Detailed information about Monsoon Music Festival 2015

The international Monsoon Music Festival 2015 will take place at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, 19 Hoang Dieu Street, Hanoi from October 8-11.

The event will aim to expand culture in society and disseminate values on environmental protection and healthcare to the community.

Grammy-winning soul singer Joss Stone tops a long list of artists from 10 different countries performing at the second Monsoon Music Festival.

This year’s event also features the all female Australian/British string quartet Bond. Dubbed the best-selling string quartet of all time, the band are set to perform on Sunday, October 11.

The Danish band WhoMadeWho will open the festival on October 8.

The line-up also includes British jazz singer Zara McFarlane, electronic band Samaris from Iceland, guitarist Thomas Oliver from New Zealand, the indie rock duo Catfish from France, DJ Shinichi Osawa from Japan and Norwegian singer and actor Samsaya.

A diversity of styles is apparent at this year’s MMF, with the five-member band Great Mountain Fire from Belgium and Matt Robertson, a British composer and producer who combines electronic music production with classical composition and cinematic sound, showing this.

Vietnam Idol 2010 winner Uyen Linh headlines the list of Vietnamese artists which also features Hoang Thuy Linh, Toc Tien, Tien Tien, Pham Anh Khoa, Trung Quan, Dong Hung, Le Cat Trong Ly, and Ta Quang Thang.

The Maius Philharmonic orchestra, consisting of music students, will also perform as will DJ Slim V and VJ Crazy Monkey, rapper Kimmese and lead vocalist of the rock band KOP, Thai Chau.

New features at this year’s festival include 200 free ticketspresented to people with disabilities and e-tickets replacing papertickets to protect the environment.

The first festival, held in 2014, received major public appraise. It was considered an outstanding cultural festival for 2014 and won the Best Live Show of the Year title at the Cong Hien (Devotion) Music Awards, organised by the Vietnam News Agency publication The Thao & Van Hoa (Sports and Culture).

Detailed schedule:

8 Oct 2015:

WhoMadeWho

Maius Philharmonic

Slim V & Crazy Monkey

Uyen Linh – Pham Anh Khoa – Toc Tien – Hoang Thuy Linh – Trung Quan – Kimmese – Tien Tien – Dong Hung – Ta Quang Thang – Thai Chau

Spacespeakers

Spacespeakers

9 Oct 2015:

Zara McFarlane

Samaris

Spacespeakers

Catfish

Thomas Oliver

Tran Toan K300

Matt Robertson

10 Oct 2015:

Joss Stone

Matt Robertson

DJ Shinichi Osawa

PAK Band

Great Mountain Fire

11 Oct 2015:

BOND

Le Cat Trong Ly

Samsaya

From The Airport

DEMONSLAYER

Ticket price

1. Normal ticket: VND220,000 (for 01 day)

2. Normal ticket package: VND600,000 (for 04 days)

3. VIP ticket: VND600,000 (for 01 day – special area, path, free water, opportunity to communicate with artists)

4. VIP ticket package: VND1.5 million (for 04 days – special area, path, free water, opportunity to communicate with artists)

– Hotline for online ticket: 0904502696 (Online ticket at website of the festival)

– Hotline for online ticket: 0904633696

– Hotline for OnePay: 0963047418

T. Van

Detailed information about Monsoon Music Festival 2015

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