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Yugong Yishan music festival

The first Yugong Yishan music festival is ready to rock music lovers in Beijing from April 21 to 22, featuring both world-class musicians and emerging stars.

The festival will open with post-rock musician Tortoise from Chicago, followed by Mouse on the Keys, who will bring their jazz-infused post-rock from Japan, legendary German punk rock band Die Toten Hosen (The Dead Trousers), China's post-punk powerhouse Re-TROS, among many others. It will be Die Toten Hosen's debut show in China in their 36-year musical career.

If you go:
1:30 pm - 9 pm, April 21-22. New Great Wall Valley, Yanqing. 400-188-6980.
Tickets: 560-3,650 yuan ($90-580)