Megaport Music Festival Explained

Megaport Music Festival
大港開唱
Genre:Rock and independent music
Dates:Usually March
Location:Kaohsiung
Years Active:2006–present; not held in 2008, 2009, 2014, 2019, or 2020
Founders:Taiwan Rock Alliance (Freddy Lim, Doris Yeh)

The Megaport Music Festival has been held in Kaohsiung every year since 2006, with five exceptions.

History

The music festival, founded in 2006 by Taiwan Rock Alliance, was co-organized from 2010 to 2012 by The Wall, a live house owned by Freddy Lim and based in Taipei, with branches in Yilan and Kaohsiung.[1] [2] The festival was planned with fans of rock music located in southern Taiwan in mind and has traditionally taken place in March,[3] [4] but has been held in other months throughout the year.[5] Over time, Megaport grew in size and came to dominate the southern Taiwan music scene, no longer considered an "offshoot" of the older Formoz Festival.[4] [6]

The Megaport Music Festival was not held in 2014, due to a disputed takeover bid.[7] The Wall's CEO bought out the other founders, one of whom was Freddy Lim, who claimed that the rights to the Formoz and Megaport Festivals had not changed hands.[8] Lim managed to retain the rights to both music festivals, and both returned in 2015.[9] The originally scheduled twelfth iteration of Megaport was cancelled in 2019, as the mayoral administration of Han Kuo-yu sought information on financing for the eleven previous festivals.[10] After the recall of Han Kuo-yu and subsequent election of Chen Chi-mai, the festival was rescheduled for 2021.[11] During the 2021 Megaport Music Festival, livestreamed performances were available.[12] Chthonic released a live album of their performance at the 2021 festival.[13] The thirteenth edition of Megaport was held in early April 2022.[14] [15]

Megaport has featured many Taiwanese musicians, including Deserts Chang, Elephant Gym, 9m88, Fire EX., Enno Cheng, Huang Fei, 1976, and Sunset Rollercoaster[16] [17] as well as international groups, such as 65daysofstatic and Grizzly Bear.[18] [19]

Notes and References

  1. News: Chen. David. A weekend of pier madness. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 4 March 2011.
  2. News: Chen. David. Mega-rockin’. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 9 March 2012.
  3. News: Frazier. David. Live Wire: Battling music festivals: Megaport vs T-Fest. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 20 March 2015.
  4. News: Frazier. David. Live Wire: Mega Port grows up. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 8 March 2013.
  5. News: Ron. Brownlow. Killer weekend for Halloween. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 26 October 2007.
  6. News: Loa. Lok-sin. Singer calls for action, not words in music promotion. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 3 March 2011.
  7. News: Frazier. David. Live Wire: The festival wave. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 10 October 2014.
  8. News: Frazier. David. Live Wire: Lunar New Year line up. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 24 January 2014.
  9. News: Frazier. David. Live Wire: Last year’s live music scene. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 2 January 2015.
  10. News: Huang . Chia-lin . Megaport music festival canceled . 14 September 2019 . Taipei Times . 13 September 2019.
  11. News: Hsu . Li-chuan . Yang . Yi-han . Chung . Jake . Megaport Music Festival’s return delights fans, artists . 12 February 2021 . Taipei Times.
  12. News: CHTHONIC to Headline Massive MEGAPORT FESTIVAL This Weekend . 17 April 2022 . Outburn . 25 March 2021.
  13. News: Enis . Eli . SEE CHTHONIC PLAY "SET FIRE TO THE ISLAND" AT TAIWAN'S 2021 MEGAPORT FESTIVAL . 17 April 2022 . Revolver . 7 May 2021.
  14. News: 8 Questions You Wanna Ask about Megaport Festival . . Central News Agency . 17 April 2022 . 24 March 2022.
  15. News: Wang . Yvonne . Hsu . Kama . Megaport: Taiwan's Iconic Music Festival . 17 April 2022 . 6 April 2022 . TaiwanPlus . Central News Agency.
  16. News: Henley. Joe. Live Wire: Chthonic to headline Megaport. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 25 March 2016.
  17. News: Chen. David. Port of call. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 19 March 2010.
  18. News: Chen. David. Day after day. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 3 March 2011.
  19. News: Frazier. David. Live Wire: Get Spiritualized. 10 April 2016. Taipei Times. 7 December 2012.

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