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So, typ­i­cally, just days after I real­ized that I should be keep­ing my fin­ger on the pulse of Straw­berry Fes­ti­val, they announce the par­tic­i­pat­ing bands. The lineup looks amaz­ing; I rec­og­nize most of the Chi­nese band names on there, and the ones I haven’t seen before I am excited to have the chance to see. The for­eign acts also promise to be bril­liant, pulling Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Xiu Xiu (again), Liq­uid Archi­tec­ture, and Radio4, amongst oth­ers. And at ¥80/day, there is absolutely no rea­son not to go every day.

The high­lights for me, though?

草莓舞台/Strawberry Stage (big hit­ters):
big­ger bang!, Queen Sea Big Shark, Tang Dynasty, The Life Jour­ney, Catcher In The Rye, Pet Con­spir­acy, Peng Tan, New Pants.

爱舞台/Love Stage (the sec­ond string):
AV Okubo, Zhou Yun­peng, Car­sick Cars, Xiaohe, Con­fu­cius Says, Guaili, Super­mar­ket Hedge­hog.

豆瓣舞台/Douban Stage (inter­net favorites):
Lazy Camels, Dingke, Matiao, Li Mo, Autumn Today.

校园舞台/University Stage (uni bands):
Ci Qin, The Bed­stars, Cas­sette, The Quar­ter, Mr. Grace­less.

I have no opin­ion on the Elec­tronic or Heavy Metal stages, but if the oth­ers are any­thing to go by, you’re going to be get­ting an amaz­ing lineup if you’re into those gen­res as well. I am ridicu­lously excited for this. I don’t know about you, but I’m buy­ing tick­ets as soon as I can.