There’s no space for alternative music in Hong Kong. No media support, no live venues, no money for rent. That makes things like music festivals all but impossible. As Hong Kong’s most celebrated alternative music store, Zoo Records revealed the hidden sound of indie bands to the public last year. This year, we decided to go even further by bringing them to you…live.

Finally, we found space for them to perform live, the 6 square inches of your mobile phone.1 week before the event, Zoo Records and participating bands announced the music festival through Twitter and Facebook. 2 hours before the concert, free tickets became available at renowned chain stores and Facebook. When scanned with a mobile phone, your mobile screen turned into the venue for the world’s first mobile music festival.8 bands performed over 4 nights, with live online chat and comments for audiences. They could buy albums directly from their phone, and share them across social media.

More than 10,000 attended the festival each night, and countless more got involved as concert clips were shared on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and personal blogs. Zoo Records sold out 80% of the albums for those 8 performing bands. But most importantly, alternative music came alive at tens of thousands of venues all over Hong Kong.