Things have slowed down a bit this week, but there's at least a few good excuses to venture out into the cold. Shelter's Back to the Classics is on for Saturday, catch South Africa's longest-running musical, meet up with some expat golfers, or catch a North Korean romcom! (no joke.) Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for even more. 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 ›

Starting the weekend off with a bang is the fifth edition of Brawl on the Bund, followed by the yearly festive Christkindlmarkt, and an IdleBeats screen print art show! Plus there's another UFC brunch fight at Masse Sunday, and the return of the Clampdown Rock and Roll Dance Party! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

The Shelter turns four this week and they're celebrating with two nights of sweaty dancing and some excellent international DJs. Speaking of international DJs, DJ Jazzy Jeff is in town this weekend for Hip Hop Hijack at Zeal! If DJs aren't your thing, you can also check out the TGIF party with ECNU students at Node, BEAN's bike crawl for charity, M50's music and art festival, an intro to Peking Opera, plenty of music, and parties galore! And if that's still not enough, head over to 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 ›

This weekend's chock full of exciting events of every variety! The gumboot dancers from Kliptown, South Africa are back at Cotton's for another big event, Red Light Revolution - "China's first sex shop comedy" - screens twice, G+ hosts a Singles Day Party, City Moments turns 3, and 100 professional salsa dancers will perform for the Chinese-Korean Salsa Festival! Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for even more! 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 ›

It's that time of year again! Halloween, our favorite excuse to dress up like an idiot and imbibe more than the recommended units, starts tonight! Kick off your Halloween by kicking it with us at Cargo JJ tonight, and make sure not to miss all the rockin' parties happening Saturday! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

If Fashion's Night Out wasn't enough for you, then head down to Fuxing Park to see models strut their stuff @ Shanghai's Fashion Week! We have our Saturday jam packed with the Closet Swap and a MeWellness bootcamp for boobies (i.e. in support of breast cancer), as well as an Oktoberfest for kids. If you're hungry, head over to Bubba's chili cook off (yum!), and end your weekend with a nice block party at the Brownstone on Sunday. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. 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 ›

Next weekend kicks off the October holidays here in China, so now's your chance to either prepare for it with parties or have one last normal weekend before the craziness starts. We've got D.A.F.F. Art Festival happening tomorrow (of which we are a proud media sponsor!), documentaries on falling satellites, tech "un-conferences," and Save-the-Planet Eco Seminars. Read on for details or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Turn into a tequila monster and recall your high school Spanish, because it's time for the Mexican Independence Day party tonight at Maya! If tequila isn't your poison, perhaps you'd like to see just how deep The Rabbit Hole goes with absinthe cocktails. And for non-drinkers (and drinkers) out there, head over for a good old laser tag tournament brought to you by X-Club, or curl up with a new book from Paul French's book launch at Glamour Bar. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more! more ›

The 2011 Rugby World Cup is here. Well, it's not here here, but for the whole duration, from Sep 9 to Oct 23, it will be screened live from Middle Earth New Zealand at plenty of places around Shanghai (some listed below, but see more here.) And great news for fashionistas this Saturday midnight - Vogue's Fashion Night Out is in Shanghai for the first time! And if you can bust a move, head on over to the Freshest Kids Dance Battle on Sunday. And if that's not enough, head over to our calendar for more! more ›

Hello September! As if signaling the end of August, this weekend isn't the most jam-packed ever, but Shanghai will always have (some) events up its sleeves. On the music end, you can catch Joy Division's Peter Hook at Shelter (more info in our Midweek Music Preview. Or there's the hotshot DJ Jacques Dumas at Zeal, parties with themes ranging from hippies to jet setters, and another great BEAN event with the kids! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more! more ›

Tis the weekend for some sweaty contact sport action with the Shanghai Sevens and finally a proper mixed martial arts fight in the form of RUFF! Also, check out one of the world's best beatboxers at Zeal, a Creative Party at Kin, or improv comedy at AT Bar. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for much, much more. more ›

