The Shelter
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AREA:
French Concession
METRO:
Shanghai Library, 5 mins. walk
HOURS:
Wed-Sat, 9pm-late
CARDS:
None
DOOR CHARGE:
Door charge for special events
WEB:
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Editor's Description
Last updated: July 22, 2011
Stalwart of the underground dance music scene, The Shelter provides a forum for both locally-based independent electronic artists and DJs, and new international alternative dance acts. A converted bomb shelter, the club is dark, sweaty, black, loud, and thumping. Virtually every single Shanghai independent promoter has a weekly or monthly party therein, and so music ranges on a given night from Reggae to IDM to Drum n Bass to Electro to Hip Hop. Drinks are cheap (for real cheap) and cover ranges from 10rmb to 50rmb depending on whose playing.
Masamune, Sep 11, 11
The address on smartshanghai's app for iphone is completely wrong!!! You'd better fix it
drugo_1986, Sep 07, 11
Nice place underground, nice music and nice people, one problem is very hot...
ADeLarge, Jul 28, 11
Atmospheric, unique, amazing. If you want to dance, just dance, The Shelter is your place.
looking for, May 17, 11
HELP ! Im looking for a very nice girl from lebanon. i had seen her from 13 to 14 may on the street in front of the shelter.Karibdis, Feb 28, 11
Recent Pete Rock show was let down by bad organisation: over-crowded, over-priced and shitty sound. A great shame after the great DJ Premier show last yeargemmadog, Jan 01, 11
Great venue. the music is a garbled pill of shit though, i went several times expecting to here great nasty ass electro, instead i was fed a load of horrible mash up shit that almost made me vomit!
joha, Jun 13, 10
My absolute favorite. One of the only places in town that actually successfully promote underground music and culture! Without places like this, Shanghai would be boring boring boring... Awesome music and interesting acts coming in all the time.Nadja la lune, Jun 10, 10
Awesome underground location and totally my kind of music.dubstep,drum n' bass,reggae.jlcarthen, Dec 24, 09
Free the wax and uprooted sunshine work hard to bring the most fantastic musicians to the shelter: eliot lipp, clive chin, the gaslamp killer, dj krush, and the list goes on... great venue for music, dancing, and people.
elfinnegan, Feb 23, 09
Saw People Under the Stairs here and had a fantastic time navigating the low tunnels.... and 93 more
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