Indie Da LAB has composed a special song dedicated to the music festival (Photo from the band’s Fanpage) Hanoi (VNA) -More than 10,0000 people are expected to attend a music festival aimed atconnecting all people together despite their age or interests.
Entitled Bridgefest20128 Connecting People, the concert, which will beheld in Hanoi on January 20, aims to break down gender, income, physical,geographical, cultural and religious barriers to promote equality and socialintegration.
Thefestival, co-organised by Oxfam and the US Embassy in Vietnam, in cooperationwith Wake It Up and Hexagon JSC, will be a bridge for youth groups andcivil society groups to come closer through music, guest speakers, andcommunity activities.
It will present a line-upof well-known artists and singers from Vietnamand the United States, who will mix diverse music genres, such as pop,ballad, dance, R&B, EDM, and remix.
Youth idol Son Tung M-TPwill present songs and two indie bands, Da LAB and Ngot, will fill the festivalwith lyrics about an innocent soul full of dreams. Da LAB has composed aspecial song dedicated to the festival.
“We named the song AiCung Nhu Ai (Everyone Is the Same). It is about the people who have tobear inequality. It is also a warning to all the people that everyone is thesame,” band member Tran Minh Phuong told a press conference last week.
Rapper Den Vau, singer YenLe, rapper Kimmese, and “The Voice Vietnam 2013” winner Vu Thao My, will providea variety of modern music.
ILL-AbilitiesTM, aninternational break dancing crew with physical disabilities from the US willprovide performances that have inspired audiences around the world.
“Every crew member hasa physical disability, but they have overcome their personal challenges to beable to perform top break dancing movements. They have inspired thousands ofpeople,” said cultural attaché of the US Embassy, Marcia Anglarill.
BridgeFest 2018 will notonly be a diverse music festival, but also a space for exhibitions,installations and dialogues.
Babeth Ngoc Han Lefur,country director of Oxfam in Vietnam said music was a great way to accessinformation, knowledge and connect people./.
VNA
