Published on: 2026-10-08
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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On October 3 and 4, 2026, the First Russian-Chinese Rock Festival took place at the Beijing Exhibition Center — a grand musical celebration organized by the Russian Cultural Center in Beijing and the Beijing Exhibition Center with the support of the Embassy of Russia in the PRC, the Public Council under Rossotrudnichestvo, the Russian music production company MMG, and the company Game Art Pioneers.
The main pavilion of the Beijing Exhibition Center was filled with guitar riffs and powerful drum beats. Chinese friends and Russian compatriots gathered together to support nine bright bands from the two countries, including the legend of the domestic alternative scene “SLOT,” the main stars of 2000s indie rock “MultFimy,” as well as one of the pioneers of music blogging in Russia, Leos Hellskrim and his band “Fiend.” The Russian stage was also represented by GAUGA, 7000$, GORODA, and the Chinese by The Axis and Erguna. The festival was opened and closed by the band “Zhega,” consisting of employees of the Russian Embassy in China and their family members.
The event was given special symbolism by its very location — the Beijing Exhibition Center, built in the early 1950s with the participation of Soviet architects and engineers. The design of the complex was largely inspired by the layout of Moscow’s VDNH.
In his welcoming speech at the opening ceremony, the counselor-envoy of the Embassy of Russia in the PRC, Lenar Salimullin, noted that the festival provides an excellent opportunity for the mutual enrichment of the distinctive rock music schools of Russia and China, and contributes to strengthening the friendship between our peoples. He expressed hope that its holding would become a good tradition, complementing an already rich calendar of bilateral cultural exchanges.
About 3,000 people attended the festival over two days, and about 1.5 million viewers watched the online broadcast.
The festival ended on October 4, but it left the residents of Beijing and Russian compatriots with a sea of positive impressions and emotions, and most importantly — it showed that contemporary music of Russia and China speaks the same language and is interesting to a very diverse audience. The festival became a notable event in the cultural life of the capital and opened a new format of Russian-Chinese exchange — not through official protocols, but through live sound, a shared venue, and shared energy.
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