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 ›

Merry Christmas Shanghai! Plenty to do this weekend if snuggling up by your fake fire isn't stimulating enough. We've got a Christmas reggae party, a huge Bar Rouge giveaway (200,000RMB worth!), a magical mask party at MJ club, or some Christmas rockin' at Not Me. Rounding out the weekend, we'll also give you a few options for Christmas day brunch and dinner. Read on for details, or check out our calendar for more. 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 ›

International music acts are descending en masse on Shanghai this weekend. Steve Aoki, Slugabed, T-1000 and more (including some RnB artist from the UK). Hard mode: can you catch them all? Nightmare mode: can you do that and also get your social responsibility on by helping out at Rivers of Hearts or JAR Animal Adoption Day? And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Whacky moments and wild costumes from TICT's 2011 Halloween party at a warehouse on 601 Waima Lu on Saturday. 1,200 people showed up and partied long enough to puzzle local construction workers Sunday morning. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: It's Halloween! While most of the ragers were on Friday and Saturday, tonight Mural hosts a dance party, Dada hosts a horror triple-feature, and the Shanghai Aquarium gets spooky. Plus some healthy Beijing-Shanghai rivalry on Wendesday, Dia de los Muertos on Thursday, and plenty of other stuff going down in between. Read on or check out our calendar for more. more ›

If you still haven't secured yourself a costume for our party tomorrow night, check out our guide from years past. All that stuff is still relevant. But if you're looking for even MORE options, here are a few stores and websites we've stumbled upon more recently: 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 ›

If you're feeling festive and energetic this weekend, maybe head out to one of the many anniversary parties around the city which are certainly filling up our plans on Friday and Saturday this week (Lola, Judy's, and Xibo to name a few). If that's not your style, you could also check out Shanghai's newest venue Shanhai for a night of Chinese and Japanese DJs, head over to the Go West Book Launch, or hit up the four-year anniversary of the Pervert Party at Cargo JJ (the future location of our very own Shanghaiist Halloween party coming up later this month - you heard it here first!) And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. 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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

Tonight, we're spoiled with big name electronic DJS and it'll be a "tough" toss up between Deadmau5 and Felix da Housecat. And we stand corrected on what constitutes the first beach party of the year: they've been filling the Jiashan courtyard with sand for a party that will go on for two days this weekend. Check it out below. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

When we first posted about the artificial Sunny Beach, it was still a little nippy to be laying out. However, the mercury has officially hit above 30 degrees and The Ice Cream Truck is bringing you the first beach party of 2011. The only thing you can't do at this beach rager is take a dip in the water (not that you'd want to anyway). more ›

If you haven't been to Barbarossa, the Moroccan haven inside People's park yet, here's a good opportunity to check it out. They're throwing a summer kick off party on Friday, May 6th. Their famously gorgeous kasbah terrace will be open and they're sweetening the deal by adding free flow for half an hour from 9:30-10:30pm. Free // 9pm // Barbarossa // Inside People's Park, 231 Nanjing Xi Lu, near Huangpi Nan Lu ( 南京西路231号, 人民公园内 近黄陂南路) 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 ›

With the gorgeous, gorgeous sunshine we've been having, we have to suggest the obvious and ask you to get outside this weekend -- and with warmer temperatures comes spring cleaning! You can flea market it over the next few days at 1933 or simply drop off your old possessions at River of Charity's sorting party. In other news, the Silicon Valley originated techie "unconference", Barcamp invites you to get nerdy via 5 min presentations, and you can fuse an interest for art and...adult toys(?) at a party with MOCA. And yup, we know that it's the Usher weekend, but here are all the other things you can do. If that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

It was but five (almost six!) years ago that Dan Washburn somehow roped the Gothamist network into setting up an outpost in Shanghai. He started Shanghaiist with a post poking fun at Jackie Chan's views on interracial relationships, setting the tone for hundreds of Jackie Chan jokes on this site since. But now he's leaving! more ›

Would you love to see Usher perform live at the Mercedez-Benz Arena but are a bit low on cash this month? Then you're in luck because here's one, or fourteen rather, ways you could get to his concert for free! Starting tonight at M1NT, AEG is hosting a series of Usher pre-concert parties at multiple venues across town. Whether your party style is Club 88 or the Apartment, you'll have chances to win. Our source says you can expect to see models in Usher-ibilia, live dance performances, Usher impersonators, and ticket raffles given out for bottles bought. Racks is also doing beer pong tournaments and the prize for that includes tickets worth 680RMB. You can check out the full list of ticket giveaway parties right here. more ›

Congratulations to BEAN Shanghai's successful sock hop! DJ B.O. (Brian Offenther) had Lune packed to the gills and quite a bunch of you cool cats even dressed for the occasion, making the dance floor look like a Grease Original Broadway cast reunion. BEAN was able to raise 6000RMB, which will go to three different charities for the elderly. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: It's Shanghaiist Scrabble time again so see you at Cotton's! We've got some interesting people dropping into Shanghai. First, there's Ed Wang, the very first Chinese football player to be drafted into the NFL hosting a happy hour at the Boxing Cat, and the Macau Playboy bunnies doing an appearance at M1NT. Read on (or check out our calendar) for more! more ›

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Got plans for tonight? If not, we suggest heading down to Dada to check out two crews battle it out. See The Rhythm (tech-house and minimal) go up against Love Bang (neon crunk, dubstep, and gutter house). Dada promises us that it's going to be a big night and a few MCs and breakers may be coming through too. more ›