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2026-10-03

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AFROWAVE Presents MFR Souls Live in Shanghai

AFROWAVE brings South African Amapiano duo MFR Souls to Shanghai for a night of music and dancing. The lineup also features DJs and talent from across the Afro music scene.

Today @ La Burg

From ¥ 250

HD Screening: West End Stage - Red

This is a high-definition screening of the West End play Red, recorded from a London production. The story focuses on abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko and his creative and philosophical...

Oct 3, 6, 24, 31 @ Wanping Theater

From ¥ 168

Benjamin Grosvenor Piano Recital

British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor brings a solo recital featuring works by Mozart, Beethoven, Scriabin, Liszt and Chopin. The program moves from Mozart's Piano Sonata in B-flat major to...

Today @ Shanghai Concert Hall

From ¥ 180

Calypso x Natura Bissé: The Sunset Social Club

Calypso Restaurant & Lounge at Jing An Shangri-La, Shanghai has partnered with Spanish luxury skincare brand Natura Bissé to present The Sunset Social Club, a limited-time collaboration inspired by...

Daily @ Calypso Restaurant & Lounge

fRUITY Decks Open Decks w/DJ Conggor

Changle Lu record shop fRUITYSHOP hosts a special holiday edition of their fRUITY dECKS open decks with a special instructor DJ Conggor, a turntablist that specializes in Asian rare groove. Event...

Today @ fRUITYSHOP Record Store

Starstar

A far cry from the brooding vacuum of cold wave duo Cephalosis, Kunming singer and producer Hu Jie turns to electro pop under her moniker Starstar. Never tied down to any genre, her latest release,...

Today @ Cedar Land

YĪN YĪN (The Netherlands)

'A melting pot of West Coast psychedelia and Southeast Asian aesthetics' - Holland’s psych grooves master Yīn Yīn return to China for a nationwide tour in support of their latest album Yatta! Over...

Today @ Modern Sky Lab

Yangbing (House Music)

Beijing electronic music OG Yang Bing has been behind the decks since the mid-’90s, helping build China’s underground electronic scene from the ground up. He co-founded the China Pump Factory...

Today @ Dirty House (INS)

Defun First Anniversary

Defun is a lil club up in Putuo with what we hear is a bangin soundsystem. They're turning one years young, which is a long, long time in the life of a Shanghai club. Hats off. Lineup: WeeChee,...

Today @ Defun

Beatz of Africa (Afrobeats, Amapiano, AfroHouse, AfroPiano)

Sound It Events presents a big two-day lineup of new-school African music - Afrobeats, Amapiano, AfroHouse, AfroPiano - at a club down in Songjiang over the October holiday. "The BOA Festival stage...

Today & Tomorrow @ SmSh Territory

Wigwam Soft Bunk 007 (Ambient, Downtempo, Chillllll)

Soft Bunk is Wigwam’s quarterly gathering, where the earthy club/lounge space is transformed with bunk beds of different heights and vibey lights, creating a place to lie down, drift off, and chill...

Daily until Oct 7 @ Wigwam

Space Panda Presents: NIGHTWAVE - Holiday Special Edition ft. ADIS IS OK (HUN)

Space Panda's NIGHTWAVE takes over Electric Circus at The Shanghai EDITION for a National Holiday special featuring Hungarian artist ADIS IS OK. The night brings underground rhythms to the venue...

Today @ The Shanghai EDITION

From ¥ 108

Sandra Samuel Quintet: This Is Ella Fun! — A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald

Sandra Samuel Quintet presents two evenings of music dedicated to Ella Fitzgerald, performing classic works in a jazz setting. The five-piece lineup features vocals, piano, saxophone, upright bass...

Today & Tomorrow @ Jazz at Lincoln Center

From ¥ 168

Candor Cabaret Presents: The Second Chapter of Babylon — After Babylon

CANDOR CABARET presents AFTER BABYLON, the second chapter of its celebrated BABYLON production. The new cabaret brings new characters, a fresh visual style, elaborate costumes, choreography and...