There's something for almost everyone this weekend! As always, what's a weekend without the usual parties galore? The TICT rooftop party is bound to be one of the hottest parties in town. Music fans, delight yourself with the sounds of Afrosonic Orchestra, oh and that English guy, James Blunt, is also in town! If you're a sports enthusiast, you can still catch the Nike Festival of Sport, as well as cricket with the Hong Kong Cricket Club. For foodies, there's an "all you can eat" barbecue, and for the families, there's a fun day at the beach in store. 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 ›

Happy rainy weekend Shanghai! Obviously you should all be signed up and ready to head out of town tomorrow on the Shanghaiist Party Bus to Ocean MiDi Festival! But just in case you're stuck here all weekend, there should be at least a few things happening to keep you occupied (check out music over at our Midweek Music Preview.) We've got Chinese Valentine's Day stuff, Dwayne Wade's doing stuff, and the North Korean Art Troupe is in town! Read on for details, or check out our calendar for more. more ›

FINA continues this weekend and the swimming finally kicks off on Sunday! Phelps in the hizzouse. If swimming's not your bag, don't worry because there is plenty of other stuff going on around town to keep you occupied. Mesa & Manifesto is closing, TICT is throwing a beach party, and Dada's screening another North Korean film! Read on for details, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

TONIGHT is the night where all leftist patriots can show their loyalty to the Party and the People by showing up at Not Me in celebration of our ongoing benevolent government's COMMUNISM (with Chinese characteristics). We expect all people to arrive in order to prove that they are not counter-revolutionaries. In fact, we are so certain that you will choose our event over the other bourgeois elements available this weekend in Shanghai, that we will list them out anyway. We know their rightist venues will remain as empty as theaters booked for The Founding of a Party... wait, I mean... um... more ›

Dance punk band Pet Conspiracy releases their new album, Alchemist and Chicha combine for a chilled out Sunday party with premium Sagatiba cocktails for only 50RMB, a vintage Audrey Hepburn film showing, and Mandopop queen Fish Leong performs! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

If you haven't left the city for the long weekend, sipping a cold beer at the beaches of Hainan and fleeing the supposedly really bad weather here in Shanghai, we have some things for you to do. more ›

Yes, it is Friday. It really is Friday and you know what you have to do: You've gotta get down on Friday. But also on Saturday and on Sunday. Here are our highlights for this weekend: more ›

The Shanghai International Literary Festival celebrates its opening with a cocktail tonight, meaning for the next three weeks, there will be a slew of literary-minded events and things to do. We've got all the events listed up on our calendar. If you're itching for an excuse to get into costume, Bar Rouge's Brazilian Carnival party on Saturday is the perfect thing for you. And we'll add a small reminder that Infected Mushroom and Super Junior are dropping into town as well. more ›

Join us and EnjoyShanghai at Prive this Saturday for our Bad Romance party, talk about design at KIN's ARCDES or book swapping at Glamour. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Fun stuff this weekend! LOgO is reanimated for one night only tonight (alas, apparently this already happened), several art shows get their starts and there's a lovely gay athletic competition to help warm up your Saturday. Wash all the fun down on Sunday with adoptable pets from Second Chance Animal Aid at O'Malleys. As always, check out our Midweek Music Preview for live music events and keep track of everything on our calendar. more ›

Shanghai seems to be getting back on its feet this New Years weekend with a whole host of new events to tangle with. Want to support LGBT issues? There's both a youth dinner on Friday and an events day on Saturday! Want to do something charity related? You've got two options on Sunday - either adopt a pet or... adopt a grandparent! more ›

Now that Thanksgiving is over for another year, it’s time to turn to Christmas! Market sellers are now busy peddling decorations and shops are in full Christmas swing with decorations and music. As the festive period grows more intense, expect Yule-tide cheer to dominate most of Shanghai’s events - we even have a smattering of Christmas in this week’s Weekendist. As always, check out our Midweek Music Preview and Calendar for more events and activities. more ›