Results tagged “clubbing”

What's up with the Electrograss Festival? UPDATED

UPDATE: sometimes-contributor Sam Jacobs wrote in to tell us exactly what was up with the Electrograss festival:

Trends in Nightlife: DIY Flyers

With dodgy versions of Photoshop available from every fake market, DVD shop and noodle stall in the city, it takes more than a few flashy images to make your club flyer stand out from the crowd.

The Lab's mad scientists ready to rock Shelter for 3rd birthday

The Lab, a non-profit, non-cost DJ Hip-Hop workshop studio, is throwing its Third Anniversary Party tonight at the Shelter. Debuting two new talents, DJ Freeze and DJ Sense, the lineup features ten total DJs including founding member DJ V-Nutz (a.k.a: Gary Wang).

Interview: DJ Dexter kicks off Krumping at the Shelter

For more local events, visit the Shanghaiist Calendar.

Bon Bon is gone gone?

Alas, it seems like Huai Hai Lu stalwart Bon Bon may have closed up shop over the weekend, and the only guys who noticed were SmartShanghai. It's Thursday and the club still has to issue official notice of the closure, but according to the nightlife website, they're planning on moving locations. But where will Shanghai's trance-loving expat high school crowd go until then?! WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN?

Since Shanghai was named one of the five most improved places for gay tolerance it seems that nights around town have become bolder about nailing their rainbow colours to the mast.

Pencil this in: Midweek clubbing edition

For those who can't wait for the weekend, here are a couple of interesting club nights to break up a cold, wet week.

At 13 Xingfu Lu, near Fahuazhen Lu, 幸福路13号,近法华镇路

While dancing at the city’s newest gay nightspot, D2, our friends decided that pre-club etiquette in Shanghai is subpar and a little lesson from Miss Manners is in order. Feel free to add anything we missed in the comments section…

Following the news of Brad Ferguson's dismissal as manager of Windows Underground, a recent announcement on Smart Shanghai reveals the new guy in charge of the to be Steve Bamford, a DJ who has been playing "all colors of house" around Shanghai and China for the last four years.

Frankly we're amazed that the 8Days website still even exists so long after the magazine was sold and became SH -- especially since the new SH website actually started including magazine content. But not only is the old 8Days website live, it is updated -- and now they are adding new features. Seven members of the SH staff now have personal blogs ... as if they didn't already have enough on their respective plates, what with those darn weekly deadlines and all. The blogs appear to have launched just this week (and thus are a little light on content). Anyway, here they are:

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