Experience the beat at percussion culture festival

This National Day holiday, domestic and world percussionists will gather for the 16th Shenzhen Percussion Culture Festival, one of China’s largest and most influential percussion events.

Photos from the Shenzhen Percussion Culture Festival's WeChat official account

Free performances will feature drummer Rich Huang from China’s Taiwan, Japanese jazz drummer Izumi Koga, Venezuelan drummer Jair Mayorga, the An Zhishun Percussion Art Troupe, and crossover collaborations with jazz groups from across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

Huang is also a songwriter and composer whose work spans pop, classical, jazz and traditional music. He has been promoting jazz drumming for more than four decades.

Koga, a Berklee College of Music graduate, has taught jazz drumming in China for nearly 20 years and is currently an instructor at Beijing Contemporary Music Academy.

Events

Percussion competition: Oct. 1-2

Lecture: 8-9 p.m., Oct. 1

Venue: 2/F, Futian Dream Space, Futian Culture and Sports Center, 8 Jingtian Road, Futian District (福田区景田路8号福田文体中心·梦工场二楼)

Metro: Line 2 to Lianhua West Station (莲花西站), Exit A, and then walk west for 700 meters

Percussion culture exhibitions: Oct. 1-5

Venue 1: 2/F, Futian Dream Space, Futian Culture and Sports Center, 8 Jingtian Road, Futian District (福田区景田路8号福田文体中心·梦工场二楼)

Metro: Line 2 to Lianhua West Station (莲花西站), Exit A, and then walk west for 700 meters

Venue 2: City Hub, Futian District (福田区深圳之眼购物中心)

Metro: Line 2, 10, 11, 14 to Gangxia North Station (岗厦北站), Exits 2-6

Concerts

Expect an exciting blend of tradition and modernity at three free shows featuring Huang, Koga, Mayorga and others.

Traditional Chinese percussion: 3-4:20 p.m., Oct. 4

GBA percussionists: 7-9 p.m., Oct. 4

World percussionists: 6:30-9 p.m., Oct. 5

Venue: South Square, InJoy, 126 Zhongkang Road, Futian District (福田区中康路126号卓悦汇购物中心南广场)

Metro: Line 4 or 9 to Shangmeilin Station (上梅林站), Exit L

Scan the code to obtain digital tickets for the concerts

Food discounts

Audience members for the three concerts can present their digital tickets to receive discounts at participating restaurants on Bagua 1st Road (八卦一路) from Oct. 3-6. A well-known food street for more than 30 years, the road offers a wide range of regional Chinese cuisines, including Chaoshan, Cantonese, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei and northeastern Chinese dishes.

Metro: Line 9 to Yuanling Station (园岭站), Exit A