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- Hot EDM Action: Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Alok, KSHMR and Dozens More Incoming for New Festival
  
  From the world of drops, builds and ecstatic electronic music comes the news that Calvin Harris, Deadmau5, Alok, KSHMR and about 20 more artists will be headlining and filling out the inaugural MIA festival, on October 13-14. Details are, ahem, missing in action, as the press conference just wrapped up and a few of these guys were supposed to be “mystery guests” (whoops!). Read on
- After Grand Slams, Tennis Rallies On at Shanghai’s Rolex Masters
  
  If you’ve been keeping up with Serena Williams’ catsuit-tutu drama, you may be painfully aware Grand Slam season is almost over. However, your chance to watch your favorite players in the flesh is coming up quick. Shanghai Rolex Masters, our own ATP Masters 1000 Tournament, begins at the end of the October Golden Week. Expect the best in men’s doubles and singles including Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and last year’s victor, Roger Federer. The finals have already sold out, but there are still tickets for the first few rounds on SmartTicket.
- Edition Hotel Books Mykki Blanco For Electric Circus Opening
  
  News from the nexus of hip hotels and underground, transgressive, crazy music performances: the Shanghai Edition has booked Mykki Blanco for the opening night of its Electric Circus nightclub on September 7, and it’s freeeeeeeeeeeeee entry! To get an idea of why this is sort of a big deal, the last time Blanco played in Shanghai, it was one of the biggest and strangest nights The Shelter (RIP) has ever had, as she strutted around the club bare-chested, confronting party-goers and generally turning things out with her riot grrl rap persona. Read on
- Active Shanghai
  
  By Sarah Boorboor
  
  Fitness News: First Look at Physical Therapy Spot UP Clinic
  
  The new UP Clinic offering physical therapy, a new yoga studio in Zhongshan Park, boxing (with the Shanghai Famous!) and more, more more! Read on
  
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- End of an Era: Monkey Champagne Closing This Saturday
  
  It's an end of an era on Donghu Lu, as Monkey Champagne prepares for one final dance this Saturday, September 1. Nine years ago, the club opened as one of the first speakeasies in the city, a quite, sedate place for a fancy cocktail. And then it got... nightlife'd. It's since become a constant on the 90s-babies clubbing circuit. Will it come back? Maybe, say the Monkey people, but it won't be the same. If Champagne and hip-hop are your thing, make them a stop on your Saturday night rounds.
- China Squash Open Next Weekend
  
  Two athletes enter. One athlete leaves. A winner. I'm saying one leaves as a winner, the other one still leaves, they're fine, it's not the Thunderdome here. But it's pretty close! The China Squash Open, which this year has been upgraded to the "PSA World Tour Gold Tournament," is on next weekend (*cough* tickets). Read on
- Madison Kitchen Moving, Bunking With Pirata
  
  Sandwich champs Madison Kitchen announced that they will be moving from their current location on Donghu Lu to Dongping Lu on September 1. They will be bunking up with Pirata on the eastern end of the block, and will reportedly have a new menu. The move represents a kind of home-coming for Madison, which opened in its first incarnation on Dongping Lu all those years ago. Now they are back, in sandwich form, an avocado stone's throw from where it all began.
- Last Call to Register for The Shanghai Marathon
  
  Shanghai International Marathon is on for November but registration will close at 5pm today. The main event will have 8,000 runners, 10,000 for the half-marathon, 7,000 for the 10k, and 10,000 5k. So yeah, it will be huuuge, and there are still spots left for the commitment-phobes. If you want in, head to Shanghai Marathon's official website and create a profile to begin your registration. Reps there say register ASAP by 4pm today as the site will likely be slowed by heavy traffic. The clock's ticking.
- One-Star French Japanese Chef Hiroki Yoshitake Coming to Shanghai
  
  Hiroki Yoshitake is a Japanese chef based in Paris with a Michelin star for his small restaurant, Sola. He’s now packing his knives and his delicate Franco-Japanese sensibility and shipping off to Tsuru, the Japanese restaurant at the Jing’an Shangri-La, for a few nights of special menus in early September. These things – foreign, starry chefs traveling halfway round the world to do short-term engagements – can go either way. Sometimes they run into big challenges, as could be expected when changing kitchens, suppliers, and staff. Sometimes they result in a fresh shot in the arm for the city hosting them. If you want to see for yourself, lunch is six courses for about 450rmb, and dinner is eight courses for about 750rmb. Event details here.
- This Week's Tickets: Rent: The Musical, Shanghai Design Week, Wrestling & So Much Stage Stuff
  
