Shop tillyou rock at the mall

Drinking onstage, eating apples or walking around in sandals - that's how folk musicians will perform in the open square of Jinqiao Shopping Mall in Pudong on June 18 and 20.

"These concerts will be free and simple," says Lu Zhongqiang, founder and manager of the Thirteen Month record company. "We'll have close interaction with audiences, and sing about problems and issues that everyone faces in modern urban life."

Folk singers represented by the indie folk rock music company have been active since the early 2000s, becoming increasingly popular among urban music lovers in recent years.