Strawberry is working off some bad mojo from last year for the cancellation of the Shanghai performance of The Prodigy (the UK rave act couldn't get their gear down from Beijing in time), and have also folded their EDM brand MYTH into a stage at this one, but the juggernaut rolls on. In recent years, they've expanded their brand, stable of acts, and festival banner to organize marque events in America and Europe, and are still pretty much the biggest name in town when it comes to large-scale, multi-day open-air music festivals in China. What Is it: Strawberry is a big annual indie, electro, and pop music festival organized and hosted by China's biggest independent music label, Beijing's Modern Sky Records - given that one doesn’t examine too closely what “indie” means. Headliners: Charli XCX, The Vaccines, The Drums, Caspian, KSHMR, DJ Krush, Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg, PG Lost, Headhunterz, and Violet Youth About 90 variations of Cannibal Corpse shirts. What to Expect: Getting some dude from Ningbo’s hair in your mouth in the pit. If you’re looking for inroads into Beijing legacy death / thrash / melodic metal, this is one to catch. Given the notoriety of the show and the super cheap ticket prices, expect this one to be huge. In 2015, the concert was cancelled by the fuzz and it was like cancelling Christmas - check out these super sad heshers. Organized by one of the dudes in Beijing death metal mainstays Suffocated, this is the 16th year for the show and it’s a big deal up north. A much abbreviated version of the 330 Metal Music Festival (it gets its name because it usually happens on or around March 30 every year) is showcasing about 9,000 combined years of Beijing metal experience on stage from a group of bands generally indebted to Sepultura, Death, and Metallica - the classics. What Is it: Beijing’s biggest metal show - in a city that’s really never lacking for metal shows - makes its Shanghai debut. Tickets: 180rmb pre-sales 220rmb at the door Headliners: Ritual Day, Suffocated, Demon Spirit We're not really starved for choice on stuff to just say, "blarg, pffffth, I'll just watch a DVD instead" to. Lots of stuff here to think about going to and then flaking out on at the last minute. Now, as was prophesied, here are the music-oriented festivals. Earlier this week, SmSh did a run-down of non-music related festival events coming up in and around Shanghai for spring and summer.
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