Saturday, September 17th 3:30pm- 12am
Governors Club Governors Island 10 South Street New York City, NY 10005

China’s Modern Sky Festival returns to New York City, this year to Governors Island on Saturday, September 17th!!!

This year’s lineup features 马頔 Ma Di (performing his famous hit song 南山南Nan Shan Nan), 苏阳 Su Yang , 夜叉 Yaksa, Chinese hip hop royalty DJ Wordy, and rising bands The Mystery Lights, Navy Gangs, and Breanna Barbara.

西安名吃 Xi’an Famous Foods is the Presenting Sponsor for Modern Sky Festival NYC 2016 and will be onsite dishing out delicious eats as well.

Full VIP experience available, including meet-and-greet with the artists!

For more info, visit: www.modernskyfestivalnyc.com

About the bands:

Su Yang (苏阳) – The most prominent folk-rock musician in China, who blends traditional Chinese folk art forms “Flower” and “Qinqiang Opera” with Western rock music.

Ma Di (马頔) – Ma Di is an acclaimed, young Chinese folk musician who sings about the joys and sorrows of life in Beijing.

YAKSA (夜叉) – China’s foremost metal band. Their name derives from a broad class of benevolent Buddhist nature-spirits.

The Modern Sky Festival was first produced in Beijing in 2007. Today, the festival is one of 20+ large-scale music festivals produced in cities throughout mainland China by Modern Sky Entertainment, China’s leading music entertainment company. In 2014 and 2015 Modern Sky brought their unique vision to New York with festivals that featured Yoko Ono, Cat Power, Gang of Four, Liars, The Blood Brothers and Chinese stars Queen Sea Big Shark, Re-Tros, Song Dongye and more.