Waves, sunshine, beaches, as well as moving music and passionate bands. Last weekend, the 2023 Anaya Shrimp Music Festival staged a two-day and three-night carnival at Anaya Beach. 27 groups of domestic and foreign musicians took the stage. It will become a grand music festival with unique characteristics and full of literary and artistic styles in Beijing and surrounding areas this summer.

This year, offline cultural and entertainment activities are fully liberalized, and the Shrimp Music Festival landed in Aranya on the largest scale in history. The coast of Aranya is dressed up as the "Kingdom of Music". On the slender beach, the Shrimp stage and the light-seeking stage are set up facing each other, with multiple giant beams of light flashing, creating a unique audio-visual atmosphere. In two days and three nights, "No Party in Caodong" brought "Mountains and Seas" and "Strong Wind Blows", Guo Ding sang "In the Clouds" and "Mercury", and "Wutiaoren" brought the classic "A Zhen Falls in Love with Aqiang". At 5 a.m. on August 27, the Shrimp Music Festival also launched the "Sunrise Special" for the first time. Compared with the "noisy" evening music festival, the sunrise special music is more leisurely and comfortable, presenting music fans with an immersive musical performance at the beach at dawn.

On the evening of August 27, Suede from the UK gave a super high-energy one-hour finale performance. Overseas musicians are also the highlight of this Shrimp Music Festival. A number of internationally renowned bands have appeared on the Shrimp Music Festival stage for the first time, including the famous British rock band Goatskin Band. "Such a lineup is relatively rare in music festivals across the country in the first half of this year." Damai CEO Li Jie said that more overseas bands will be invited to the stage next year. Shrimp Music Festival has an ideal, hoping to create an internationally renowned "landmark music festival".

The festival attracted audiences from all over the country to participate. The daily flow of 20,000 people has exceeded the peak value of tourists received by Aranya in a single day in history. According to official data, 94% of the festival's audiences across cities are present, and Beijing ranks first in the city of ticket buyers.

Translator: JI Yitian

Reviewer: LI Xiaochun