[:en]Nestled in a luxurious, verdant corner of Downtown, the joyous, colourful Jimboomba zone is the festival’s cabinet of curiosities. A republic of contentment. A treasure-trove of entertainment less ordinary, and off-the-wall performances. From tongue-in-cheek fun to curious contemplation – Jimboomba, which means paradise on earth – is guaranteed family-friendly fun.
A full-fledged two-day celebration of Ultimate Frisbee, with showcase games, workshops and the proto-Olympic sport of Beer Frisbee. Presented in association with Yikun Sports and the Shanghai Ultimate Players Association!
A sports carnival and little haven for all the Concrete Cubs, a kids zone curated by Awesome Kids Club featuring music workshops, distractions (think sack races), board games and a few other surprises.
A handicrafts market curated by JamMart, with poi-spinning, artisanal objects of delight and wonder, and mysteries from the beyond (exact nature of mysteries TBC)
The Jimboomba Stage itself, featuring special performances and interactive sessions with some of the best ‘Grass artists.
Yoga, with guided meditation and flow, for a shot of physical and spiritual enrichment.
You, having the time of your life and catching some well-deserved R&R between all of the music!
我们都是“熊孩子” | We are Cubs
The ‘Grass Kids Zone, Curated by Awesome Kids Club.
Concrete& Grass is fun for the whole family! The festival welcomes children of all ages, and dreams to create a relaxed, family-friendly environment in our special We Are Cubs space for the littlest of music lovers, presented this year in partnership with Awesome Kids Club, Coach 23, and Music LAB.
We’ve got tons of fun activities and performances taking place from 12-7pm on both days of the festival. It’s pitched at children and big kids alike to enjoy, and there’s plenty for parents to do all in the general vicinity. Concrete & Grass takes place on a beautiful open ground with real grass, and we’re making sure the kids have their own little space to run around safely.
Presented by JamMart
The hippest of hippiest goods: JamMart’s handicrafts market in Jimboomba will feature hand-crafted bags, camphor-wood furniture, tote bags, temporary tattoos and much, much more! Expect to see poi-spinning and dancing once the sun goes down.
Ultimate Ultimate, presented with Yikun Sports and SUPA.
An annual Concrete & Grass tradition. Work up a sweat, make new friends and be part of an intense game of Ultimate, thanks to a special collaboration between Concrete & Grass and Ningbo’s Yikun Sports. At the festival there will be workshops and teaching sessions, Disc-Golf, Beer Frisbee and a special Gnarly Nines Ultimate Frisbee competition on both days! Beginners and veterans alike arewelcome. We’ll have folks happy to teach newcomers the ropes. Shout outs to the Shanghai Ultimate Players Association (SUPA) for helping make this happen!
第一日活动表 | Day 1 Schedule (TBC)
13:00- 16:00
超感九人飞盘全互动 Gnarly Nines!
16:15- 17:00
手作工坊和示范表演
Workshops and Demonstrations
17:00- 18:00
飞盘高尔夫 Disc-Golf
第二日活动表 | Day 2 Schedule (TBC)
13:00- 15:00
超感九人飞盘全互动 Gnarly Nines!
15:15- 16:00
手作工坊和示范表演
Workshops and Demonstrations
16:15- 17:00
啤酒飞盘 Beer Games
17:00- 18:00
飞盘高尔夫 Disc-Golf
Presented with Pure Yoga
Re-centre and let go. Head on over to Jimboomba early afternoon or early evening for two sessions of guided Yoga on Saturday the 16th, presented in collaboration with Pure Yoga. We’ll have both Meditation and Flow sessions – and beginners are welcome!
There’s plenty more surprises and discoveries in store at the Jimboomba zone, including a pop-up library (from Penguin Random House), and a whole weekend’s worth of programming at the Jimboomba stage. Expect dark lo-fi, harmonica covers and acoustic folk-rock!
