Once again it’s Friday and the end of the working week is nigh! If you embraced last weekend and followed our Weekendist guide, you would have been run ragged - get ready to do it again, because boy is Shanghai delivering! This weekend is serving up a rather eclectic mix of entertainment; drag queens, food fests and birthday parties - just to give you a rough idea. As always, use this ‘Hot List’ to supplement our Midweek Music Preview and to complement our calendar; here are the hottest picks for the coming weekend… more ›

SmartShanghai informs us that September not only brings to Shanghai its second Restaurant Week, but actually its second Cuisine Festival as well! And both are striving to be much better than last year. more ›

We've got a pretty awesome weekend ahead of us. Even if you're not going to one of the many music parties planned for tonight (which you can check out in our midweek music preview), there's still a lot more going on. For instance... more ›