Exciting time to be a trance kid, with two festivals waving glowsticks on the horizon. One is Shalanaya (Sep 21-24), taking place in the great outdoors on the outskirts of Shanghai. Running since 2013, it's the home of manic pixie children, drum circles, tarot cards, the Thunder Dome and third-eye-havers. It's four days of camping near Zhujiajiao Water Town. A four-day pass will cost you 480rmb before September 20. On the very, very opposite end of the scale, Transmission (Aug 18), one of the world's biggest indoor EDM festivals, is transforming the cavernous halls of the National Exhibition and Converntion Center into maaaaad lazer shows. Andy Moor, BT, Driftmoon, Orjan Nilsen, Purple Haze, and Simon Patterson confirmed to perform, tickets are 380-880rmb, available on SmartTicket.
