More than 20 bands from home and abroad will perform in Shenzhen and Guangzhou every night from Thursday to Dec. 9, during the seventh Base Bar Music Festival.

French band Less Kro, Beijing-based pop bands Carsick Cars and Yan, Inner Mongolian singer Siqin Gerile and other bands from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Yunnan, Xinjiang, France and Canada will perform at the shows (See schedule below).

Formed in 2003, Yan comprises vocalist and guitarist Tang Ping, bassist Li Jian and drummer Wang Lan. The band stopped performing in 2004 and restarted this year. Yan plays pop and rock music.

A high-pitched, sonorous voice and a talent for music combined to establish the Inner Mongolian girl Siqin Gerile as China’s No. 1 female rock singer. In 2001, Siqin Gerile became an overnight hit with the launch of her first album, “New Age.” That year she won just about every best new vocalist award on the Chinese mainland.

Time: 9 p.m.

Tickets: 30-100 yuan

Base Bar, Nanshan

(根据地酒吧南山店)

Add: Inside West Coast Building, Nanhai Thoroughfare (南海大道西海岸大厦内)

Buses: 19, 70, 80, 113, 226, 230, 328, K113

Tel: 2649-0296

Base Bar, Shangbu

(根据地酒吧上步店)

Add: 1019 Shangbu Road South (上步南路1019号)

Buses: 25, 67, 75, 395

Metro: Ke Xue Guan Station (Science Museum Station 科学馆站), Exit B

Tel: 8363-3533

Xiwo Bar (喜窝酒吧)

Add: 115 Shuiyin Road,

Guangzhou

(广州市水荫路115号)

Tel: (020) 8704-7357,

(020) 3584-0144

(Cao Zhen)