Manning the decks at the Hiphop Hijack party at Zeal this Friday night will be DJ Mystakal Kut (France), who's opened for Sean Paul and spun at parties for Usher, Gucci Mane, and Tony Parker. We caught up with the Miami-based DJ to get his thoughts on China, the perfect hypothetical music, and the relative merits of Beyonce and Rihanna. more ›

Looking to keep the post-Turkey Day party going? Zeal brings two leading European house artists to the stage this Friday, and Bar Rouge turns seven years young on Saturday. Meanwhile, D10 will host to a Facebook party, and there'll be free VPN's handed out at the party! To top it all off, NFL players are giving free clinics and signing autographs at Shanghai Stadium on Sunday. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

This is going to be a packed weekend, with improv comedy from Chicago, ShanghaiExpat's Salsa Night, a 1930's Shanghai party, a Ministry of Sound warehouse party, and a brunch wrap up to the weekend at The Westin. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Hip hop and basketball, two items firmly linked in American culture, made a resounding splash at Hip Hop Hijack's 1 year Anniversary party at Zeal this past Friday. more ›

Isabelle Dugal-Thompson, the general manager of The Apartment, has sent the following statement to Shanghaiist in response to the accusation by a customer that she was manhandled by their bouncers and the altercations left her with bruises all over her body: more ›

The Apartment is a generally a pretty classy place, but one of our readers recently tipped us off to some shenanigans occurring over the weekend at the Yongfu Lu mainstay: more ›

The newest addition to Shanghai nightlight held their grand opening party this past Saturday. If you've visited The Apartment, you'll already have a feel for what The Geisha is like: lounge style, chic venue, but the same old Shanghai clubbing vibes. more ›

Far away from the American pop-culture epicenter, there are a few artists whose voices manage to be heard no matter where you might find yourself in the world. For the past few years, Beyonce's jerky soprano has been one of them, Lady Gaga's drone has been another. But amongst the males, Akon's reed-inflected voice, more than the sound of other artists, has been part of the global pop-culutre lexicon from Berlin to Beijing. more ›

Multiple sources have told Shanghaiist that the police have been going around bars -- of all places! -- asking foreigners if they've got anything to do with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Apparently, the powers that be are worried that intoxicated laowai's might start to Occupy Shanghai? more ›

It's the National Day Holiday weekend! This weekend will be filled with parties, parties and more parties as well as quite a handful of music gigs! Kick start your weekend with themed parties like a Mardi Gras at D10 Ultra Lounge, enjoy the final rooftop party by TICT, and if you're sick of the parties, go and enjoy a slew of Broadway tunes at Shanghai Culture Square or check out the opening of Shanghai's newest venue, Shanhai! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Ah, another weekend of relaxation, filled with so much to do! In case you were still in the woods, The Zebra Music Festival is back on! If by some miracle the weather clears, consider it an excuse to drag yourself to the beach, wear flip flops and soak in the sun. But if the beach isn't your thing, we've got multiple parties (among other indoor ongoings) to fill your time! Most importantly, of course, this weekend we've got a little something we are calling Shanghaiist Sexy Saturday! It's a party, it's more or less sexy and, well, it's on Saturday. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more! more ›

Make this Saturday ours! Shanghaiist helps you get your groove back on with the first of its summer party series, Sexy Saturday, happening this weekend. more ›

Club Angel, the gay club caught in the middle of a bureaucratic wrangling with district authorities over its licensing after 40 complaint letters were sent to various government bureaus, has decided to temporarily move its parties to Obama Club, the ginormous club not named after the President of the US of A. more ›

It's been barely a month since gay megaclub Angel opened its doors, and now they're already threatened with closure. more ›

This weekend Shanghai says goodbye to arbuably its most notorious super-late-late-night club, Dragon Club. We've also got Sesame Street Live, which kicked off last night, a pervert party at the Apartment, some electro tunage from Singaporean DJ Clash of the Disko Kids at Shelter, and plenty more! Read on for details, or head over to our calendar for everything else. more ›

Et tu, Hengshan Lu? In a follow up from yesterday’s post about the end of the sketchy Tongren Lu era, rumors are now spreading that the bars along Hengshan Lu are also on their way out. City officials argue that business along the street has been declining as upscale bars and clubs like those of Xintiandi take off, justifying the need to change things up. more ›

