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3 months ago

Nothing Is Coming to Shanghai. Shoegaze Fans, It’s Happening Again

First we got DIIV, and now we've got Nothing? Yeah, shoegaze fans in Shanghai are officially...

3 months ago

Editor’s Picks: Live Music This Week (6.11-14)

Our weekly live music picks.

3 months ago

Editor’s Picks: Live Music This Week (6.5-7)

Our weekly live music picks.

4 months ago

SIFF Returns: 52 Cinemas, “Dune” Double Bills and Tickets on Sale June 5

The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival is back from June 12 to 21, with screenings...

4 months ago

Nearly 200 Illustrators and Art Brands Take Over the Shanghai Exhibition Center This Weekend

A new illustration fair is taking over the Shanghai Exhibition Centre this weekend. Running May...

4 months ago

Inside Shanghai’s Relocated Former School Building, Two New Exhibitions Open

Hidden behind the shopping blocks around Xintiandi sits the former Lagena Primary School, a 1935...

4 months ago

10 Years Later, Sleep No More Shanghai Is Saying Goodbye

After a decade of terrifying, confusing, and existentially damaging audiences, Sleep No More...

4 months ago

Bernard Faucon’s Constructed Childhood, at SIGMA

At SIGMA in Columbia Circle, the new exhibition by French photographer Bernard Faucon runs...

4 months ago

Lie Down, Zone Out: Someone Finally Made a Concert You Can Attend Horizontally

Tired of pretending to enjoy standing for two hours at a gig? Same.LAYLiVE turns Jazz at Lincoln...

4 months ago

Shanghai Illustration & Pop Show (SIPS) Debuts at Shanghai Exhibition Centre in May 2026

The brand-new Shanghai Illustration & Pop Show (SIPS) makes its highly anticipated debut at...

4 months ago

Mercedes-Benz Arena Shanghai’s 15th Anniversary Museum Is Now Open

Celebrate 15 years of Mercedes-Benz Arena Shanghai with a free, immersive anniversary museum...

4 months ago

Underground Art Space Ming Room Celebrates 14 Years with a Four Day Marathon of Offbeat Sounds

Four nights of noise, improvisation, poetry, electronics, and underground experimentation.

4 months ago

Great World Dream: Immersive Theatre, Drinks, and Chaos

Hidden bars, tarot readers, and gangsters collide in immersive Shanghai theatre

4 months ago

Live Music This Week (5.8-5.10)

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4 months ago

A Weekend in Hong Kong: Don’t Miss Affordable Art Fair

Coming to Hong Kong for the weekend? Here’s one cultural stop you really shouldn’t skip.

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