{{Short description|Chinese rock music festival}} {{notability|date=September 2023}} [[File:Zhanguo Stage in Taihu MIDI Festival 0158.jpg|thumb|2019 Taihu Midi Festival hold in Suzhou]] thumb|A performance at the 2007 Midi Music Festival The '''Midi Music Festival''', sometimes also called '''Midi Modern Music Festival''' or simply '''Midi Festival''' ({{lang-zh|c=迷笛音乐节|p=Mídí Yīnyuè Jié}}) is among China's largest rock music festivals and is hosted by the Beijing Midi School of Music. Since its inauguration in 1997 it has been held each year in Beijing during the May Day holiday (May 1–3), with some breaks in 2003, 2004 and 2008 (all times held in October). Currently, it change to (April 28 to May 1). The 2008 festival was delayed to October for reasons related to the 2008 Summer Olympics, and in 2020 and 2021 they were cancelled due to COVID. The festival currently is held annually in four Chinese cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Shenzhen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://musicweekly.asia/culture/events/rock-gathering-changjiang-midi-festival|title=A Rock Gathering at Changjiang Midi Festival|publisher=Music Weekly Asia|date=17 September 2013}}</ref>
The 2006 festival, held in Beijing's Haidian Park, hosted 40-80 thousand visitors, and featured performances by more than 50 bands (including 18 foreign bands, such as Alev, Monokino, Yokohama Music Association, The Wombats, and The Mayflies) performing on four stages (Main Stage, Guitarchina Stage, Mini Midi Stage, and Disco Stage). The artists represented the genres of rock, electro, and DJ. The 2007 festival included UK acts the Crimea, Kava Kava (band), Dave Stewart of the Eurythmics, and Soundtrack Of Our Lives.
The festival regularly features environmental themes as their slogan, such as raising awareness for animals threatened with extinction<ref>See poster for [http://midiweb.rockinchina.com/w/Beijing_Midi_Music_Festival_2011 2011 festival] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105094542/http://midiweb.rockinchina.com/w/Beijing_Midi_Music_Festival_2011 |date=2013-11-05 }}.</ref> and PM2.5 for their 2012 festivals.<ref>See explanation on [http://midiweb.rockinchina.com/w/Beijing_Midi_Music_Festival_2012 Midi 2012 festival page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105094316/http://midiweb.rockinchina.com/w/Beijing_Midi_Music_Festival_2012 |date=2013-11-05 }}</ref>
Since 2008, Rock in China is providing the English language website for the Midi Modern Music Festival.<ref>As mentioned on the ''About Us'' section of Rock in China, [http://www.music-china.org/w/Music-China_Wiki:About link] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622225453/http://www.music-china.org/w/Music-China_Wiki:About |date=2013-06-22 }}, accessed 2013-04-14</ref>
The Australian band The On Fires played at the 2011 festival.
The 2011 festival featured Japanese band GOOD4NOTHING. They were the first to perform 16 times.
The 2012 festival featured Australian band Arcane Saints and French band La Souris Déglinguée.
==See also== *Beijing Jazz Festival *Beijing Pop Festival *Chinese rock *Modern Sky Festival
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== External links == {{commons category|Midi Music Festival}} * [http://www.midifestival.com Official Midi Homepage] {{in lang|zh}} * [http://wiki.rockinchina.com/index.php?title=Interview_with_Zhang_Fan Interview with Zhang Fan]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, headmaster of the Midi School about the Midi Festival * [https://archive.today/20130116014416/http://shanghai.citymoments.cn/blog/news/tis-the-season-for-rock-n-roll-with-midi-festivals Article on Midi Festival by Lin Xu on City Moments]
Category:Rock festivals in China Category:Music festivals established in 1997 Category:1997 establishments in China Category:Electronic music festivals in China