  Man oh man is there a bunch of stuff happening in the latter half of this week. Apart from John Cena and Ronda Rousey at the Mercedes-Benz arena, Rent's 20th Anniversary performance, and the 2018 Design Week, there's also an absurd-sounding Michael Jackson holographic revival show and about half a dozen stage things for young and old. Slava's Snow Show sounds pretty sweet. Read on
- [Friday Five]: Andy Stott, Wonky Kong & Break Dance Battles
  
  Fridays! They just keep coming. This weekend's got a handful of decent stuff, including UK's Andy Stott at ALL, T.Williams at Elevator, Nushu and Bambii at Dada, movies at Cinker and breakdancing at SNIEC. Wait what? Read on
- Yuyintang Park (Finally) Opens On Saturday
  
  Technically the newest addition to the burgeoning Yuyintang empire has been open since back in like May, for a couple shows where they didn't even peel the film off the glass, but with Saturday as their official opening night, we can finally say that Yuyintang Park is definitely 100% absolutely certainly without doubt probably just about ready for primetime. The quick-take! 1) It's in the basement of a mini-mall. 2) It's bigger, louder and has a pub. 3) It's run by familiar titans of the nightlife scene. Towering, leathery-skinned personalities. Dinosaurs. Zing! Got 'em. Impressions and details after the jump. Read on
  
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- Power Station of Art, What to See Right Now
  
  Been down to the Power Station of Art recently? You should. There are four quality exhibitions up right now, spanning contemporary art, Shanghai’s historical architecture, and top-notch Japanese anime. Go for the afternoon. Read on
- Luckin vs. Starbucks: The Coffee Wars, Tested
  
  Have you heard about Luckin Coffee? Do you follow tech-bros on LinkedIn? No? Ok, let me give you the quick summary: coffee delivery company with the deepest of pockets opens 800+ stores across China in less than a year, undercuts and rivals Starbucks (especially since Starbucks does not do delivery themselves – yet). It’s the talk of the tech world, especially since they recently secured a round of funding that values them at more than a billion USD. What all these breathless China Biz articles focus on, however, is the company’s growth, not the actual product. So this afternoon, I took my coffee guru and a bag of Luckin coffee down to the local Starbucks to do a side-by-side comparison. Read on
- Hey, You Can Rent Electra Bikes Now
  
  You don’t have to be Vanessa Hudgens to cruise on a 20,000rmb bike. Noooope. There’s a new luxury loophole: Electra is renting out their American cruisers — cruisers so high fashion Giorgio Armani has a red one hung above his bed. Rentals are available in two Electra locations (in Pudong for 3 months, at the flagship indefinitely) and cost 20-40rmb per hour for kids and adults. You can also get one of their tandem bikes for 50rmb an hour. Can Mobike do that? Deposits range from 300-1,000rmb depending on the bike. Read more about the bikes and celebrities who ride them (the pope!) here.
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Sharpshooters Takeover: The Boys Ar...

With Hip Hop spot Monkey Champagne preparing for relocation, venue regulars DJ Reaper & Big Kerm (SHARPSHOOTERS) reunite for one final time. Prepare for a night of wrestl...

Nightlife | Monkey Champagne

Daily Vinyl presents 1asia Vol.1

Vinyl and party crew Daily Vinyl starts a new pan-Asian event. The first one sees selectors Airbear & Jesse You (Downtown) from Seoul and AZ (Revelation Time) from Osaka....

Nightlife | Elevator

Another Dimension of Jungle

GOOOOSE, Wang Changcun, GUAN and DJ030 join in the avant-garde music circle that's forming on the grounds of Yongfoo Elite, for this special audio-visual presentation / p...

Nightlife | Keep It Quiet
STD Presents: M+RC NOIR Yohood Afte...

STD Presents the official M+RC NOIR Yohood After Party. With performances from kiLLa Crew, VROSKIII, NoFlower and Amber Akilla. 200rmb on the door.

