Spring Scream
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Spring Scream is an outdoor music festival
held in early April each year at Kenting (墾丁) in southern Taiwan
. The festival showcases a variety of music styles from bands both from Taiwan and overseas. Each year the festival adds the name of the current Chinese astrological
animal to its name. The festival is organised by two expatriate Americans, Wade Davis and Jimi Moe, and has grown significantly since its beginnings in 1995.
The event length has been between 2 to 11 days and as many as 300 acts on 8 stages. It also features a film festival
, art exhibits, DJs, stalls, food vendors and camping.
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
held in early April each year at Kenting (墾丁) in southern Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. The festival showcases a variety of music styles from bands both from Taiwan and overseas. Each year the festival adds the name of the current Chinese astrological
Chinese astrology
Chinese astrology is based on the traditional astronomy and calendars. The development of Chinese astrology is tied to that of astronomy, which came to flourish during the Han Dynasty ....
animal to its name. The festival is organised by two expatriate Americans, Wade Davis and Jimi Moe, and has grown significantly since its beginnings in 1995.
The event length has been between 2 to 11 days and as many as 300 acts on 8 stages. It also features a film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
, art exhibits, DJs, stalls, food vendors and camping.
1995
- Year of the Pig (豬年) 3 days, Magic Studios
- Bands had their own stalls, with hand-dyed and printed shirts
1996
- Year of the Rat (鼠年) 2 days, Magic Studios
- Cover：$200
- 30 bands on 2 stages
- Stalls improved, with hand-dyed and printed shirts, and artists-submitted designs for shirts
1998
- Year of the Tiger (虎年) 3 days, Beach
- Cover：$500
- 70 bands on 2 stages. Broadcast on MTV Asia. Concert enjoyed widespread media coverage
- Organizers required all bands to have at least one original song
1999
- Year of the Rabbit (兔年) 4 days, LiouFu Campground
- Cover：$500
- 80 bands on 5 stages
- Organizers required all music to be only original songs, and handed out free CDs or mp3 demo songs of bands performing
- This was the last year that bands cooked for other bands
2000
- Year of the Dragon (龍年) 4 days, LiouFu Campground
- Cover：$1,000.
- 120 bands.
- Media got free passes.
- Organizers again gave out free CDs of mp3 demo songs of bands performing
- This was the last year the volunteers had to cook and clean toilets
2001
- Year of the Snake (蛇年) 4 days, LiouFu Campground
- Cover：$1,000.
- 120 bands.
- Organizers gave out free CDs of mp3 demo songs plus pictures of bands performing.
- First year some of the stages were covered.
2004
- Year of the Monkey (猴年) 11 days, LiouFu Campground
- Cover：$1,500
- 200 bands
- Organizers gave out free DVDs of mp3 demo songs and pictures from all bands who applied to play
- Start of the film festival contest
2005
- Year of the Chicken/Rooster (雞年) 4 days, LiouFu Campground
- Cover：$1,500
- 160 Bands
- Start of the poster contest and the logo contest
2007
- Year of the Pig (豬年) 4 days, Erluanbi and ShauKenting Rodeo
- Cover：$1,500
- 230 bands
- Added pop artists who do original compositions