Despite searing heat, thousands of music fans attended the inaugural Wanderland Music Festival held at the brand new Globe Circuit Events Grounds in Makati City. Local and international artists provided near non-stop entertainment for over 12 hours, and after the amps fell silent at a little past 1 a.m. Sunday morning, it seemed like Manila’s attempt at a proper indie music festival was a smashing success.
Patterned after popular music festivals like California’s Coachella, Australia and Singapore’s Laneway, the UK’s Parklife and Japan’s Summersonic, Wanderland attracted music-loving audiences whose tastes lay somewhere between the mainstream and the obscure. Popular electronic act Taken By Cars kicked things off at a few minutes past 1 p.m., two hours after gates opened.
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