Live Music This Weekend: Shanghai Night Fever, Rustic and Joker

UPDATE: Pinkberry have been forced to withdraw from Saturday night's line up at Yuyintang (their bassist's wife is seriously ill, we wish her well).

This weekend is a big 'un for local bands and it's all taking place down at Yuyintang. We don't like to show such a bias towards the one venue, but honestly, it has to be the place to go this weekend for live music. We seem to say that quite a lot recently. We're not on the payroll at YYT or anything, it's just that they're putting on the best events in town right now. Take this weekend: they've got Shanghai Night Fever organised by two of the guys from Dragon Pizza. Two nights with ten great local bands. There's really no competition.

Friday
Part one of the Shanghai Night Fever event at Yuyintang. If you've ever been curious about local Shanghai bands and never gotten around to seeing them perform, this is the weekend to do it. Hit the links to have a listen or read more about the bands, then come on down. Tonight it's Second, Five-Pointed Star, Six Shot, Chaos Mind and Loudspeaker.
¥40, 8:30pm, 1731 Yan'an Xi Lu (entrance on Kaixuan Lu), 延安西路1731号 (入口在凯旋路)

Beijing punk band Rustic are down from the capital and will be playing at Live Bar. Magic Tomato and Nu Vector provide support.
¥30, 9:30pm, 721 Kunming Lu, near Tongbei Lu, 昆明路721号近通北路

For something completely different, you'll find Dantes at 021. You know Dantes - he's the foreigner who sings in Mandarin. No, not that one, the other one.
¥30, 9pm, 2925 Yangshupu Lu, near Dinghai Lu, 杨树浦路2925号, 近定海路