page_title: Midi Music Festival
hierarchical_section_title: Midi Music Festival
caption_attribution_description: English: Zhanguo Stage in Taihu MIDI Festival
context_page_description: The Midi Music Festival, sometimes also called Midi Modern Music Festival or simply Midi Festival 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 holiday, with some breaks in 2003, 2004 and 2008. Currently, it change to. The 2008 festival was delayed to October for reasons related to the 2008 Summer Olympics. The festival currently is held annually in four Chinese cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Shenzhen.
  The 2006 festival, held in Beijing's Haidian Park, hosted 40-80 thousand visitors, and featured performances by more than 50 bands performing on four stages. The artists represented the genres of rock, electro, and DJ. The 2007 festival included UK acts the Crimea, Kava Kava, 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 and PM2.5 for their 2012 festivals.
  Since 2008, Rock in China is providing the English language website for the Midi Modern Music Festival.
context_section_description: The Midi Music Festival, sometimes also called Midi Modern Music Festival or simply Midi Festival (Chinese: 迷笛音乐节; pinyin: 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 holiday (May 1–3), with some breaks in 2003, 2004 and 2008 (all times held in October). Currently, it change to（ April 28th to May 1st).  The 2008 festival was delayed to October for reasons related to the 2008 Summer Olympics.  The festival currently is held annually in four Chinese cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Shenzhen.
  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 and PM2.5 for their 2012 festivals.
  Since 2008, Rock in China is providing the English language website for the Midi Modern Music Festival.
  The Australian band The On Fires played at the 2011 festival.
  The 2012 festival featured Australian band Arcane Saints.
caption: 2019 Taihu Midi Festival hold in Suzhou
exif: {"Image Make": "Apple", "Image Model": "iPhone X", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "12.2", "Image DateTime": "2019:05:02 15:10:43", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "204", "GPS GPSLatitudeRef": "N", "GPS GPSLatitude": "[31, 1, 263/100]", "GPS GPSLongitudeRef": "E", "GPS GPSLongitude": "[120, 29, 1397/100]", "GPS GPSAltitudeRef": "0", "GPS GPSAltitude": "81747/9871", "GPS GPSTimeStamp": "[7, 10, 43]", "GPS GPSSpeedRef": "K", "GPS GPSSpeed": "0", "GPS GPSImgDirectionRef": "T", "GPS GPSImgDirection": "100268/281", "GPS GPSDestBearingRef": "T", "GPS GPSDestBearing": "100268/281", "GPS GPSDate": "2019:05:02", "GPS Tag 0x001F": "5", "Image GPSInfo": "1830", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "2234", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "12063", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/1779", "EXIF FNumber": "9/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "20", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2019:05:02 15:10:43", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2019:05:02 15:10:43", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "49872/4619", "EXIF ApertureValue": "54823/32325", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "80888/7905", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "4", "EXIF SubjectArea": "[2015, 1511, 2217, 1330]", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "264", "EXIF SubSecTimeDigitized": "264", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "Uncalibrated", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "4032", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "3024", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "28", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF LensSpecification": "[4, 6, 9/5, 12/5]", "EXIF LensMake": "Apple", "EXIF LensModel": "iPhone X back dual camera 4mm f/1.8"}