That's right. Canada! Inferno isn't satisfied with just one day to celebrate the red, white and white, and they're hosting a night of Canadian Metal Night, with maple flag man-thongs guaranteed and — oh, is there another country celebrating the Fourth of July? Just kidding! Beer, hot dogs, barbecue and rock'n'roll happening all over Shanghai on Saturday, July 4. Here are just a couple things going down.

* Rooster is celebrating 'MERICA DAY with 'merican beer, 'merican shots heard around the world, corn dogs, chicken freedom wings, liberty burgers, pulled pork sandwiches and more all. day. long. Like, starting at 11am. Tighten your jockstraps. Another early starter is Hop Project. 10rmb beer, wine and grilled cheese at noon; every hour after that, it gets 5rmb more expensive, capping out at 30rmb from 3pm onwards. Boxing Cat Yongfu is doing freeflow on drinks and all kinds of BBQ food from around the world, for a scant 198rmb per person, starting at 2pm and going till late. Big American boy playground Cages is pitching American Backyard BBQ food tents, American fields games for families, hot dog eating competition (2pm), live music, and Karaoke singing some of your American favorites from 6pm til late. 100rmb entry (gets you 100rmb worth of f&b tickets). Kids are free with an adult ticket. Taco-fiends Tacolicious combine two great things ('murrica, Mexica) into one great thing, Texas — I mean corn hot dog tacos. Plus, 40rmb classic American cocktails all evening. Happening at both the Xuhui and Jing'an locations; Jing'an also has a terrace BBQ and a DJ from 6-10pm. The Pearl engages in a bit of light Americappropriation as the Red Stars house band belts out All-American tunes from Aerosmith, Nirvana, Green Day, Bon Jovi, Jimi Hendrix and more. Russians. They do America better. It's delightfully called the Red Stars and Stripes Rock Concert on Friday and Saturday, and is MC'd by the peerless Miss Cocosanti. Pre-sale includes a Brooklyn Lager IPA. Specters is taking a brave stand and saying that, yeah, American Independence is in the news right now and it's all super tragic, but don't All Countries Matter? They're celebrating global voices creating American culture, with DJs Skinny Brown, Tina Turnatrick, Nico Panoramix and Baron Van West providing revolution-friendly music, Spread the Bagel providing non-racist catering and proceeds going to The Bail Project. Starts at 9pm. Yuyintang has West Virginia-born indie rockband FYB on the stage, playing with local friends Domino and Round Eye to celebrate their Indie-pendence Day. 60rmb pre-sale, 80rmb on the door. Starts at 8.30pm! * Check out other Fourth of July events in Shanghai. AMERICA.