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Russia's Vladivostok holds int'l music festival

Xinhua, August 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

An international music festival opened Friday in Russia's Far East city of Vladivostok, attracting about 300 bands worldwide.

The players at the V-ROX music festival include rock bands such as Britain's Echotape, China's Second Hand Rose, Japan's Love Psychedelico and South Korea's Rock'N'Roll Radio as well as American musician Hanni El Khatib.

The event features not only live concerts and open-air cinema shows but also lectures, panel discussions and creative workshops offered by musicians, experts of the global music industry and owners of festivals and music labels.

The V-ROX music festival first opened in Vladivostok in 2013, and since then it has been held annually in the last weekend of August. Endi