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2026-10-15
Tiny Time, 1000 Failures, whydid, Burley Quay

Tiny Time, 1000 Failures, whydid, Burley Quay

A tribute and mashup of Manchester and Yangpu - two places that have birthed many young riotous acts - the Yanchester series returns to its roots tonight over at Mosh Space. Perhaps the most brazen...
Tomorrow @ Mosh Space Live House
2026-10-16
Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen Tribute Concert

Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen Tribute Concert

This tribute concert celebrates Queen, one of the most iconic rock bands in music history, known for their stadium rock sound and operatic style. Featuring Shanghai-based vocalists and a full live...
Tomorrow @ The Pearl
From ¥ 150
DMX Krew Live (Electro, Techno)

DMX Krew Live (Electro, Techno)

OG electro producer and DJ, DMX Krew, plays a live set for promoter Antigen here in the biggest club in C-Park (maybe in China?), with support from SVBKVLT artists 33EMYBW and Gooooose plus some of...
Tomorrow @ Reactor
Doop Opening Party: Soft Opening, Hard Feelings (House, Techno, Bass, Club)

Doop Opening Party: Soft Opening, Hard Feelings (House, Techno, Bass, Club)

Exit is out, Doop is in. They're opening this weekend with a huge lineup of good DJs playing b2b: Feiyi vs. Illsee, Chuan vs. Knopha, Eva1nsss vs. Gouachi, and DJ EBP vs. SpaceReturn. yeah man –...
Tomorrow @ Doop
SY3 | 梦游 Sleepwalker Tour (Cantopop, R&B, Dreamy Dance Music Live)

SY3 | 梦游 Sleepwalker Tour (Cantopop, R&B, Dreamy Dance Music Live)

SY3 (pronounced “sigh”) are an LA-based Chinese-American trio mixing Cantopop, R&B and dreamy dance music, with inspiration from Hong Kong New Wave cinema and Y2K films like Suzhou River and Made...
Tomorrow @ Wigwam
Ottoman Grüw (EBM, Techno, Electropunk)

Ottoman Grüw (EBM, Techno, Electropunk)

Belgian producer Ottoman Grüw makes music with ominous atmospheres and rhythms that sit somewhere between EBM, Techno, Electropunk and Ambient, with vocals throughout. Kind of like a darker,...
Tomorrow @ Abyss Club
Love Bang Presents: The Woods (Dark Dance Music, Witch House, Goth)

Love Bang Presents: The Woods (Dark Dance Music, Witch House, Goth)

DJ Heatwolves grew up in the woods, where kids sometimes party in the cemetery. This night is dedicated to that vibe. Dark dance music all night, from darkwave and goth to dark Italo, industrial,...
Tomorrow @ Specters (C·PARK)
Nova Events Presents: Beyond Tomorrow Party

Nova Events Presents: Beyond Tomorrow Party

Nova Events brings Beyond Tomorrow to the Jin Mao Tower Skywalk for a high-altitude party 88 floors above Shanghai. With 360-degree skyline views and local DJs playing festival anthems and...
Tomorrow @ Jinmao Skywalk
From ¥ 138
2026-10-17
ABBA Live Tribute

ABBA Live Tribute

Celebrating Abba’s golden times, The Pearl presents one of their finest tribute shows. A night of mirror balls and sequins awaits! It's ABBA, the four Swedish blonds who were once responsible for...
Event Cancelled @ The Pearl
Back to 80's Party

Back to 80's Party

The Pearl’s Red Stars Band throws it back to the ’80s with a high-energy live show packed with all the big hits. Expect everything from ABBA and Queen to Madonna and Michael Jackson, delivered with...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ The Pearl
From ¥ 150
Prune Deer

Prune Deer

Instrumental rock heavyweights Prune Deer, who hail from Hong Kong, have been one of the leading figures down south. Known for their ‘unique mix of melodic guitar interplay, weaving intricate bass...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ Yuyintown Cube
KNOT Presents: Onleash. Fakethias, Holodec (Club Music, Techno, Bass)

KNOT Presents: Onleash. Fakethias, Holodec (Club Music, Techno, Bass)

Shanghai-based promoter KNOT brings in Oslo's Onleash and Fakethias together with LA producer Holodec at Reactor, covering hard techno, deconstructed club, noise, and more. KNOT stays on point with...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ Reactor
Space Panda Presents: Horizon Rooftop Season Closing Party ft. NAZRIN

Space Panda Presents: Horizon Rooftop Season Closing Party ft. NAZRIN

Space Panda brings the final HORIZON rooftop party of the year to POP at Three on the Bund, with Azerbaijani DJ Nazrin headlining an afternoon-to-midnight music session overlooking the Bund...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ POP American Brasserie
From ¥ 138
Caffè Yaya Grand Opening