Nightlife | Arkham

WWE Live In China 2018

For the third year in a row, WWE Live mounts the top ropes to drop an elbow directly into Mercedes-Benz Arena. Roman Reigns ring a bell? Seth Rollins? Braun Strowman, plu...

Arts, Sports & Recreation | Mercedes-Benz Arena

Funk & Soul

C's is inviting you to "shake what momma gave ya" with heavy 60s/70s Old School Funk & Soul tunes. From James Brown to Funkadelic-Parliament to The Temptations to Rick J...

Nightlife | C's
Memory Crystallography – Six Repo...

Je Fine Art Gallery hosts in prints and manuscripts from well-known manga artists, memorabilia famous filmmakers, street art from New York, works by Sadamasa Motonaga and...

Arts | Je Fine Art Gallery

Alice’s Adventures Underground (C...

The large-scale immersive drama “Alice’s Adventures Underground” originated in London, and officially launches its Chinese version in Asia. The production brings to...

Arts | Daning Little Manor

MVP Rooftop Pool Party

MVP Events hosts you summer pool party every weekend (sometimes Saturday, sometimes Sunday, make sure to double-check with the organizers) from 12pm to 6pm at Pudong Shan...

Nightlife | Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai
Mondays You Paint, We Pour

It’s time to get your creative juices flowing. Roxie hosts a “You Paint, We Pour” event every monday night. From 6pm-9pm, happy hour is 30rmb on beer/ house wine/ h...

Nightlife | Roxie

BOGO Burger Mondays

Urban Diner does a buy-one-get-one deal on all burgers every Monday. Purchase any burger and a drink and receive the second burger for free. Burgers start from 78rmb.

Dining | Urban Diner Gastropub

Monday Teacher's Night

Every Monday from 7pm until close, Cages throws a party dedicated to all the educators out there. It will feature all the Cages classics: booze, drinking games, and dodge...

Nightlife, Sports & Recreation | Cages Bar and Sports (Jiangning Lu)
Hiroki Yoshitake

The Shangri-La Hotel brings in Japanese chef Hiroki Yoshitake, a Japanese chef who won a Michelin star for his Franco-Japanese cooking in Paris. Six-course lunch at 388rm...

Dining | TSURU

La Vida Loca

After summer break, La Vida Loca is back on Every Tuesday in Bar Rouge. Will brings you the hottest Latin beats. Authentic Puerto de Indias gin & tonic, free salsa and ba...

Nightlife | Bar Rouge

Stand-Up Comedy Open Mic

Shanghai Comedy Club invites you to check out stand-up comedians try out their material at a free comedy show. Open mics are twice weekly at Cages Sports Bar. All are w...

Nightlife | Shanghai Comedy Club
The Love Boat | The NEST X The Swea...

The Nest and The Sweaty Crew are collaborating for a boat party bash. They're inviting you aboard "the love boat" for sun, sailors, sipping , disco & glam. The ride wi...

Nightlife | Yifeng Galleria

MVP Rooftop Pool Party

MVP Events hosts you summer pool party every weekend (sometimes Saturday, sometimes Sunday, make sure to double-check with the organizers) from 12pm to 6pm at Pudong Shan...

Nightlife | Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai

ALL EVENTS

GALLERIES

- August 18, 2018
  
  Dada 9 Year Anniversary Party
  
  @ Dada
- August 18, 2018
  
  Mansion Pool Party #2
  
  @ Hellas House
- August 18, 2018
  
  Mansion Pool Party
  
  @ Hellas House
- August 5, 2018
  
  MVP Rooftop Pool Party
  
  @ Pudong Shangri-La, East Shanghai
- July 28, 2018
  
  Nobody wants to dance
  
  @ Arkham
- May 31, 2018
  
  SUIS Jazz Evening
  
  @ Shanghai United International School (Gubei Campus)
- May 21, 2018
  
  WISS PYP Exhibition
  
  @ Western International School of Shanghai
- April 26, 2018
  
  SUIS Production of Zhuolu
  
  @ Shanghai United International School (Gubei Campus)
- April 20, 2018
  
  WISS International Day
  
  @ Western International School of Shanghai
- March 9, 2018
  
  SUIS Art Show @M50
  
  @ Shanghai United International School (Gubei Campus)