11 Best Performances This Week

The weekend is rolling around again, time to drink away the misery of the office and shake your butt off to the glory of the Shanghai music scene. So let’s get the low down on where your best to head to get your tail feather shaking fix.

THURSDAY 19TH

XO Wine Night

XO hosts a wine night weekly so that Shanghai wine lovers can hang out and drink up whilst familiarizing themselves with all of XO’s stock. There are also nipples and canapés, a nice civilized evening. Make sure you download the APP to become and member and sign up.

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Address: 237 Hengshan Lu

Price: RMB 150

FRIDAY 20TH

HOLLY SH*T present: La Dame Noir 

DJs/club owners and producer are teaming up to put on a banging night at elevator this Friday. These DJs have been bringing their own spice to the French electro scenes in Paris for the last ten years. Their tracks have regularly been played by the BBC as well as a host of other networks.

Time: 10pm

Address:  4/F 218 Xinle Lu

Price: RMB 80

Space and Sound after Work Party

Get you drink dance and dine on every Friday on the cut rooftop. Great deals on food and drinks and music by Pedro and Rafa & Lise Olsen, what more could you look for on a Friday night?

Time: 7pm

Address:  7/F 999 Huaihai Zhong Lu

Price: No cover

Deep House, Sax, Drum, Techno

These guys are really hotting up their journey through deep house to techno. Seriously worth checking out at C’s this Friday. This underground city and then get lower.

Time: 10pm

Address:  685 Dingxi lu

Price: No cover

Faith Metal Night

Into your metal? Good cause this is going to be sexy AF. On The Verge Of Extermination, The Naraka and Many Faced God are all going to be in the samne place at the same time. Inferno… Ready?

Time: 9pm

Address:  Bund Square, Unit 6-103, 1/F, 658 Dapu Lu

Price: RMB 80

SATURDAY 21ST

SNAP! Birthday

Local queer/pansexual/anysexual party is going to be biggggg. They are taking the bund by storm at partying in style in W Shanghai’s WOO bar. Expect glamour, expect drag, expect the best Shanghai has to offer. 

Time: 9pm

Address: 4/F, 66 lvshun Road

Price: Early Bird RMB150, On the door RMB 200

Throwing Shade

Get your cosmic pop on. Joint Antidote and Throwing Shade for some surreal pop and R&B, the London based singer and producer is a pretty big deal who has recently been commissioned by the Tate Modern to produce track exhibits.

Time: 10pm

Address: 115 Xingfu Lu

Candor: The Enchanted

Candor present their new show The Enchanted based on ‘Le Crazy Horse De Paris’ a famous French cabaret. If we know candor, this is set to be mesmerizing. 

Time: 10pm

Address:  3/F 57 Maoming Lu

Price: RMB100-RMB 250

DaHaHaHaLand

Local pop/rock band play at Harley’s Underground and with joined by The Edited Ark – acoustic prog rock duo.

Time: 9pm

Address:  265 Nandan Lu

Price: No Cover

Elefante 5th year Anniversary

When Elefante parties it’s always a big one. Make the most of the big discount for booking in advance, They are hosting an Ibiza (small island off the coast of spain, get your geography on) themed party. There will be food, Djs and lots to drink. Tickets come with tokens for food and drinks.

Time: 12pm

Address:  20 Donghu Lu

Price: RMB 280 early bird, RMB 380 on the door

Peep Show Burlesque

Peep Show Burlesque at Candor bringing all the sex and glamour that burlesque has to offer to the middle of downtown Shanghai.

Time: 10pm

Address: 57 South Maoming Road

Price: RMB 100

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