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This year, the Dagang Concert was held in Kaohsiung for two consecutive days on April 1 and 2. Many music fans flocked to the Kaohsiung Pop Music Center and the Pier-2 Art Zone. Minister of Culture Shi Zhe also returned to Kaohsiung Harbor yesterday (1) to enjoy the performances of various bands such as Blood Juicer, Sparkling, and TRASH with music fans and performers from all over the world. Live performances in Dagang.
Since its inception in 2006, the Megaport Festival has become Taiwan’s most well-known brand, the largest scale, and an iconic music festival in Taiwan with a lineup of performances from southern Taiwan. Shi Zhe strongly supported Dagang’s singing during his tenure as the director of the Cultural Bureau and deputy mayor of Kaohsiung City, and assisted in creating new records year after year. It was also mentioned in the Dagang decryption article widely circulated on the Internet that in order to connect the stages on both sides of the Love River Bay, Shi Zhe built the Dagang pontoon bridge across the two sides of the bay to help Dagang sing and become a unique harbor music festival in the world. TAKAO ROCK makes Kaohsiung the city of choice for music festivals and live performances in Taiwan.
Shi Zhe said that “creation” is the starting point of the music industry, and the first step to continuously cultivate and allow Taiwan’s cutting-edge music creators to enter the market and face music fans is “live performance”. The music festivals that have flourished in Taiwan in recent years are the best stage for music creators to directly face the audience and interact with music fans. In the past three years, due to the epidemic, pop music performances have been greatly impacted. This year’s Dagang Concert is not only a grand event, but also the first overseas musicians to perform in Taiwan after the epidemic was lifted, including South Korea’s Balming Tiger, Japan’s ALI , toddle, BRADIO, STUTS, Crystal Lake and other groups of overseas artists announced the restart of international music exchanges after the epidemic.
In addition to supporting music creation and production through various awards and subsidy measures, the Ministry of Culture also encourages the industry to use multiple forms of online performances and new media marketing to reach a wider range of potential music fans. However, the on-the-spot experience of live performances will always have an irreplaceable charm. The Film and Television Bureau of the Ministry of Culture just selected six groups of artists including LÜCY, Chair Orchestra, deca joins, SiNNER MOON, 9m88, and Elephant Gymnastics in March. , once again appeared on the stage of the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW), and continued to promote the marketing and promotion subsidies of the pop music industry, encouraging the industry to plan music festivals with overseas commercial performance matchmaking, international industry cooperation, and newcomer performance stages Activities to support the popular music industry, outstanding artists to accelerate their entry into domestic and overseas markets, and assist Taiwan’s pop music to be marketed all over the world.
Shi Zhe also mentioned that including the 6,000 yuan that will be distributed to all people and the cultural adult gift money launched by the Ministry of Culture, he hopes that everyone can spend more on art and culture consumption such as enjoying music performances, and in essence encourage more art and literature workers to continue to invest in creation and grow together Taiwanese cultural content.
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