Every year in July, over 400,000 music lovers flock to Fulong Beachin Gongliao Township for the Ho-Hai-Yan Rock Festival, Taiwan'sbiggest seaside concert event.Several well-known international performance groups join the stagewith local artists at the festival, where independent music is king. Thecreative and spontaneous energy of the performances has made this amuch-loved event among the younger crowd.