Caffè Yaya Grand Opening

The latest spot in the Yaya's/Nono's empire, a cafe on Wuding Lu specializing in affogato, spaghetti, and aperitivo, opens grandly this Saturday, with a jazz band playing sets from noon until four,...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ Caffé Yaya
19Hz: 140 Dubstep Jungle

19Hz: 140 Dubstep Jungle

The 19Hz crew are back with another bass music party, this time focusing more on 140bpm sounds but also getting into some DnB and Jungle with a live MC – the one and only Jado. TIckets are a mere...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ Yuyintown Basement
Nova Events Presents: Sunset Sessions RELOADED - Flair Rooftop Party

Nova Events Presents: Sunset Sessions RELOADED - Flair Rooftop Party

Sunset Sessions RELOADED brings Nova Events back to Flair for a rooftop party on the 58th floor, with panoramic Shanghai skyline views and seven DJs playing from sunset into the night. Expect deep...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ Flair Rooftop Restaurant & Bar
From ¥ 198
Grossomoddo (House, Afro House)

Grossomoddo (House, Afro House)

French DJ Grossomoddo brings their Mediterranean-flavored mix of house and Afro house to Shanghai. Formed in 2023, they've topped the Beatport charts and played major venues and festivals including...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ La Barra
Boris (House, Techno, Disco)

Boris (House, Techno, Disco)

Longtime Berghain resident Boris brings decades of Berlin club history and experience for a night on one of the city's best soundystems. He's known for moving between driving techno, house, disco,...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ Potent Club
Cool Breeze Reggae Night

Cool Breeze Reggae Night

The Cool Breeze Reggae Night brings the reggae, ska, and dancehall all night, for free, down in one of Shanghai's oldest and most trusted dive bars, where the staff remember your face and they...
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 @ C's
Crush Wine Festival Opening Weekend at Heimliday

Crush Wine Festival Opening Weekend at Heimliday

CRUSH wine festival meets Heim's Heimliday day-party to take over Green Station for a three-day holiday weekend full of Chinese wine, food, vintage markets, lawn sessions, and day-to-night DJs,...
From Oct 16 until Oct 18 @ Green Station
2026-10-18
Divas Live - Pop Queens Unite

Divas Live - Pop Queens Unite

Glitter, high notes, and unapologetic pop dominance—Divas Live is back at The Pearl, serving a night of vocal fireworks and unstoppable girl-power anthems. The electrifying Red Stars band and...
Sun, Oct 18, 2026 @ The Pearl
From ¥ 60
House of Zup - Kitchen Meets Club (Hip Hop, House)

House of Zup - Kitchen Meets Club (Hip Hop, House)

Neighborhood pizza bar back with another Sunday day party, with pizza by the slice, beer and spritzes flowin, and six djs throwin down all kinds of chill and possibly turnt up tunes. Free entry....
Sun, Oct 18, 2026 @ Zup Pizza Bar
Trigger 3rd Year Anniversary

Trigger 3rd Year Anniversary

Patrons of the experimental and noise scene unite! trigger - run in part by some of the Shanghai experimental scene's leading figures, celebrates their three-year anniversary the only way they know...
Sun, Oct 18, 2026 @ trigger
Tengguang Agency, Nerve Passenger, no channel,but…, Boarding Gate, Autistic Radio, A Journey into Fantasy

Tengguang Agency, Nerve Passenger, no channel,but…, Boarding Gate, Autistic Radio, A Journey into Fantasy

Stargazers, emo, noise rock, synth pop, and instrumental rock lovers converge on Yuyintown as the venue hosts their seasonal music festival, with bands utilizing both venues in C-Park. A delectable...
Sun, Oct 18, 2026 @ Yuyintown
AMENRA (Belgium), Harakiri for the sky (Austria)

AMENRA (Belgium), Harakiri for the sky (Austria)

Promoters New Noise is packing some heat this weekend with a hard-hitting double bill! Amenra, a Belgian extreme metal band that's as experimental and atmosphere-driven as it is impossibly heavy,...
Sun, Oct 18, 2026 @ VAS ear
shye, Cigar Shoujo

shye, Cigar Shoujo

Rising Singapore songwriter, producer, and artist Shye showcases her dreamy slate of songs that blends her signature blend of wistful melodies, layered guitars, and deeply personal songwriting. For...
Sun, Oct 18, 2026 @ Coven by Cave
Crush Wine Festival Opening Weekend at Heimliday

Crush Wine Festival Opening Weekend at Heimliday

CRUSH wine festival meets Heim's Heimliday day-party to take over Green Station for a three-day holiday weekend full of Chinese wine, food, vintage markets, lawn sessions, and day-to-night DJs,...
From Oct 16 until Oct 18 @ Green Station
2026-10-21
90's Alt-Rock Concert

