Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/15
By: Yeh Su-ping and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Sept. 15 (CNA) Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said Sunday that it will hold a traditional street party in Taipei later this month to celebrate its 33rd founding anniversary.

The anniversary celebrations will be held under the theme "Party in Taiwan" and will include musical performances, exhibitions, a city bazaar, and seminars, all of which will be open to the public, the DPP said.

The main event on Sept. 28 will take the form of a street party in front of the DPP headquarters on Beiping East Road in Taipei, where bands and musicians of different genres and backgrounds will perform at a concert that will highlight Taiwan's cultural diversity, said Wang Po-chun (王柏鈞), the head of the DPP's communications department and one of the main organizers of the event.

The performers will include Taiwanese folk singer Yang Hsiu-qing (楊秀卿) as well as bands like Dwagie; 1976; Random; the Chairman Band; the Hakka jazz group UrbanCat; and Community Service, a band famous its blends of traditional Taiwanese music and hip-hop and for its Taiwanese language songs, Wang said.    [FULL  STORY]