Date: 16-17 September (Sat & Sun)
Venue: Shanghai Rugby Football Club
Address: 2700 ZhangyangBei Road, near Wuzhou Avenue
Metro station: Wuzhou Avenue 五洲大道 (Line 6, Exit 1)
Official Ticketing Platform
concreteandgrass.cn/en/ticketing/
About Concrete & Grass:
Concrete & Grassis China’s grooviest music festival. It happens in September each year when the weather is warm and frequently perfect.It’s Shanghai’s own #APlaceLessOrdinary – chock-full of great bands, weird art, strange creatures and fun distractions. Our venue, the wonderful Shanghai Rugby Football Club, is a lovingly intimate space with lush fields of real grass. We started in 2015 as Echo Park, with Gerard Way, Young Fathers, Swim Deep, Nova Heart and Sound Toy on the bill. 2016 saw Edison Chen, Sekai No Owari, A$ApFerg, The Cribs and Yunggie Ma. 2017’s looking pretty ace.
About Split Works:
Split Works has been rocking in the free (ish) world since 2006. Working with inspirational artists from across the globe, the good people at Split Works HQ have been a key contributor to the continued rise of China’s music scene.Split Works has launched five music festivals and promoted over 400 tours to 30 Chinese cities, always striving to stay true to a familiar refrain: the music has to be special, every single time. From Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Sonic Youth, from Thee Oh Sees to Mac Demarco and Cloud Nothings, from Black Rabbit to JUE and Wooozy to Concrete & Grass. We love music, we love China and we love you.
About Mai Live:
MaiLive is a live music brand under the Damai Entertainment banner. They organize live performances for some of the biggest Chinese and foreign artists out there: handling production, distribution, and curation for a wide range of cultural events. In 2017 alone, MaiLive has put together shows for artists like Huimei Zhang, Pu Shu, Zhiqian Xue, Bichang Zhou and others.
[:zh]这里是“闹市区”的宁静一隅，舒服地依偎在绿草和轻风的抚慰中。这个名为Jimboomba空间的角落充满乐趣、活力斐然，是想象力和好奇心在音乐节上的聚集之地——一个欢乐知足的王国。埋藏的“零常规”之宝藏等待被发现，非比寻常的表演亟待上演。Jimboomba，唇齿间轻点三下触发这个单词蕴藏的无限奥妙，乐土之中的乐园，还有家人的温暖欢欣。
极限飞盘：飞盘游戏进驻Jimboomba空间，带来表演赛、手作工坊，以及啤酒飞盘游戏，由翼鲲体育和上海极限飞盘协会联合呈现。
熊孩子乐园：由AwesomeKids Club组织的音乐工坊、各类益智游戏和更多亲子活动，将为孩子们带去一个动感欢乐的天地。
手作集市：由角市JamMart组织，现场呈现多姿多彩的毛利绳舞和各色手工艺制品，神妙玄秘之物都在这个地方等待被揭示。
Jimboomba舞台：毋庸置疑，必不可少。将由特别来宾和一系列互动演出构成。
瑜伽：日间冥想以及活动串流，身体和灵魂的双重满足
以及，你：放慢生活的脚步来此享受绝妙的摇滚时刻吧！
我们都是“熊孩子” | We are Cubs
熊孩子乐园，由Awesome Kids Club协力创建
“熊孩子”在混凝草可不是个贬义词，而是童真无邪，天性活泼的代名词。这里有一整个适合家庭和孩子们肆意玩耍、放松身心的乐园。混凝草将与Awesome Kids Club、Coach 23和Music Lab一起，为这些小小的音乐迷们创造一个特别的“熊孩子乐园”。
我们将在音乐节的每日11时至下午6:30开放一系列精彩纷呈的活动和表演项目。各个年龄段的小盆友都能找到属于自己的一次精彩冒险，而家长们也有足够的时间在此和孩子们一起玩耍。混凝草数万平方的宽阔草地一直都有这样一片小小的天地，没有束缚，让自孩子们由而安全地奔跑玩闹。
手作集市 | Handicrafts Market
由角市JamMart呈现
角市为Jimboomba呈现，最嬉皮的手作货物集市：在这里能发现精工编织的手袋，散发着异香的樟木家具，甚至还能做一次非永久性的文身！日落之后，奇幻的毛利绳舞会在集市的角落悄悄上演，千万不要错过了。
“极限飞盘”，由翼鲲体育和上海极限飞盘协会呈现
由混凝草和宁波翼鲲体育协力呈现，一年一度，欢畅淋漓的混凝草传统游戏项目无限飞盘今年也不会缺席，在这个紧张又活泼的运动中舒张毛孔，再交一点新朋友。今年的音乐节上我们将会有工坊和教学节目，飞盘高尔夫和啤酒飞盘游戏，以及紧张刺激的超感九人飞盘互动大赛！无论你是新手还是老手都能一展身姿，我们会有专人教你如何入门。非常感谢上海极限飞盘协会的鼎力支持。
第一日活动表 | Day 1 Schedule (TBC)
13:00- 16:00
超感九人飞盘全互动 Gnarly Nines!
