Qualla: Spring Scream https://qualla.com/spring-scream en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:18 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/spring-scream-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Spring Scream https://qualla.com/spring-scream Spring Scream: Introduction https://qualla.com/spring-scream/ Photo credit Everlong, CC BY-SA 3.0. Wade Davis and Jimi Moe were Americans living in Taiwan in the mid-1990s, and they had a simple idea: throw a music festival on the beach at the southern tip of the island each April when the weather was perfect and the tourists hadn't yet arrived. The first Spring Scream, in 1995 in the Year of the Pig, ran for three days at a venue called Magic Studios. Bands sold their own merchandise from stalls; someone printed hand-dyed shirts. At its peak the festival hosted up to 300 acts on 8 stages, added a film festival, art exhibitions, and camping, and became the defining music event of Taiwan's outdoor festival calendar. The last editions under the original organizers ran around 2018–2019; a revival attempt in 2019 under new management drew almost no one, and the festival as originally constituted has not returned since.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/spring-scream-wp/wevv-spring-scream-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Spring Scream: A Festival Born from Expat Enthusiasm https://qualla.com/spring-scream/ Photo credit Everlong, CC BY-SA 3.0. Davis and Moe organized the first Spring Scream with the energy of people who had never run a major event and weren't yet certain they were doing it. The early years had the handmade quality of the best small festivals: bands cooked food for each other (a tradition that ended aft...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/spring-scream-wp/wevv-spring-scream-a-festival-born-from-expat-enthusiasm.mp3 0:06 2 full Spring Scream: The Rules That Shaped the Sound https://qualla.com/spring-scream/ Photo credit Everlong, CC BY-SA 3.0. Spring Scream's organizers made a decision in 1998 that shaped the festival's identity for years afterward: all bands had to perform at least one original song. The following year they tightened the rule further — all music had to be original. No covers, no tribute acts. This was...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/spring-scream-wp/wevv-spring-scream-the-rules-that-shaped-the-sound.mp3 0:06 3 full Spring Scream: Kenting as the Setting https://qualla.com/spring-scream/ Photo credit Everlong, CC BY-SA 3.0. The festival's location matters as much as its lineup. Kenting in early April sits at the edge of the warm season — the sea is clear and still-warm enough for swimming, the air temperature hovers in the low-to-mid twenties Celsius, and the typhoon season that will eventually clos...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/e/v/v/spring-scream-wp/wevv-spring-scream-kenting-as-the-setting.mp3 0:06 4 full Spring Scream: The Chinese Zodiac and the Name https://qualla.com/spring-scream/ Photo credit Everlong, CC BY-SA 3.0. Each year, Spring Scream adds the current Chinese zodiac animal to its name — Year of the Pig, Year of the Rat, Year of the Ox — cycling through the twelve animals of the traditional calendar. The practice started in 1995, the Year of the Pig, and has continued unbroken since. It...

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