Music gala ready to rock the peninsula

As Qingdao basks in the limelight as nation's capital of sailing and the city of films, it has also written a score to become the peninsula of music. A string of top-notch cultural events in the city this summer includes the fourth Inter City Music Festival that opens on Aug 12.

Japanese-Brazilian singer Lisa Ono will kick off this year's music festival on the night of Aug 12 with a bossa nova concert at the Qingdao Grand Theater .

Other activities will be concentrated in a three-day carnival on Golden Beach in Huangdao, part of Qingdao's Economic and Technological Development Zone. The island is linked to downtown Qingdao by the world's longest sea bridge and a underwater tunnel.