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📸: Our collective mood after days of watching the weather forecast. Photo by 我眼里的景. Tag us at @timeoutshanghai on Instagram to see your content featured here!
Typhoon Bravi has finally blown through, the sun’s back in the sky, and Shanghai is ready to be reclaimed.
July’s second half invites you back outdoors. Clink glasses at one of three birthday bashes, catch an indie band passing through town and/or join the city’s football faithful for the FIFA World Cup semi-finals and finals.
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Make ‘pour decisions’ at The Drinkery’s 5th birthday bash
📍 The Drinkery, Unit 50-1, Ruijin 2nd Road, Huangpu
🗓️ Tue - Sat, July 14 - 18
⏰ 7 PM until late
✳️ Visit ‘TheDrinkery’ on WeChat for more
Calling itself a “cut the bullsh*t bar” (co-founder Ilya Khokhlov in an interview with RADII), The Drinkery is an unpretentious bar serving decent drinks that don’t burn a hole in your wallet.
“Our OG spot at Ruijin Lu turns five year old this week,” enthused Khokhlov.
“Expect five days of activities all cycled around the number five.” 🖐
5 DAYS OF SPECIALS
Tuesday: Finish 5 drinks and pay 5 ¥
Wednesday: 5 hours free-flow for 50 ¥
Thursday: Prove 5 visits to receive surprise
Friday: Surprises every hour
Saturday: Birthday cake, free tattoos, etc.
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Relive childhood in a bouncy castle at this craft beer bar
📍 Junto, Lane 273, 60 Jiaozhou Road, Jing’an
🗓️ Fri + Sat, July 17 + 18
⏰ 7 PM until late
Neighbourhood craft beer bar Junto actually staged a ‘Last Supper’ photo shoot for its first anniversary poster — and it’s a company portrait worth framing.
With balloon animals, birthday cake, and an “adults only” bouncy castle, this two-day party is bound to bring out your inner child. 🎈
Party it up with pints, get a face painting, pin the pint on Elliot, and beat a piñata to a pulp. See you in the bouncy castle!
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Stave off sleep to watch the World Cup semi-finals and finals
🗓️ Semi-finals, Wed, July 16 + Thu, July 17 | Finals, Mon, July 20
⏰ Games start at 3 AM | Doors open earlier
📍 Various venues
Almost over just as quickly as it started, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is in its final throes this week. Some of you might not even have been following the matches, saving your screen time for the final stages — the time is now. This Sunday concludes the largest and longest World Cup ever held.
Find out which nation will lift the trophy as the 23rd men’s FIFA World Cup winners. 🏆
Many a sports bar and beer garden will be screening the games with special deals on drinks and pub grub — see Parlay’s special World Cup menu above.
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Groove to BADBADNOTGOOD for the first time in Shanghai
🗓️ Tuesday, July 21
⏰ 8 - 10 PM
📍 VAS est, Gate M, 2266 Longteng Avenue, 3/F, Building 3, Xuhui
Best known for blurring jazz, hip-hop, soul and electronic music into something original, this band is one to watch. 🥁
Part of a short Asia run that ends at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, the Canadian band’s show in Shanghai is a significant one for local fans.
Find out why their fearless improvisation has inspired collaborations with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Tyler, the Creator, and Ghostface Killah.
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Tuck into 12 ¥ tapas at Tomatito’s 12th anniversary party
🗓️ Saturday, July 25
⏰ 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM + 5:30 - 10:30 PM
📍 Tomatito, Infinitus Mall, 3/F, 168 Hubin Road, Huangpu
Tomatito — with outposts in Shanghai, Manila and Ho Chi Minh City — is one of Asia’s best-known ambassadors for modern Spanish tapas.
Part of chef Willy Trullàs Moreno’s Fun F&B Group, Tomatito Shanghai opened on Julu Road in 2014 before relocating to Xintiandi in 2019.
A dozen years deserves a dozen tapas: 12 varieties for just 12 ¥ each. 🐙
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