Upcoming: Sound of the Xity \’12

Sound of the Xity ‘12 Festival

Holidays are always a double-edged sword here – you finally get the opportunity to escape the smog and chaos of the city, and then you realize that during those free days some of the best acts will be playing in town. The holiday-festival season starts a month early this year with Sound of the Xity Festival which will be running from April 1st (no joke) to April 3rd across town at all our favorite venues – every night there’s a little something for everyone’s tastes, from heart throb Hao Yun (I feel like I’m the only one who recognizes him as that), crowd favs electronic rockers Pet Conspiracy, Ningxia legends Buyi, to Mr. Graceless (who I’m dying to check out) in tow with his new album. So feel free to make it outside the city during the day, but if you wanna get down and dirty with Beijing’s best, give your nights up to the Sound of the Xity.
 
Here’s a day-by-day rundown of what the festival will bring (you can also download pdf’s of the schedule here)

April 1st Sunday

Soundtoy – Yugong Yishan – 9pm 
Hao Yun w/ Shannon and Hoochie Coochie Gentlemen – Mako Livehouse – 8:30pm
Buyi – Dos Kolegas – 10pm
Yangjima w/ Song Yuzhe and Dawanggang – Jianghu Bar – 9pm
Zhang Ying Jazz Group – Blue Stream Bar – 9pm
Billy Starman/Howie Lee/Guzz/Sulumi – School – 11pm

April 2nd Monday

Wangwen – Yugong Yishan – 9:30pm
Low Wormwood – Mako Livehouse – 9pm
Emitter/Poshangcun/Dreamgarden/Finger Family/Gebituan/Sunshin – Mao Livehouse – 8pm
Whai/Skarving/Shao – Dos Kolegas – 10pm
330 Metal Festival – Tango – 8pm
My September w/ David Cui – Blue Stream Bar – 9pm
Cui Wenqin – Gulou 121 – 9pm
The Taste of Soul – Jianghu Bar – 9pm
Agoria – Lantern – 11pm
HIBIKI/NAXX/FUNKY.DASHI – School – 11pm

April 3rd Tuesday

Pet Conspiracy w/ We Are Not Invited – Yugong Yishan – 8:30
Mr. Graceless – Mao Livehouse – 2pm (an afternoon show…nice!)
Lure/Christmas/DUDE – Mao Livehouse – 8:30pm
Wu & The Side Effects/Nucleus – Dos Kolegas – 10pm
Kulu – Mako Livehouse – 9pm
Core Day – Tango – 7:30pm
Dawanggang – Gulou 121 – 9pm
Zhang Xiao/Song Dongye/Ma Di  – Blue Stream Bar – 9pm
Liu Minghan/Yuan Jing
Lawrence Ku Trio – Jianghu Bar – 9pm
Shenggy/Jackie/Billy Starman – School