FRIDAY 17
Woke Up Like This: Women artist showcase
Female performers from various walks of life come together to perform for a worthy cause. Join a night of improvisation, dance, music, and organised chaos at My Place Ruin Bar. Celebrate the beauty and strength of women all over the world. All donations go to Sunflowers, and NGO that supports children in areas with high proportions of slums, brothels and organised crime.
My Place Ruin Bar 1788 Xinzha Lu. 8.30pm. Free.
St Patrick's Day
Happy St Paddy's Day! Long press and extract the QR code above to check out drinks deals and special events taking place across the city to help you get your Irish on.
Alipine Decline
Formerly Beijing-based husband and wife psych-rock duo Alpine Decline make a very welcome return to China and to Shanghai, with brilliant labelmates Dream Can, plus Mirrors - two of our Shanghai bands to watch in 2017 - in support. Don't miss.
Harley's 265 Nandan Dong Lu. 9pm. 90RMB; 70RMB (presale).
OMI
Jamaican singer OMI - best known for the song 'Cheerleader', which became an international hit after it was remixed by Felix Jaehn, brings some tropical vibes to Linx as part of his debut China tour.
Linx 98 Huaihai Zhong Lu. 9pm. 125-225RMB.
Aurora Halal
Goooose aka Hanhan, the leading man from Shanghai band Duck Flight, joins forces with Say Yes under his centuars guise to bring New York-based musician, event producer, visual artist and video maker Aurora Halal to Yuyintang. She is the creator of NYC’s underground party series Mutual Dreaming, and co-creator of Sustain-Release, a music and arts festival in Upstate NY. Shadowy and psychedelic, her live hardware and DJ sets have a hazy sensuality and dance floor intensity.
Yuyintang 851 Kaizuan Lu. 11pm. 60RMB.
Chic'n'pop: Back2Back
Chic’n’Pop with DJ S.Kiv and Kadwell going b2b. Expect nu soul, disco, funk and hip-hop twists. Free entry with the password COCO until midnight.
Unico 3 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu. 10pm. Free.
Secret Party
MVP and Birra Viola present a secret party, so secret in fact that they want to spread the word via this website. The 'luxury venue' will be revealed few hours before the event. There's a 1920s prohibition theme, a live band and DJs creating a night to swing and charleston the night away. RSVP to events@mvpshanghai.com to receive location details.
Wil Sylvince
Wil Sylvince (Chris Rock's Top 5, Chappelle's Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and more) is coming to KFK as part of his China tour, featuring Byron Murphy, Lincoln Daw and Storm Xu; hosted by Laurent Dupont.
Kung Fu Comedy Club 1 Xiangyan Bei Lu. 9pm. 200RMB; 170RMB (presale).
From Forbidden City to Hutungs of Peking
Conductor Yu Long leads the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in an eclectic programme of Aaron Avshamalov's symphonic poem Hutungs (sic) of Peking, Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No.1, Paganini's Sonata for Gran Viola and Orchestra, and Manfred Honeck's Turandot Suite. With Scott Lee (viola) and Yalun Wang (piano).
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall 1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu. Fri 17. 8pm. 180-580RMB. Long press and extract the QR code above to buy tickets.
SATURDAY 18
Yeti presents Jameson Day Fest 3.0
Once again, the Yeti DJ crew have teamed up with Jameson and Shanghai's creative community to celebrate St Patrick's day with a daytime bash featuring music, fashion pop-ups, food and more. This time, it's a rooftop party at ArtPlus with awesome views of the Shanghai skyline. Expect three rotating Jameson bars (for cocktails, shots and beer), Daliah's fashion swap shop, beer pong and more, with food by Fly by Jing, Hooked and Daliah.
Art+Space 6F, Building 2 The Cool Docks 579 Waima Lu Zhuhangmatou Jie South Bund. Sat 18. 2-7pm. Free.
Commune Market
Get down to naked HUB on Hunan Lu to check out Commune Market’s spring discoveries. There’s designer jewellery, vintage clothing, decorative art pieces, eyewear, apothecary, hand-crafted beer (Love Shanghai) and more. Designers include Bianca’s Atelier and Cousu fil de Blanc. And on the food front, expect homemade pies, dumplings, curries and tacos.
naked Hub 328 Hunan Lu. 11am-7pm. Free.
The JZ Shindig
While JZ might be guilty of a little hyperbole by claiming that this will be 'a shindig of epic proportions', it does sound like a fun event, with live music and swing dancing lessons along with appearances from Jade Lee, Little Happiness and Lulu Galore all in the mix.
JZ Club 158 Julu Lu. 8pm. 150RMB; 100RMB (presale).
Benji B
Benji B went from London’s club scene to working as music consultant and producer on Kanye West’s Yeezus, starting successful London night Deviation on the way. Expect soulful electro to hip-hop, house and beyond.
Le Baron 20 Donghu Lu. 9pm. Free.
Ambient Night
Alpine Decline, GOOOOOSE, Swimful and L-N hit Uptown's Pingwu Lu basement for an experimental early evening show courtesy of Hippo Tank and Basement 6.
Basement 6 115 Pingwu Lu. 5pm. 40RMB.
SUNDAY 19
Rudolf Buchbinder’s Beethoven Sonata Cycle (II)
Rudolf Buchbinder is one of today’s legendary performers. For more than 50 years he has appeared in concert all over the world with the most renowned orchestras and conductors.
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Hall 1380 Fuxing Zhong Lu. 7.45pm. 80-300RMB. Long press and extract the QR code above to buy tickets.
Beauty and the Beast
The virtue of courage is high up on the list of Disney princess must-haves (just below kindness, beauty and a strapping prince in tight trousers). And three cheers for director Bill Condon and star Emma Watson for having the courage to make a live-action musical adaptation of the adored 1991 animation with 2017 gender politics and a diverse cast. Not only is Belle the most feminist Disney princess ever, Beauty and the Beast also features the first (and second) ever interracial kiss in a live-action Disney movie and the first openly gay character in a Disney movie fullstop.
Cinemas around Shanghai. Long press and extract the QR code above to buy tickets.
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