90's Alt-Rock Concert

A 90s alternative rock tribute night at The Pearl, performed by Red Stars Band, revisits the era’s defining sound. The set pulls from bands like Nirvana, Radiohead, Oasis, Foo Fighters, and Green...
Wed, Oct 21, 2026 @ The Pearl
From ¥ 100
lacuna w/Sam Tbd (Deep Techno and House)

lacuna w/Sam Tbd (Deep Techno and House)

One of Shanghai's favorite DJs, Sam Tbd (fka Mau Mau), brings back his lacuna party, which is an early night deeper and headier house and techno music Tuesday dance party from 8pm-12am sharp, with...
Wed, Oct 21, 2026 @ Heim
2026-10-23
Imagine Dragons & 2000s Pop Tribute Concert

Imagine Dragons & 2000s Pop Tribute Concert

Neon lights, fist-pumping anthems, and pure 2000s nostalgia—The Pearl’s Red Stars are back, blasting out the decade’s biggest pop-rock bangers with powerhouse vocalists Trenty, Grace & Kat. This is...
Oct 2, 23 @ The Pearl
From ¥ 150
Bouncy Bouncy Five-Year Anniversary (House, Bass, UK)

Bouncy Bouncy Five-Year Anniversary (House, Bass, UK)

Bass music/house/UK night Bouncy Bouncy celebrates five years in the game with ten DJs, producers, and artists on the lineup at this chill C-Park institution, including Aus artist LOIF and Bouncy...
Fri, Oct 23, 2026 @ Wigwam
The Devil's Dancers (Synth Pop, Cold Wave, Post Punk, Indie Rock)

The Devil's Dancers (Synth Pop, Cold Wave, Post Punk, Indie Rock)

DJ Velvet Robot plays synth pop, cold wave, post punk, and indie rock from from the 80s to the present at this punk rock dive bar in C-Park. Free entrance, 10pm-3am.
Fri, Oct 23, 2026 @ Specters (C·PARK)
2026-10-24
System w/Cici, Saud, Handicam, More (Two-Stage Party with Techno, House, Disco + a Band)

System w/Cici, Saud, Handicam, More (Two-Stage Party with Techno, House, Disco + a Band)

Former club System are now one of the biggest promoters in the city, known for hosting multi-room parties in spaces like theaters and shipping yards. This weekend they're at The Garage on the 6th...
Sat, Oct 24, 2026 @
Honey by Sugar House (R&B, Hip Hop, Afro)

Honey by Sugar House (R&B, Hip Hop, Afro)

Honey, the club night powered by Sugar House, returns to Candyshop near IAPM. Expect hip hop, R&B, afrobeats, edits, and good vibes from Sugar House residents and guests.
Sat, Oct 24, 2026 @ Candyshop
VOID 19-Year Anniversary (Techno, Electro)

VOID 19-Year Anniversary (Techno, Electro)

VOID is probably China's longest running techno night. It started at The Shelter way back in 2007 and has stayed underground and true to its roots ever since, dealing in Detroit techno and electro...
Sat, Oct 24, 2026 @ Doop
2026-10-25
British Invasion: Queen Tribute Concert

British Invasion: Queen Tribute Concert

Queen! Men! Myths! Legends! Mixing stadium rock, metal, glam, and Freddie Mercury's operatic vocals, Queen exploded into the rock arenas around the world with the over-the-top performance antics of...
Oct 1, 25 @ The Pearl
From ¥ 150
2026-10-30
Premium
The Pearl Presents: Freak Show

The Pearl Presents: Freak Show

The Pearl’s big Halloween blowout is back, with ringmaster Cocosanti leading a circus-rock spectacle of live music, aerial acts, and general madness. The Red Stars handle the soundtrack, there’s...
on Oct 30 and Oct 31, 2026 @ The Pearl
From ¥ 188
COTHign (Synth, Dark Dance Music, Post-Punk, Goth)

COTHign (Synth, Dark Dance Music, Post-Punk, Goth)

“Nerdy where goth is glam, zero fucks given where goth preens.” COTHign is a promising new merger between the long-running Cosign and Synth Crush parties, down in basement club Doop, where Exit...
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 @ Doop
Nova Events Presents: Beyond the Veil — 2-Day Halloween Carnival

Nova Events Presents: Beyond the Veil — 2-Day Halloween Carnival

Beyond the Veil returns to Shanghai for two nights of Halloween partying at Thompson Hotel, with 16 DJs, two stages and 16 hours of music. Expect spooky rooftop views, eerie party vibes, makeup...
on Oct 30 and Oct 31, 2026 @ Thompson Shanghai Expo
From ¥ 168
Space Panda Presents: Enchanted Carnival — 2-Night & 3-Floor Halloween Party

