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Asia Music Festivals
Evergreen guides to dates, tickets, camping, transit and how overseas fans can get in.
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Baybeats
SingaporeThe best free window into Singapore/SEA independent music, in a central tourist location.
Day-trip Free entry2027 TBA Read more →🇰🇷 South KoreaZandari FestaEvery SeptemberCity
🇰🇷 South KoreaEvery September
Zandari Festa
SeoulAsia's leading indie showcase — one wristband unlocks dozens of Hongdae live houses packed with Korean and international bands.
Day-trip 2027 TBA Read more →🇮🇳 IndiaZiro Festival of MusicEvery SeptemberRural / Camping
🇮🇳 IndiaEvery September
Ziro Festival of Music
Ziro Valley, Lower Subansiri District, Arunachal PradeshCamp among Himalayan-foothill rice terraces at India's most remote music festival — the only one that requires a special government permit just to enter.
Camping in 17 days Read more →
Pestapora
JakartaIndonesia's biggest 'song exchange' festival — 90,000+ fans, hundreds of artists swapping hits across genres in one electric Jakarta weekend.
Day-trip IDR 600,000 ≈ $37in 18 days Read more →🇨🇳 ChinaConcrete & GrassEvery SeptemberCity
🇨🇳 ChinaDiscontinued
Concrete & Grass
Shanghai 上海A rare, genuinely bilingual window into China's independent rock and hip-hop scene — if and when it returns from hiatus.
Day-trip CN¥780 ≈ $109Discontinued Read more →