When it becomes difficult to distinguish Shanghai’s a luxury shopping center (West Nanjing Rd) from a level of hell from Dante’s Inferno (seedy bars full of sexy time), it gets locals thinking whether or not they’re sending the world the right message about Shanghai. In 2010, in preparation for the semi-world famous World Expo in Shanghai, the awkwardly located sketchy bars of Tongren Lu began to shut down. And now, a year later, some of the old establishments are being turned into calm and quaint coffee shops that will better “blend in with the ambiance” of West Nanjing Road. City officials still haven’t released or confirmed any other future plans for the street. more ›

Happy weekend Shanghai! It's the middle of July, and you know what that means! No? Well it's all nerds and musicals from here on out. This weekend you can catch the Comic Expo over at the China Pavilion, and the first all-Chinese Mamma Mia is premiering tonight! more ›

The Paint The Town Red Communist Party Party held at Not Me on Friday night was a political and economic success, featuring the Shanghaiist Propaganda Dissemination Committee in attendance, celebrating the Party's 90th Anniversary together with Shanghai's most dedicated Party-loving alcoholics Vanguard Pioneers, in what was a cathartic face-saving success that testified to the vitality and currency the Party still retains amongst the fenqing, eliminating any whisker of doubt regarding the Party's ability to continue onward in its magnanimous rule, New York Times dissident op-ed ninny dogs be damned! more ›

Yo, check it: are you capable of spitting mad freestylin' profilin' flavor/game/lyrical cream on the micka-micka-microphone? Do your rhymes make the ladies say OH and the fellas say AWW? Then head down to Paramount this Sunday to prove your mettle, where an MC Battle to the Death will take place in front of a live paying audience (er, we mean that figuratively). more ›

If you remember PinkHome, the erstwhile institution in gay clubland, chances are you've been in Shanghai for a long long time. The masterminds behind the club are back after a long break, and they're back with a vengeance. Their latest venture comes in the form of Club Angel, located underground on the corner of Wulumuqi and Hengshan Roads. more ›

Greetings, fellow Revolutionary Comrades of highest and utmost esteem! We would like to announce the Shanghaiist work unit's Gloriously Benevolent Anti-Imperialist Peacefully-Rising Chinese Communist Party 90th Anniversary Special Disco Plenary Conference from 9pm to 1am at Not Me on Friday, July 1st! more ›

If you've never been to Paramount on a Saturday night, this is what you're missing: ladies in slinky dresses lined up along one side of the bar, smallish model boys, a girl here and there who knows how to move it, strapping waitstaff with suspenders and golf shorts (knickers?), confetti, smoke machines, and polo-shirted laoban's playing that inane dice game with xiaojie's in peach dresses and transparent plastic-bra straps. If you snap photos of the stony-faced one in red t-shirt and shorts with his personal white-wigged girl in stripes, he'll get his ponytailed associate to kindly approach and ask you repeatedly 'Who are you taking pictures for?' more ›

According to the Global Times, authorities in Beijing’s Chaoyang District, tipped off by the International Federation of Spirits and Producers, found four locals refilling foreign beer and liquor bottles hoping to make an extra buck with help of a foreign label. more ›

There's a lot going on this weekend and it's a really mixed bag! Time Out Shanghai is finally getting its website off the ground and will be throwing a bash tonight at Zeal. You could head there or your other best bet is over to Prive where Ministry of Sound DJ Phil Drummond will be playing house beats. Party round the clock as Shiva celebrates its first birthday starting at House of Roosevelt, Lang Lang teams up with world champion figure skaters for a two day show, and "Panda Dad" Alan Paul is in town to talk about his memoir of adventures in Beijing. Read Shanghaiist's interview with him here. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Two new clubs are opening tonight: Tantra and Zeal. Zeal (which is a completely different venture to a similarly-named Shanghai institution of years gone by) seems to be the more interesting one with its South Bund address. They're even claiming to have the best view of Pudong and the Bund. We're not so sure about that, but it's worth checking out. BEAN, after a fun and very successful scavenger hunt, is now inviting everyone out bowling. Also, O'Malleys has organized a full schedule of live music, games, and raffle prizes to support relief in Japan. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

This week is fairly dead as far as international acts go, but there's plenty of local talent to fill in the gaps! We've got Chinese metal bands at MAO Livehouse, the monthly Fever Machines show, and some earthy Taiwanese folk music. We only list the highlights here at Midweek Music Preview, so if you're looking for full listings check out our calendar! more ›

Early this morning at around 1am, police raided Q Bar, a new gay bar on the Bund, and detained at least 50 patrons of the bar. more ›