The 2017 Shunde Music Day. [Photo/Chinanews.com]
On the 16th and 17th of June in Shunde, Foshan, come and enjoy this year’s edition of the traditional Music Day! During the whole weekend, free music and animations will take place at the Shunfengshan Park. Among the groups playing, French bands: Pony Pony Run Run and Colours in the streets, and Chinese ones: Hey! Lily!, Lure, Groovers and Mercader.
Co-organized by Daliang Subdistrict Office of Shunde, Foshan and the Consulate General of France in Guangzhou, Shunde Music Day steps into its fifth year, bringing more brilliant performances of talented Chinese and Francophone performers as always.
The Music Day is also part of the ongoing 2018 Croisements Festival which provides visual arts, dance and performance, theatre, classical and contemporary music, jazz and contemporary music, cinema, books and ideas, and so on in Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan.
Shunfengshan Park [Photo/www.sc168.com]
Program - Main Stage
16th of June:
7:30pm -8:20pm: Pony Pony Run Run (French)
8:35pm -9:25pm: Hey! Lily! (Chinese)
9:40pm -10:30pm: Lure(Chinese)
17th June:
7:30pm -8:20pm: Colours in the street (French)
8:35pm -9:25pm: Groovers (Chinese)
9:40pm -10:30pm: Mercader(Chinese)
Time: June 16-17, 2018
Venue: Shunfengshan Park (顺峰山公园)
Add.: Nanguo East Road, Daliang District, Shunde, Foshan (佛山市顺德区南国东路)
Transportation: From Guangzhou, self-driving is strongly recommended; from Foshan, take one of the following buses and get off at the Shunfengshan Park station, Bus No. 304, 306, 307, 316 320, 380, 906, 907, 916, 919, 920 ,964, and K371.
(Author: Monica Liu; Editor: Olivia Yang)
Bands Introduction
Pony Pony Run Run (FR band)
Line – up:
Vocal: Gaëtan RECHIN
Guitar:Pierre SIMPON
Bass: Amaël RECHIN
Percussion &VJ: Frederic BELLANGER
From the best of British indie-rock to 90s dance music, everything is mixed up in the energetic electro pop of Pony Pony Run Run, passing through a filter that keeps only the joy, the game, and the light.
Hey! Lily! (CN band)
Line – up:
Vocal: Zi Dan
Guitar: Bensonbi
Bass: Ray
Drummer: A
Hey! Lily! is a Chinese Shenzhen punk garage Orchestra, founded in the summer 2015. The orchestra has strong feelings about ancient style. Their songs cover a variety of musical styles, such as retro punk, garage, dance music and so on.
Lure (CN band)
Line – up:
Lead Vocal: Lei Lin
Guitar: Wang Peng, Zhang Yunfeng
Bass: Li Jing
Drummer: Guo Yang
The Lure band was founded in 1997 and is a very independent Chinese rock band. In recent years, it has been recognized as the most influential band of Chinese rock bands. All the members of the band come from Beijing.
Colours in the street (FR band)
Line – up:
Lead Vocal/Piano: Alexandre Poussard
Guitar:Lucien Saurin
Bass:Noé Russeil
Drummer: Alexis Rimbault
Barely 20 years old and already with their first album on the shelf. In just three years, the group Colours in the Street have seen their vibrant pop take over the French scene. They come back for the 2018 International Music Day to the delight of their Chinese fans.
Groovers (Shunde, CN band)
Line – up:
Vocal: Yong
Guitarist: Ken
Guitarist & Rapper: Yang
Keyboard: Xiang
Bassist: An
Drummer: Li
The Groovers is a band from Shunde, Foshan. It’s six members come from different social backgrounds. The reason they come together: their passion for groove music and their music style mixed with Funk, Soul, R&B, Pop.
Mercader (CN band)
Line – up:
Vocal & Guitar: Zhao Tai
Vocal & Guitar: Wu Shui Bin
Bassist: Chen Yu
Keyboard: Zhang Yuan
Drummer: Liang Chu
Mercader’ music is deep, indifferent and full of thinking. At the end of 2016, Mercader was invited to participate in the Shenzhen MIDI New Year Music Festival. In early 2017, the band completed a large-scale "Alfa Dog" national tour.