16:15- 17:00
手作工坊和示范表演
Workshops and Demonstrations
17:00- 18:00
飞盘高尔夫 Disc-Golf
第二日活动表 | Day 2 Schedule (TBC)
13:00- 15:00
超感九人飞盘全互动 Gnarly Nines!
15:15- 16:00
手作工坊和示范表演
Workshops and Demonstrations
16:15- 17:00
啤酒飞盘 Beer Games
17:00- 18:00
飞盘高尔夫 Disc-Golf
由Pure Yoga呈现
由Pure Yoga呈现，9月16日午后或者傍晚在Jimboomba享受两堂瑜伽课程。日间冥想和活力串流都是身心的紧绷和放松的绝佳机会。初学者也欢迎加入！
Jimboomba空间还有很多未知的魅力值得探索，包括手作集市以及Jimboomba舞台异彩纷呈的演出节目。所有脑洞大开的花式表演或原汁原味的民谣音乐，都有无限惊喜等待开启！
混凝草音乐节
Concrete & Grass 2017
一方地，零常规
A Place Less Ordinary
时间：2017年9月16-17日
地点：上海瑞可碧橄榄球运动俱乐部
地址：浦东新区张杨北路2700号，近五洲大道
临近地铁站点：五洲大道（6号线，1号口）
官方票务
concreteandgrass.cn/en/ticketing/
可能是国内最棒的音乐节。丰富多元的演出内容、实验艺术与奇特生物，以及眼花缭乱的游乐空间，都让它成为你逃离纷杂喧闹都市的最佳去处。这片乐土不仅有数小时不停歇的美妙乐音，更搬来了一整片诱人的饮食区域，即使在最隐秘的角落你也能找到新奇有趣的游戏竞技。欢迎来到混凝草音乐节，上海本土的“一方地，零常规”。
关于Split Works
Split Works是一家基于上海和北京的外资音乐演出公司，一直和诸多国际品牌进行合作，始终围绕音乐、品牌、创意和青年文化组织和推广各类活动。2006年成立至今，Split Works已为Sonic Youth、Diplo、Owl City、Jose Gonzalez、GhostfaceKillah、Andrew Bird等众多艺术家举办过中国及亚洲地区的演出，并成功举办了2007年 “十跃”音乐节以及2011年在北京上海跨城上演的黑兔音乐节。从2009年起，Split Works每年春季主办的《觉》音乐+艺术节是一个为期三周的，将国内外的优秀音乐人、创意艺术家和爱好者聚集在一起的开源城市音乐艺术节。
关于MaiLive
MaiLive是大麦演出旗下现场音乐演出品牌，专注于海内外艺人及团体演出经纪代理、演出制作出品、发行代理、主办运营及音乐制作等多元文娱服务。迄今为止已为观众带去超百场精彩的live演出。2017年，MaiLive将继续呈现张惠妹、朴树、薛之谦、李玟、林宥嘉、周笔畅等多位不同类型艺人的演出。我们邀请更多音乐爱好者亲身体验现场的魅力，还原音乐最真实的心跳。[:]