Daily except Mon & Tue @ Candor

From ¥ 200

Guest DJ Cara (China)

DJ and influencer Cara steps behind the decks at La Barra for a one-off night of house, tech house, and Afro house. Known for her lifestyle content on social media, she brings her club-facing side...

Today @ La Barra

2026-10-04

Beatz of Africa (Afrobeats, Amapiano, AfroHouse, AfroPiano)

Today & Tomorrow @ SmSh Territory

Shanghai Independent Music Week 上海独立音乐周开幕夜 (Free Live Music & DJs)

LIVERSE – the new live house located by Line 15’s Guilin Park Station in Xuhui – becomes a refuge for those itching for live music ad DJs during the holidays with the Shanghai Independent Music...

Daily until Oct 6 @ Liverse

Mickey Zhang (Techno, Minimal Techno)

OG Beijing DJ Mickey Zhang is at Dirty House in INS over the October holidays. In the game since the '90s, he's one of the godfather's of China's electronic music scene and was the first Chinese DJ...

Tomorrow @ Dirty House (INS)

Liquid Dolls Presents: Body Heat (Deconstructed Club, Latin Club, Vinahouse, Jersey Club)

Saigon-based DJs Vân Anh and Phát Paris hit Shanghai for the latest edition of Liquid Dolls’ Body Heat series. Both are Boiler Room alumni with a rep for dropping high-energy club music that runs...

Tomorrow @ Illum

[Beijing] Kiloglow Presents: Youth Lagoon 2026 Live

Youth Lagoon is the long-running solo project of Boise, Idaho musician Trevor Powers. From the hazy, reverb-heavy songs of his debut The Year of Hibernation to the more intimate reflections on the...

Tomorrow @ SmSh Territory

From ¥ 230

Outdoor Live Music by Daniel Bowley

Daniel Bowley is a singer and guitarist who has been performing around Shanghai for the past four years. He has played at venues including Shake, House of Blues and Jazz, Jazz at Lincoln Center,...

Tomorrow @ Abbey Road

2026-10-05

Wigwam Soft Bunk 007 (Ambient, Downtempo, Chillllll)

Daily until Oct 7 @ Wigwam

New Noise Presents: PREP China Tour 2026

UK indie favorites PREP return to China for two special shows in Beijing and Shanghai following their sold-out 2023 China tour. Known for blending R&B, electronica, funk, and jazz into their...

Mon, Oct 5, 2026 @ Star@ Culture Center

From ¥ 260

JZ Club Presents: Yao Jiayu Quartet — World Fusion

Singer-songwriter Yao Jiayu leads a multicultural quartet blending Chinese traditional music with jazz, pop and African rhythms. With musicians from China, France, Austria and Cameroon, the group...

Mon, Oct 5, 2026 @ JZ Club (Hengshan 8)

From ¥ 168

Kevin Maxim Quartet: Reflections

Kevin Maxim Quartet presents Reflections, a concert built around songs that carry personal memories, people and important moments. The program moves through Soul, R&B, Jazz, Gospel and Funk, with...

on Oct 5 and Oct 6, 2026 @ Jazz at Lincoln Center

From ¥ 168

The Yard (Day Party w/Hip Hop, House, R&B, Edits)

Neighborhood pizza joint ZUP does another day party in Jing'an, this one with five DJs who you might know from some of the city's hip hop and R&B nights: Raco, Muscle Lee, MMQ, Jellow, and Marky....

Mon, Oct 5, 2026 @ Zup Pizza Bar

Hardcore Afters (Techno, Bass)

Shanghai's home for harder electronic sounds, Abyss, presents "a hardcore afters as an alternative to EDC festival with the most hardcore local artists": Shu, Hazel, LINBO_3, Snakebabe,...

