Upcoming Events in Shanghai

2026-10-04

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...

Daily until Oct 4 @ SmSh Territory

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...

Today @ Illum

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...

Today @ Dirty House (INS)

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

[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...

Today @ 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,...

Today @ Abbey Road

2026-10-05

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,...

Tomorrow @ Abyss Club

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...

Tomorrow @ FENRIR

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,...

Tomorrow @ Yuyintown Basement

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...

Tomorrow @ Coven by Cave

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...

Tomorrow @ Slurp&Sip

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

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....

Tomorrow @ Zup Pizza Bar

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

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...

Tomorrow @ JZ Club (Hengshan 8)

From ¥ 168

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...

Tomorrow @ Star@ Culture Center

From ¥ 260

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

2026-10-06

Live Concert: Music of the Silk Road · Echoes of the Tang Dynasty

This performance explores reconstructed music from ancient China through historically informed performance. Using restored instruments and decoded scores, the concert presents how Tang-era music...

Oct 6, 31 @ Changjiang Theatre

From ¥ 218

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

Daily until Oct 6 @ Liverse

Sound from Austria: Vienna Boys Choir Concert

The Vienna Boys Choir returns with a program celebrating Austrian musical traditions alongside beloved works from opera, film, musical theatre, and folk music. Conducted by Manuel Huber, the...

Tue, Oct 6, 2026 @ SHOAC

From ¥ 180

Sweet Tie

Ningbo instrumental rock outfit Sweet Tie hits the road in support of their newest LP Ananke. A stark departure from their more tender previous releases, the young band looks to up their game here...

Tue, Oct 6, 2026 @ Yuyintown Basement

Outdoor Live Music by Madalitso

Born and raised in Zambia, Madalitso works as an engineer by day and performs as a musician on weekends and occasional evenings. His music draws inspiration from artists including John Mayer, Jake...

From Oct 6 until Oct 17 @ Abbey Road

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Upcoming Events in Shanghai

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