It's a crying shame, but artist/musician/man about town Ben Houge is finally calling it quits with Shanghai, relocating back to the USA for “much of 2011.” To end his residency here with a bang, he's throwing a music festival/exhibition that begins this weekend in Suzhou. Yeah, Suzhou. more ›

Yesterday we brought to your attention the sudden closing of not just OV Gallery's Re-Visiting History, but the entirety of OV Gallery itself. One of the artists exhibiting there was our good friend Ben Houge, who's sent us along two stills of his installation. more ›

Our good friend Ben Houge's first visual exhibition, 29 Giraffes, opens today at [the studio] on Julu Lu today at 6pm, with a special sound performance starting at 8pm. more ›

A couple of months back we headed down to Zhujiajiao for the day and had a blast at the Antidote Festival. Walking down the narrow lanes of the water town we kept expecting the street to widen into a field or something that we would recognize as a festival location. It didn't. more ›

Yes, it really has taken us this long to recover from the Antidote Festival in Zhujiajiao last weekend. And just in time to catch the Antidote gang down at C's tonight as well. As much as we love C's, it probably isn't quite as atmospheric as the venue chosen for last weekend's festival - in the garden of one of Zhujiajiao's old houses. more ›

There's some excellent bands in town this weekend (and we'll talk about them later), but there's also a couple of great reasons to head out of the city and catch some top music. more ›

So you thought Midi was the only festival game in town? Think again. Three music events - all festivals of a sort - covering three different types of music are heading your way in the next month or so. Yes, we know one of them is related to Expo, but World Music has the right to a festival too and bringing in those kind of artists was never going to escape Haibao's reach this close to 2010. We'll have more details on all of these nearer the time but, for now, here's a preview: more ›