7 brilliant things to do this weekend in Shanghai

Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance

Until Thursday 25, SAIC Shanghai Culture Square, 80-850RMB

World renowned choreographer Matthew Bourne's seriously impressive Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance has landed in Shanghai. This dazzling ballet has won the hearts of thousands and smashed box office records across the UK and the USA since its premiere. We spoke to Bourne himself about 30 years in the business, and why he didn't want people to think he was jumping on the vampire bandwagon check out the interview on our website.

Kafe Hu

Friday 19, On Stage, 60RMB

Chengdu-based rapper Kafe Hu has been dropping witty, insightful lines over soulful, jazzy beats for years, but this is his first nationwide tour. This show at On Stage marks the release of his new album 27: The Code of Lucifer - check out one of his tracks and read our full interview with Kafe Hu on our music page.

Shanghai Book Fair

Wednesday 17-Tuesday 23, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, 5-10RMB

The Shanghai Book Fair is back for another year at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre, and will host more than 40 authors, 500 publishers and a dizzying 600 events for the city's bibliophiles. The week-long book fair includes Shanghai International Literary Week, Shanghai International Poetry Festival and London Book & Screen Week, so head on over to snatch up some summer reads. Catch key dates and authors not to miss here.

BEATS + BITES: Sean Jorgensen + PCJ

Saturday 20, Bonobo, 288RMB (40 seats per night)

Sean Jorgensen and DJ PCJ kick off the first in the four-part event BEATS + BITES, presented by Bonobo and Social Supply. Each installment of the series pairs a Shanghai chef with a DJ and is, in their own words, "celebrating the intersection of food x music". This inaugural dinner starts off hard with "dirrty south cookin'" and old skool hip hop. So basically, listen to some great jams while tucking into some solid grub. We're down.

Day Slugs

Saturday 20, 2pm, POP American Brasserie, Free (with RSVP)

The UK-founded, hugely influential and forward-thinking label Night Slugs presents a special all-day event featuring Kingdom heading up the performances. There'll be food stalls and shops too before things migrate westwards as Bok-Bok, L-Vis 1990 and Kingdom take over Arkham for the night. It's a stellar line-up of UK talent.

China Social Club pres. Peggy Gou

Saturday 20, 10pm, Elevator, 80RMB (70RMB with WeChat scan)

PCJ and Frau bring in Berlin based Korean artist Peggy Gou. First through a regular stream of high quality mixes and now with her first EP Art of War, her sound sits somewhere between Detroit, London and Berlin. Her DJ sets are a kinetic combination of dark, pulsing house and techno, broken beats and abstract compositions. Support from the Social Club duo.

VOID 9 years Strong

Saturday 20, 10pm, The Shelter, 40RMB

VOID have been a shining light in Shanghai's techno world for longer than most of the clubs they play in have existed, and now they're celebrating their ninth birthday. They will be unleashing the beat with a seven-hour performance from all crew members - Sh_Ultra, MHP, Nat Alexander, Nmlss, Provoda and Wensen.