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Death and rebirth on Julu Lu -- the Da Tong Mill rises from the grave. Read more...
Behind bookshelves and phone booths, inside office buildings and furniture stores... Entering passwords and drinking dog dicks... Read more...
Real bad news if you own a business on Shaanxi Nan Lu between Fuxing Lu and Jiashan Lu. In just the last few days, half of the shops have been covered up with bricks, marked with signs that say "停业" (shut down), while remaining businesses are... Read more...
"Let's go to Amber " -- famous last words spoken by many around 5.14am, when normal bars close and normal people go to sleep, or hook up, or order McDonald's delivery, or wake up... Read more...
This just in: The Mansion x MIDI Electronic Music Festival is going down during the Dragon Boat Festival from June 9-11 at
Openings are fun, but everyone loves a good closing. Here's ELEVEN recently shuttered venues for your favorite SmartShanghai page -- our Closed Venues... Read more...
A few years ago, America's second biggest sandwich chain Quiznos looked doomed. They faced class-action lawsuits from franchisees in 2006 and filed for
Imagine a Perry's bar inside a train station KTV. Then fill it with characters you only know from WeChat moments (how I found the place), a lanky Shanghainese DJ with neck tats... Read more...
Hey kids. If you're headed to this Nexxus EDMz festival at the west end of Line 2 -- the one with 40rmb water -- here's how it's going down. Also, Shanghai trap rappers
Heads up, Jing'an. If you're looking for a house / disco dance party on Wednesday night, vinyl bar URVC has a good one with Mau Mau from the Co:Motion crew hosting UK radio
A classic, quality, cheap meal. You can fail at life, but you cannot fail at making hotpot in your home. Read more...
We reject a lot of events at SmartShanghai, usually because they're missing information, or written in a strange, promotional dialect of English. Other times, it's because the event just looks bad . We originally rejected the post for the... Read more...
Playboy is trending this month after they announced that they'll soon stop featuring nude models in their magazine. Coincidentally, a fake Playboy... Read more...
Hey kids. How's it going down there, in the trap? Bass music pusher / Shanghai's number one fitted-hat collector Conrank has a new EP out, entitled Ma Fan . The... Read more...
This week in "Events We're Not Invited To But We'll Show Up Anyway", the biannual Shanghai Fashion Week is back at Xintiandi from tonight until next Wednesday, October... Read more...
File this under "The Death Of Culture". Hotel fortune heiress turned reality star turned EDM DJ Paris Hilton is playing Luce della Vita on Friday night. That's the massive club... Read more...
Hey kids / target market! Looks like a STORM is headed our way. But don't believe the hype -- typhoons are a myth in Shanghai. Just some extra rain. Anyway, here's the full schedule and timeslots for this Saturday & Sunday's
Just riding a double wave of bu hao here on Tuesday morning. Bon Jovi had to cancel his show in Taipei last night due to... Read more...
Heads up to anyone looking for an after-after party on Saturday or Sunday afternoon, i.e. Amber is closing and going home is scary. Downtown is
Fix up, look sharp, Bund kids. Unico is turning three tonight. Hey that's no easy feat -- just ask Read more...