"It's party time, Slick. If you can't find a party, you gotta make one."
Yooooo. This is our weekly, human-curated shortlist of what's on. As always, hit up smartshanghai.com/events/nightlife for much more. Listing events is free - hit us up if you've got something planned.
Promoter/former club System is back with another one of their off-venue pop-up parties, this time in collaboration with the social media app Xiaohongshu, aka Red Note. Here's what they say: "By the Huangpu River stands a school almost forgotten by the city. Hidden between high-rises and warehouses, it remains silent behind closed gates by day, opening only briefly after dark. At the end of the deserted campus lies a long-sealed dormitory, abandoned for years. No one knows what happened behind its locked doors. We chose it as the next stop in our nomadic journey—and transformed it into a new secret base.The lights will come back on, and the dormant building will run again. Across its floors, **16 spaces—including a roller rink, arcade, bar, disco, KTV, laundry room and bathhouse—**reimagine campus life as a nocturnal utopia.And of course, our signature dance experience returns. **Spanning three floors, the roller rink, hidden club and principal’s surveillance room become three stages, each with its own sound and path—**inviting you to follow the music or lose yourself in a nighttime campus festival." Word up. Tickets available via System's WeChat. Address: China Shipping Pavilion, 801 Miaojiang Lu | 中国船舶馆, 苗江路801号
Born in Brazil, Slim Soledad channels São Paulo’s underground into high-speed sets that blur Techno, Baile Funk, Trance, Hard Bass, and Gabber. A founding member of the Chernobyl collective, she’s helped shape Brazil’s club scene while playing cities including London, Paris, and Berlin. Expect relentless rhythms, raw energy, and maximum dancefloor impact. Support from Devils Hole, Skōgul, plus the upstairs room has a Vibrations of the JACK party, with house music from Elijah Something, Jackie 010, run, and Jiahao.
Hot off their three-year anniversary show with Jackzebra, underground promoter KNOT returns to this C-Park club for a night of gabber, hardcore, and more with Parisian artist Paul Seul, the co-founder of the now-defunct, notoriously infamous pioneering hardcore party collective Casual Gabberz, and one of the leading representatives of the French hardcore scene. Joining him are DJ 4D, China’s one and only leading representative of Gabber, Pashrawboi of 100% Hardcore, plus 2G, BX, and KNOT founder Kilo Vee (one of the best DJs in China) to present an authentic hard dance night together. "Take note! It’s not just hard-hitting bangers!"
Shanghai-based promoter Turbo brings OG dark techno producer/DJ Perc to Abyss on his Asia tour. London’s Perc (Ali Wells) has spent two decades pushing techno into darker, heavier territory. As a producer, label boss, and internationally touring DJ, he’s become one of the genre’s defining figures, with releases on Drumcode, Kompakt, CLR, and his own Perc Trax imprint. Known for uncompromising, industrial-leaning sets, he’s played everywhere from Berghain and Fabric to Tresor, bringing a sound that’s equal parts forward-thinking and fiercely physical. Support from PRYMARA, Mansun, Shukai, GaoQiao, and Kylekraig.
C-Park palace of chillness Wigwam hosts London guitarist and producer Mansur Brown, who sits somewhere between jazz, hip-hop, ambient, and electronic music, pulling from everything from 00's Timbaland to Deftones and Dilla. His fluid guitar work drifts through broken rhythms, lush textures, and soulful melodies, creating a sound that’s deeply emotional, quietly experimental, and impossible to pin to any one genre. His newer material, especially NAQI Vol. 1, leans much more toward club music, mixing his signature guitar with Afrobeats grooves and early-2000s hip-hop rhythms. Earlier records like Shiroi and Heiwa are more atmospheric and jazz-influenced. Support from 伶李 Ling Li featuring xiaoxiaoxiao and Kin.J.
Community-focused house and techno club Heim has the sixth volume of their FENGYUN party this Saturday, with a solid lineup of DJs playing some of that good house and techno music. Maybe a little trance. Definitely some colors and textures. Not too hard. Lineup: 小喇叭, NightSwimmer, POTATO, Pinkboialwayscry, and HeShang.
After last year's sold-out event, Homeslice and Noodle Uncle are making their Singapore National Day celebration an annual tradition. This year's SG61 party sees the return of Chef Joey Cheong's Chili Crab Pizza alongside Har Cheong Gai, Homeslice's Singapore Sling Slushies, a new Bandung Soda, and a Mambo Jambo tribute DJ set from Jung & Kelly, celebrating the iconic Sunday afternoon dance parties that became a Singapore institution at Zouk in the 1980s and '90s. Free entry, though they recommend RSVPing via the QR on the flyer.
