Modern Sky Festival

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The Modern Sky Festival (Chinese: 摩登天空音乐节; pinyin: Módēng Tiānkōng Yīnyuè Jié) is an outdoor rock music festival in Beijing, China, organized by the Modern Sky record label.

The first festival was held October 2-4, 2007 at Haidian Park. It featured four stages of music and over 120 bands, including the headliners, the American band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Chinese bands included New Pants, Rebuilding The Rights Of Statues, P.K. 14, Queen Sea Big Shark, Joyside^[1], Carsick Cars, and Snapline.

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[edit] See also

• Midi Modern Music Festival
• Beijing Pop Festival
• Chinese rock
• Plexifilm
• Beijing Jazz Festival
• 51SIM Social Innovation and Music Festival

[edit] External links

• Modern Sky Festival official site
• New York Times article about the 2007 Modern Sky Festival