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2016 MTA Festival

Date: Sept 3-4 - 10 am

Venue: Sky Desert Natural Scenic Area

Price: 600-800 yuan

The newly launched Chinese music festival, MTA Festival is stepping into the league of SXSW and Coachella, making a unique Chinese cultural symbol and emerging global music festival brand under the desert stars, 90 km from Beijing at Sky Desert. The Festival is a collection of trending music, the experience of emerging technology, multimedia art performances, installation art exhibitions and much more. With their amazing spirit, artists will transform the desert into a new galaxy, creating a dreamy experience of antigravity, surrounded by nine "planets".

2016 Longines Beijing Masters

Date: Sept 3-4 - 10 am

Venue: National Stadium

Price: 50-5,800 yuan

The three-day 2016 Longines Beijing Masters will involve four classes - Challenge Class 100-110 centimeters, Team Championship Class 115-125 centimeters, BMW Elite Class 130-135 centimeters and Longines Grand Prix 140-150 centimeters. Each class will engage more than 140 of China's finest show-jumping horses worth more than 100 million yuan ($15 million). There will be about 100 professional housekeepers taking care of the horses in temporary tents covering over 6,000 square meters. The course routes are designed by Frank Rosenberg, an international four-star (highest level) course designer who was part of the design of show-jumping routes for the Olympic Games and many spectacular international events.