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Summer Sonic 2017 Shanghai

Date: Aug 26-27 - 7:30 pm

Venue: Shanghai International Music Village

Price: 380-1,280 yuan

Summer Sonic Festival was founded in 2000 in Japan, with a focus on major national and international acts. Among the first bands in 2000's lineup were 311, Arrested Development, At the Drive-In, Ben Folds Five, and Coldplay. The EDM section of the festival was later split into Sonicmania, an EDM focused main stage held at a different time, which according to Time Out, "Held as a warm-up for Summer Sonic each year, the all-night Sonicmania party caters to dance kids who aren't so well served by the main festival itself in 2011. Producer Creativeman formed a joint venture with Live Nation Entertainment in 2012. Live Nation bought full control of the venture in 2014.