A major inspiration — Chang called it a “role model for Simple Life” — was a visit in 1993 to Granville Island, an old industrial area in Vancouver that has been converted into a tourism mecca, with art galleries and produce and seafood markets, a market for children, buskers, an art school, and a water park that opens during the summer.
Campo and other outdoor fairs — such as the monthly market held at the Eslite Bookstore Dunnan Branch (敦南誠品書店), which evolved from an illegal street market that popped up outside the store in the evenings — have been developing a similar vibe in Taipei over the past few years.
“Everyone wants to have something to do with the creative market thing,” said Kristy Cha Ray Chu (曲家瑞), director of Shih-Chien University’s (實踐大學) Institute of Fashion and Communications Design, told the Taipei Times last year. “Before, these people used the make these things at home behind closed doors. Now they have a stage.”
With this year’s Simple Life, that stage is about to get a whole lot bigger.
Sky Stage (天空舞台)
Day 1 (Saturday)
2:20pm 1976
3:50pm Crowd Lu (盧廣仲)
5:20pm Khalil Fong (方大同)
7:00pm Jarvis Cocker with special guest Faith Yang (楊乃文)
8:50pm Cheer Chen (陳綺貞)
Day 2 (Sunday)
2:20pm Tizzy Bac
3:50pm Tanya Chua (蔡健雅)
5:20pm Atari Kousuke (中孝介)
7:00pm Brett Anderson
8:50pm Sodagreen (蘇打綠)
Breeze Stage (微風舞台)
Day 1 (Saturday)
1:40pm Totem (圖騰)
3:10pm Taimaica Soundsystem (台買加環繞音效)
4:40pm Miss Stocking (絲襪小姐)
6:10pm Pixel Toy (人山人海)
8:00pm Lin Sheng-xiang (林生祥) and Ken Ohtake (大竹研)
Day 2 (Sunday)
1:40pm Hao-en (昊恩) and Jia-jia (家家)
3:10pm Panai (巴奈)
4:40pm Ma Nien-hsien (馬念先) and MC Hot Dog (熱狗)
6:10pm Ciacia (何欣穗)
8:00pm Deserts Chang (張懸)and Sandy Chen (陳珊妮)
Greenhouse Live Stage (綠音舞台)
Day 1 (Saturday)
2pm 929
3pm Bearbabes (熊寶貝樂團)
4pm Peggy Hsu (許哲珮)
5pm Waa Wei (魏如萱)
6pm 13 (拾參樂團)
7pm Hsu Chia-ying (徐佳瑩)
8pm Jyotsna Pang (彭靖惠)
9pm Bobby Chen (陳昇)
Day 2 (Sunday)
2pm Huang Jie (黃玠)
3pm Nylas (耐拉斯)
4pm Shi Chen-lan (史辰蘭)
5pm Natural Q (自然捲)
6pm Echo (回聲樂團)
7pm Huang Yun-ling (黃韻玲) and Pick (痞克四)
8pm Valen Hsu (許茹芸)
9pm Chang Chen-yue (張震嶽) and Free 9
Streetvoice Stage (音樂自在)
Day 1 (Saturday)
1:10pm PIA
1:50pm Staycool
2:30pm Jacuzzi
3:10pm Queen Suitcase (皇后皮箱)
3:50pm Koumis
4:30pm U.TA (屋塔樂團)
5:10pm Louisixteen (路易十六條柴)
5:50pm AB (白安)
6:30pm Daximen (大囍門)
Day 2 (Sunday)
1:10pm Fran
1:50pm logoS!
2:30pm Joker
3:10pm Passiwali (巴西瓦里)
3:50pm Sunny4
4:30pm Lee Guitars (fingerstyle guitar playing contest)
5:10pm Lee Guitars (guitar composition contest)
5:50pm Ban Ban (斑斑)
6:30pm Monkey Pilot (猴子飛行員)
— Compiled by David Chen