MONDAY
Happy Happy Hoy Hoy Comedy Open Mic @ The Hoy Hoy
Every Monday night, a free stand-up comedy open mic presented by Magners International Comedy Competition finalist Evan Eames, and featuring new material by some of the best comedians from Shanghai’s booming comedy scene.
🕒 8:30pm
📍 88 Songshan Road | 嵩山路88号
TUESDAY
SOA Chamber Concert @ Shanghai Symphony Hall
The Shanghai Orchestra Academy (SOA) is the result of a partnership among the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Maestro Long Yu, Music Director of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, serves as the President of the Academy.
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥60
📍 1380 Middle Fuxing Road | 复兴中路1380号
Royal Opera House: The Nutcracker @ Shanghai International Dance Center
Peter Wright's interpretation of The Nutcracker has been enchanting children and adults alike since its first performance by The Royal Ballet in 1984. Lev Ivanov's 1892 ballet combined with Tchaikovsky's sumptuous, iconic score are presented in a festive period setting with vivid designs to make this a charming and magical production.
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥90 - 120
📍 1650 Hongqiao Road | 虹桥路1650号
WEDNESDAY
Groov Lab @ Elevator
A new weekly house and techno jam at Elevator, bringing together residents of crews like Co:Motion, VOID and micro/wave with up-and-coming talent for nights of dancefloor experiments. This week they have invited Dee, L-N, Baozi, And G-Ray in for some heavy experimental techno.
🕒 10pm
📍 218 Xinle Road | 新乐路218号
Wonderful Wednesdays @ Wet Bar
Classy and hip Bund cocktail lounge (and pool) Wet Bar indulges every Wednesday night from 7pm-9pm. Head down for "The David Hervé Oyster Experience".
🕒 7pm
📍 66 Lvshun Road | 旅顺路66号
THURSDAY
Porter Robinson DJ Set @ Modernsky Lab Shanghai
Broke into the scene in 2010 with “Say My Name”, Porter has taken the EDM world by storm. Nonstop good bangers at shows have made him the hottest act in the scene. This time, Live Nation Electronic Asia invites this music legend all the way to China to throw a party! As Illenium’s dream collab choice, you know his set is the one not to miss!
🕒 8:30pm
💰 ￥280
📍 188 Ruihong Road | 瑞虹路188号
Bingo Night Fever @ Mr & Mrs Bund
"Taste" Your Luck at the French resto at the most popular Bingo night in Shanghai. Huge prizes up for grabs: "GOPRO HERO 6 – dream camera to expand your vision, FOREVER BICYCLE – cycling in style, DUNLOP GOLF CLUB – feeling like a star golfer, HARISON SPACE WALKER – powerful walk at home, XIOAMI SPORTS TRACKER – smart monitor, NIU SCOOTER – fabulous on the road and more."
🕒 11pm
💰 Free
📍 18 No.1 East Zhongshan Road | 中山东一路18号
Musical: Cinderella @ Shanghai Culture Square
Cinderella is the Tony Award®-winning musical from the creators of South Pacific and The Sound of Music that's delighting audiences with its surprisingly contemporary take on the classic tale. This lush production features an incredible orchestra, jaw-dropping transformations and all the moments you love-the pumpkin, the glass slipper, the masked ball and more-plus some surprising new twists! This show is in Chinese.
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥180 - 880
📍 597 Middle Fuxing Road | 复兴中路597号
FRIDAY
The Punchline Comedy Club Whose Line Is It Anyway? @ Cages Bar and Sports
The TV series, Whose Line is it Anyway?remained a massive hit in the UK for over a decade and now enjoys the same success in the USA after Channel 4 sold the show to NBC. According to The Times, this show with its new cast is “Pure talent, better than the TV show!” The five renowned comedic alchemists promise to hit comedy gold by taking scenarios, genres, phrases and props suggested by the audience and turning them into a hilarious array of sketches, songs, comic dramas and more.