Space Panda Presents: Enchanted Carnival — 2-Night & 3-Floor Halloween Party

Space Panda’s Enchanted Carnival returns to The Shanghai EDITION for two nights of Halloween partying across three floors. With 20 international and local DJs rotating across the hotel’s three...
on Oct 30 and Oct 31, 2026 @ The Shanghai EDITION
From ¥ 198
Evian Christ

Evian Christ

UK artist Evian Christ's dark, bass-heavy, and trap-inflected productions in the early 2010s on seminal label Tri Angle led to Kayne inviting him to produce on Yeezus. Later, his influential,...
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 @ Reactor
2026-10-31
Ze Cursed Elixir - A Zemental Halloween Techno Party

Ze Cursed Elixir - A Zemental Halloween Techno Party

The Zemental crew are taking over one of the oldest bars in the city on Halloween for a night of techno, house, DnB, and deep house. Free entry for this one. Lookin like a good option in Changning.
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 @ C's
Goth Baddie Halloween

Goth Baddie Halloween

Piece Of Face takes over Candyshop for a "goth baddie takeover" inspired by that video where Drake starts barking. Word up. Dress code: black and red, skull jewelry, black lipstick, spiked chokers,...
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 @ Candyshop
Faceless Masquerade

Faceless Masquerade

Abyss, the club known for harder electronic music throws a Faceless Masquerade, with Olha, DP EBP, Discipline, Situ, Xiwi, and Jula Issa bringing the sounds.
Sat, Oct 31, 2026 @ Abyss Club
2026-11-06
Daft Punk Tribute Feat. Babu

Daft Punk Tribute Feat. Babu

The music of Daft Punk gets a live reinterpretation from The Pearl’s Red Stars, keyboard guest Babu and DJ EnRed. Combining live rock-band energy, electronic beats, keyboards, futuristic visuals...
on Nov 6 and Nov 7, 2026 @ The Pearl
From ¥ 180
Ongoing
Eros Happy Hour

Eros Happy Hour

Changle Lu bar Eros has a happy hour six nights a week. From 6-9pm on Tue-Sun, they've got special prices on select drinks. Ideal for after-work drinks, sunset cocktails on the terrace, and...
Daily except Mon @ Eros
Weekly Jam Night

Weekly Jam Night

This long-running jazz/blues/funk/R&B/soul venue in north Jing'an hosts a jam session every Monday night. Hosted by singer Denise and the Chair Club house band, anyone is welcome to rock up and...
Mondays @ Chair Club (Haifang Lu)
25rmb Pints All Night Long

25rmb Pints All Night Long

Punk rock dive bar Specters in C-Park has 25rmb pints of Asahi all night long every Tuesday night, plus free pool and foosball and many strains and cousins of rock and punk on the stereo. Solid!
Tuesdays @ Specters (C·PARK)
30rmb Aperol Spritz Night

30rmb Aperol Spritz Night

Every Friday night, only at their Shankang Li shop, Homeslice slings Aperol Spritzes for 30rmb a pop, all night long. This only exception is this one doesn't work on public holidays.
Fridays @ Homeslice Kitchen (Shankang Li)
Outdoor Live Music by Madalitso

Outdoor Live Music by Madalitso

Born and raised in Zambia, Madalitso works as an engineer by day and performs as a musician on weekends and occasional evenings. His music draws inspiration from artists including John Mayer, Jake...
Every Tue, Sat until Oct 17 @ Abbey Road
My Boyfriend Is Out of Town — Ladies Night at The Fellas Terrace

My Boyfriend Is Out of Town — Ladies Night at The Fellas Terrace

Every Thursday, The Fellas Terrace turns into the city's favorite excuse. From 9:30pm to midnight, a live DJ keeps the energy high while the ladies drink on the house — prosecco and standard mixed...
Thursdays until Oct 31 @ The Fellas
Fellas Friday Funky Night at The Fellas Terrace

Fellas Friday Funky Night at The Fellas Terrace

Every Friday, The Fellas Terrace turns the rooftop into a 70s-inspired dance floor. Bold prints, disco energy, and a soundtrack made for moving set the tone from 10pm to midnight, with the Bund...
Fridays until Oct 31 @ The Fellas
House Affair Saturdays at The Fellas Terrace

House Affair Saturdays at The Fellas Terrace

Saturdays at The Fellas Terrace are for letting the week go. House Affair fills the rooftop with uplifting house music, low light, and a crowd that came ready to move. From 10pm to midnight, the...
Saturdays until Oct 31 @ The Fellas
Quiz Night

Quiz Night

Shanghai’s longest-running quiz night takes place at BnC, free to enter and open to all. Each week features ten rounds covering topics like current events, history, geography, pop culture, music,...
Wednesdays @ BnC

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