This Thursday night is New Year's Eve, and Uprock will be ringing in the new year with live music by the Tribal Moons, Cat Scratch Fever and the Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project plus dance music provided by DJ Xiao Kris afterward into the morning. In addition to tunes, there will also be plenty of party games.

Uprock has provided six spots on Thursday night's guest list to GoKunming to give away – the first three readers to send us their names via our contact form will be put on the guest list plus one.

Winners will be notified via email and announced on this post.

Good luck!

With the success of the first Kunming Outdoor Music Festival (昆明露天音乐节) last November, the event's organizers are bringing the all-day – and most of the night – music festival back to Taiping Town outside of Kunming on April 19. The all-local festival should be even more diverse than last time, with bands performing punk, blues, metal, hiphop, punk and bluegrass.

The lineup for this edition of the festival includes Heiyu (黑宇), Gouride (狗日的), Broken String (断弦), Endless Torture (无尽折磨), Noise Addiction, No Answer (打死我也不说), Brain Concussion (脑震荡), Co Op Sol (邪作社 – formerly known as Rap Republic), Kouxian (扣弦), Chicken Butt (鸡屁股), Tribal Moons (see above image), Chaling (叉灵), Fang Band (坊乐队), The Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project and Nicole.

The festival starts at noon and will go late into the night – festivalgoers are encouraged to bring tents to stay on the campground overnight. Food and drinks will also be on sale throughout the day and evening.

Tickets for the festival are 30 yuan at the gate, or 20 yuan if purchased in advance at The Hump Bar, Halfway House, Speakeasy Bar or Laowo Bar.

The festival will once again be held at the Wumozhai Jiuzhuang Eco-garden on Xiao Jie in Taiping Town (太平镇小街无墨斋酒庄生态元), near the city of Anning (安宁). According to event organizers, the number 17 bus at Xiao Ximen can be taken to Taiping Town, and there will also be a shuttle bus between Taiping Town and the Arts Theatre at Wuyi Lu and Dongfeng Xi Lu throughout the day for five yuan one way.

UPDATE: We have just received notice from the festival's organizers that the festival has been expanded to two days – with a short evening set on Friday, April 18th and 19th, with a few additional bands and DJs. Here's the schedule for the two days:

Friday, April 18th

8 pm: Gouride
9 pm: Jinzi
10 pm: Stiop
11 pm: Made in Dali
Midnight: Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project
1 am: Brain Concussion
Afterward: DJs Tantrum, Jezz and Menace

Saturday, April 19th

1 pm: Nicole
2 pm: Fang Band
3 pm: Anyeqi
4 pm: Brain Concussion
5 pm: Kouxian
6 pm: Gouride
7 pm: No Answer
8 pm: Tribal Moons
9 pm: Heiyu
10 pm: Broken String
11 pm: Co-op Sol
Midnight: Chaling
1 am: Endless Torture
2 am: Noise Addiction
Afterward: DJ Moon Unit/DJ Chengcheng

UPDATE 2: The festival site is rather difficult to find, here's a Chinese map:

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Holiday Happy Hour at Fisherman's Bar
Starting at 5:30 today, Fisherman's Bar (渔夫酒吧) will be celebrating Christmas with five consecutive days of 15 of its more than 50 imported beers and ciders from around the world on discount at only 20 yuan per bottle. Fisherman's Bar is located on the second floor of Kunming Zoulang (map), near the intersection of Renmin Zhong Lu and Qingnian Lu.

Christmas Party at Laowo Bar
Laowo Bar (老窝吧)will be throwing a Christmas Party featuring four Kunming-based bands. Music starts at 9 pm with the Quebec Redneck Bluegrass Project, Brain Concussion, Rap Republic and Tribal Moons playing before two late-night DJs. Admission to the party is 20 yuan – Laowo Bar is located 20 meters downhill from the main gate of Yunnan Art Institute (云南艺术学院), just off of Kunrui Lu (昆瑞路).