Like many other Chinese rock bands, Hanggai is in the fortunate position of being able to decide which music festival invitation to accept and which to turn down.
"This year's schedule is busy, as we will play at more than 10 music festivals in China. We could play at more if their dates didn't overlap with each other," says Ilchi, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of the band.
The increase in Hanggai's festival dates has to do with not only the band's success, but also the growth of music festivals in China.
There will be more than 100 music festivals held across the country in 2011, a remarkable figure compared to 10 years ago when music festivals were largely unheard of in the country.
During this year's May Day holiday, four festivals were held simultaneously in Beijing alone. More were held in other cities.
Many festivals are held in July and August to target students and young urban people, such as the InMusic Festival in Zhangbei of Hebei province (July 29-31), Ocean Midi Music Festival in Rizhao of Shandong province (Aug 4-7), and Peach Island Music Festival in Zhoushan of Zhejiang province (Aug 5-6).
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