Mon, Oct 5, 2026 @ Abyss Club

松风入户 Pine Wind Comes to Shanghai (Yunnan Food Pop-Up)

Starstar (Xing Zhi Xing), an independent musician from Kunming, is doing a mini-tour around Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai (she's playing at Cedar Land on October 3). After that, she and Lihao aka...

Mon, Oct 5, 2026 @ Slurp&Sip

Destroy the Redemption, Dissolution, CIVILSTRIFE, Oroborus, Heterogeneousrectalecho, K.A.P.

A night of pummeling metal of the more extreme variety - Coven by Cave turns into a den of the scene’s most nefarious metalheads. On the menu, you’ve got Civilstrive - thrash metal out of Hangzhou...

Mon, Oct 5, 2026 @ Coven by Cave

Long Arm, Cat Swimming

Russian electronic producer Long Arm, who has been enveloping listeners in his vividly realized aural world and emotionally fraught beat-scapes for over ten years, utilizes elements of hip hop,...

Mon, Oct 5, 2026 @ Yuyintown Basement

Torturing Nurse (live), Shu Ride (live), 屎壳郎推屎 (live), Extreme John, XDISTR, SCAR, KEIII, ArchBus, UmiNoOku, TripleWood

DARK HAZE, a dark art experimental label from Shanghai, takes over metal bar FENRIR for a bout of noise, hard techno, and other dark sounds with a motley crew of DJs, sound masochists, and...

Mon, Oct 5, 2026 @ FENRIR

The Rolex Shanghai Masters 2026

Juss Sports confirmed the tennis tournament will happen at Qizhong Tennis Center in Minhang, starting from the crazy golden week to the middle of October. Tennis celebrities usually including Novak...

From Oct 5 until Oct 18 @ Qizhong Tennis Center

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AFROWAVE Presents MFR Souls Live in Shanghai

HD Screening: West End Stage - Red

Benjamin Grosvenor Piano Recital

Calypso x Natura Bissé: The Sunset Social Club

fRUITY Decks Open Decks w/DJ Conggor

Starstar

YĪN YĪN (The Netherlands)

Yangbing (House Music)

Defun First Anniversary

Beatz of Africa (Afrobeats, Amapiano, AfroHouse, AfroPiano)

Wigwam Soft Bunk 007 (Ambient, Downtempo, Chillllll)

Space Panda Presents: NIGHTWAVE - Holiday Special Edition ft. ADIS IS OK (HUN)

Sandra Samuel Quintet: This Is Ella Fun! — A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald

Candor Cabaret Presents: The Second Chapter of Babylon — After Babylon

Guest DJ Cara (China)

Beatz of Africa (Afrobeats, Amapiano, AfroHouse, AfroPiano)

Shanghai Independent Music Week 上海独立音乐周开幕夜 (Free Live Music & DJs)

Mickey Zhang (Techno, Minimal Techno)

Liquid Dolls Presents: Body Heat (Deconstructed Club, Latin Club, Vinahouse, Jersey Club)

[Beijing] Kiloglow Presents: Youth Lagoon 2026 Live

Outdoor Live Music by Daniel Bowley

Wigwam Soft Bunk 007 (Ambient, Downtempo, Chillllll)

New Noise Presents: PREP China Tour 2026

JZ Club Presents: Yao Jiayu Quartet — World Fusion

Kevin Maxim Quartet: Reflections

The Yard (Day Party w/Hip Hop, House, R&B, Edits)

Hardcore Afters (Techno, Bass)

松风入户 Pine Wind Comes to Shanghai (Yunnan Food Pop-Up)

Destroy the Redemption, Dissolution, CIVILSTRIFE, Oroborus, Heterogeneousrectalecho, K.A.P.

Long Arm, Cat Swimming

Torturing Nurse (live), Shu Ride (live), 屎壳郎推屎 (live), Extreme John, XDISTR, SCAR, KEIII, ArchBus, UmiNoOku, TripleWood

The Rolex Shanghai Masters 2026

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