Chinese singer-songwriter and author Liu Jian and his U.S. journalist wife Rebecca Kanthor will bring Hand in Hand International Children’s Music Festival this Saturday.
The couple created Hand in Hand to give children a chance to enjoy the best live music from around the world and learn about different cultures through music. Over the next five years, Hand in Hand will bring the coolest bands for kids from 10 countries to tour 100 cities throughout China.
The festival is designed with the youngest music lovers in mind. The sound level is adjusted to 85-90 decibels to suit kids’ ears, bilingual lyrics are projected onto a screen, and kids are invited to jump up on stage and join the bands. There are even nursing and diaper-changing rooms for the youngest rockers.
At the Shenzhen gig, husband and wife duo Lucky Diaz and Alisha Gaddis and Dutch rock band Hippe Gasten will be featured. The duo’s live show is so infectiously catchy that kids and adults will have fun together grooving to songs in English and Spanish.
Hippe Gasten is one of the coolest bands for kids in Europe, and parents love them too. Their name in Dutch means “The Cool Guys” and they put on an amazingly interactive show designed, creating wonderful memories with lots of audience participation as they show kids and adults how to be their own rock stars.
Time: 10 a.m., 4 p.m., May 5
Tickets: 160-560 yuan
Venue: Nanshan Cultural and Sports Center, 2106 Nanshan Boulevard, Nanshan District (南山区南山大道2106号南山文体中心)
Metro: Line 1 to Taoyuan Station (桃园站), Exit B