This National Day holiday, domestic and world percussionists will gather for the 16th Shenzhen Percussion Culture Festival, one of China’s largest and most influential percussion events.

A performance from a previous edition of the percussion culture festival.

Free performances will feature drummer Rich Huang from China’s Taiwan, Japanese jazz drummer Izumi Koga, Venezuelan drummer Jair Mayorga, the An Zhishun Percussion Art Troupe, and crossover collaborations with jazz groups from across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

Huang is also a songwriter and composer whose work spans pop, classical, jazz and traditional music. He has been promoting jazz drumming for more than four decades.

Koga, a Berklee College of Music graduate, has taught jazz drumming in China for nearly 20 years and is currently an instructor at Beijing Contemporary Music Academy.

Events

Percussion competition: Oct. 1-2

Lecture: 8-9 p.m., Oct. 1

Venue: 2/F, Futian Dream Space, Futian Culture and Sports Center, 8 Jingtian Road, Futian District (福田區景田路8號福田文體中心·夢工場二樓)

Metro: Line 2 to Lianhua West Station (蓮花西站), Exit A, and then walk west for 700 meters

Percussion culture exhibitions:

Oct. 1-5

Venue 1: 2/F, Futian Dream Space, Futian Culture and Sports Center, 8 Jingtian Road, Futian District (福田區景田路8號福田文體中心·夢工場二樓)

Metro: Line 2 to Lianhua West Station (蓮花西站), Exit A, and then walk west for 700 meters

Venue 2: City Hub, Futian District (福田區深圳之眼購物中心)

Metro: Line 2, 10, 11, 14 to Gangxia North Station (崗廈北站), Exits 2-6

Concerts

Expect an exciting blend of tradition and modernity at three free shows featuring Huang, Koga, Mayorga and others.

Traditional Chinese percussion: 3-4:20 p.m., Oct. 4

GBA percussionists: 7-9 p.m., Oct. 4

World percussionists: 6:30-9 p.m., Oct. 5

Venue: South Square, InJoy, 126 Zhongkang Road, Futian District (福田區中康路126號卓悅匯購物中心南廣場)

Metro: Line 4 or 9 to Shangmeilin Station (上梅林站), Exit L

Food discounts

Audience members for the three concerts can present their digital tickets to receive discounts at participating restaurants on Bagua 1st Road (八卦一路) from Oct. 3-6. A well-known food street for more than 30 years, the road offers a wide range of regional Chinese cuisines, including Chaoshan, Cantonese, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hubei and northeastern Chinese dishes.

Metro: Line 9 to Yuanling Station (園嶺站), Exit A