Soul, and New Youth Barbershop from Hong Kong, China, and The Bottom Line from the United Kingdom. They appeared on the three stages of Tang, Warring States, and Children's Fan respectively, and presented different performances. A great performance in style. The 6th China Rock Midi Awards ceremony was interspersed with the band's performance. The Tongue Band, which can be called the standard bearer of the Mesozoic rock band in China, swept four awards and became the biggest winner. The most important of the awards, the "China Rock Contribution Award", was awarded to one of China's greatest drummers who just passed away, "Gusan'er" Zhang. Mr. Yongguang.

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