The best of the weekend
Strawberry Festival
Strawberry Festival
Expo Garden Park, Saturday 30 April-Monday 2 May, 300RMB a day
It's a big weekend of music festivals - perhaps the biggest being Modern Sky's Strawberry Festival at Pudong's former Expo park. Headliners include 90's Electro-punks The Prodigy (pictured), British dance duo Disclosure, and electro act Modestep. Plus there's solid support from local acts inclduing Queen Sea Big Shark and New Pants.
And if you haven't got your hands on a ticket yet, 247 tickets are opening a special pop-up ticket stall at their office on Saturday morning from 10am til 1pm, plus tickets will be 50RMB cheaper than on the door. Their office is at 725-5 Waima Road, office 227, phone number 027-5456-2471.
MHP's album launch
MHP's 'Folding Traces' album launch
DADA, 10pm, Friday 29, Free
A pioneer of Shanghai's techno scene for the best part of a decade, MHP is launching his first ever full-length album,Folding Traces, in style tonight at Dada. 'You could say I draw pictures and produce films through my music', he told us in our feature interview. Expect a live show featuring a brass section and as immersive an experience as you would expect from a former Art student - plus you can listen to the album on our website.
See TNT's The Tempest
TNT's The Tempest
Saturday April 30 - Sunday May 1, The Lyseum Theatre, 60-380RMB
The Tempest was William Shakespeare’s final complete work, and the playwright struts and frets his hour upon the stage with a tale of political intrigue, sorcery, attempted murder, drunken stupors, revenge and forgiveness. The UK's most visited Shakespeare group, TNT presents a skeleton cast and a streamlined script for a high-energy Tempest. This is not the RSC, but TNT puts on a good show.
JZ Spring Festival
JZ Spring
Various loactions in Jingan, Saturday 30 April - Monday 2 May, Free (mostly)
If you're down about news of the closure of JZ Club's Fuxing Lu home, this ought to cheer you up - a weekend of free Jazz shows in and around Jingan Park (and some not-so-free showcases at the Shanghai Centre). It's all under the banner of JZ Spring, and if the sun comes out this weekend there would be few places to better spend an afternoon than Jingan Park.
Be the Dancing Queen
ABBA Tribute
The Pearl, Friday 29 and Saturday 30, 220RMB
Mamma Mia, it's an ABBA tribute! Yep, the latest act to get The Pearl tribute treatment is everyone's favourite Swedish Eurovision winners. If the recent Prince tribute is anything to go by, this is a sure-fire good time.