🕒 8:30pm
💰 ￥290
📍 428 Jiangning Road | 江宁路428号
DA.TE DANZA: What is My Name? @ Shanghai International Dance Center
Childhood itself comes to life in this playful ballet for parents and young ones. Step into a world where anything is possible and imagination is the lifeblood of all on stage. Brought to you by the Spanish contemporary dance company DA.TE DANZA, through language and movement, join them on a journey full of play and discover what is your name.
🕒 7pm
💰 ￥120 - 580
📍 1650 Hongqiao Road | 虹桥路1650号
Years of Tranquility: Ton Koopman Conducts The Seasons @ Shanghai Symphony Hall
Born in Zwolle (The Netherlands) Ton Koopman had a classical education and studied organ, harpsichord and musicology in Amsterdam. As organist and harpsichordist Ton Koopman has appeared in the most prestigious concert halls of the world and played the most beautiful historical instruments of Europe.
🕒 8pm
💰 ￥180 - 580
📍 1380 Middle Fuxing Road | 复兴中路1380号
Russian State Ballet: Swan Lake @ Shanghai Oriental Art Center
After a successful Ballet tour last year, Russian State Ballet is back for their China tour with mesmerising, and captivating full touring ballet production. This will be a wonderful evening out from which you will cherish memories for a long time.
🕒 7:15pm
💰 ￥180 - 680
📍 425 Dingxiang Road | 丁香路425号
SATURDAY
AV Party: Atomic Visual's Five Year Anniversary @ Modernsky Lab Shanghai
Atomic Visual Studio is throwing their own artist-driven block-party in Modernsky Lab, dedicated to visual madness. The line-up includes the like of Beijing's Nova Heart, Chinese electronic music pioneer SHAO, 'future fusion' Duck Fight Goose, new media artist Nenghuo, and open artist group 'Nine Kuai Nine,' aka 9.9.
🕒 8pm
💰 ￥180
📍 188 Ruihong Road | 瑞虹路188号
The Bund Presents StadiumX @ W Shanghai
David and Sullivan are the two halves of Hungarian DJ / Producer duo StadiumX, coming out of Budapest. It's big, high-intensity, progressive, future house, which has taken them to the stages at Tomorrowland, Ushuaia, Sziget Festival, Balaton Sounds and Octagon, systematically annihilating the big stadiums.
🕒 10pm
💰 ￥150
📍 66 Lvshun Road | 旅顺路66号
Metz China Tour @ Yuyingtang
METZ are punk rock incarnate, as those who were there for their last China shows know too well. They are an empathic but artful hammer swing to the status quo. Pure yet intricately arranged redline chaos. Their music is uninhibited and urgent, a kind of sonic venting, a truculent social commentary that bludgeons and provokes, excites and unsettles.
🕒 9pm
💰 ￥120
📍 851 Kaixuan Road | 凯旋路851号
SUNDAY
Joanna Wang Solo Concert @ National Exhibition and Convention Center
Joanna Wang is a Taiwanese-American singer-songwriter, daughter of renowned music producer Wang Zhi-ping. Wang dropped out from Gabrielino High School when she was 16. Her debut album, Start from Here, was released in 2008 and reached No.1 in Taiwan and has been popular throughout Southeast Asia.
🕒 7:30pm
💰 ￥280 - 880
📍 333 Songze Avenue | 崧泽大道333号
Salsa Sunday Party @ Pentalounge
Every Sunday the cozy pentalounge turns into a hot spot for Shanghai's salsa dance lovers. Weekly rotating DJs bringing the Cuban sound on stage. Tickets are 30rmb at the door and including one drink.
🕒 5pm
💰 ￥30
📍 1525 Dingxi Road | 定西路1525号
Ceremony China Debut Tour @ Bandai Namco Dream Hall
Since the last album “Distance” in 2013, Ceremony is mainly the solo moniker of John Fedowitz. He has recently shifted his name to CEREMONY EAST COAST and announced the upcoming 5th album titled “East Coast” to be released in May 2018. After joining John’s friend Oliver Ackermann and the band A Place to Bury Strangers for a tour in 2016, Ceremony is ready to rock again. Join the ride!
🕒 8:30pm
💰 ￥150 - 200
📍 179 Yichang Road | 宜昌路179号
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