Shanghai Midi Festival 2014

More than 60 bands from home and abroad will take to the stage in Shanghai from Friday to Sunday at Pudong's Sanjia Port, Shanghai.

Starting in 2000 as a showcase event for student bands of the Beijing Midi School of Music, the outdoor event quickly became a premier event for Chinese rock and alternative bands to play live.

In 2004, the festival was moved to a public park and became the first open-air rock festival and set the tone for more to come in China.

Now the Midi festival is held several times a year at different locations, including Beijing and Shanghai.

In addition to a wide range of domestic acts, bands set to perform this time include Britpoppers Suede, American funk collective Larry Graham and Graham Center Station, plus German metalheads Lacrimas Profundere and Masterplan.

The coming edition will set authentic British rock classics as a theme. The grand opening show will be one of the top British rock bands, Suede, in both Shanghai and Beijing (May 1-3).

In both cities, Suede will deliver a special performance of its classic second album "Dog Man Star," released in 1994.

The album is not only widely recognized as a key opus of the 1990s Britpop era but also a masterpiece at the peak of Suede's creativity. The band will give a special 20-year anniversary concert, playing the album in its entirety.

Date: April 25-27, 2pm onward

Venue: Sanjia Port, Pudong

One-day pre-sale ticket: 120 yuan

Three-day pass: 300 yuan

One-day ticket at entrance: 150 yuan

Three-day pass at entrance: 350 yuan

Pre-sale ticket at www.damai.cn

Booking hotline: 400-610-3721

How to get there: Metro Line 2 Yuandong Avenue Station and then shuttle bus