Beijing Pop Festival

The Beijing Pop Festival (Chinese: 北京流行音乐节; pinyin: Běijīng Liúxíng Yīnyuè Jié) was a rock music festival held in Beijing, China's Chaoyang Park each September since 2005.

It was founded by Jason Magnus, a Harvard graduate who is based in Hong Kong.

[2] The 2005 festival featured Ian Brown, Common, Derrick May, Tang Dynasty and many others The 2006 festival featured Sebastian Bach, Placebo, Supergrass and the launch of a Burton snowboarding stage.

Among the notable artists featured in the 2007 festival were Nine Inch Nails, Marky Ramone, New York Dolls, Public Enemy, Cui Jian, Brain Failure, Ra:IN and Wan Xiaoli.

Cui Jian's performance made headlines because it was his first major outdoor concert in over a decade.