Daily 8pm-1.30am
12A Chaoyangmenwai Beidajie, Chaoyang
6552 9059
A three-storey homage to latin dance: the second floor restaurant has a live feed so that diners can take in the third-floor dance floor action. Regular dance contests are held when the singers in the Cuban house band ask patrons to imitate their homegrown dance moves.
Daily 7pm-3am
4 Gongti Dong Lu, Chaoyang
6595 9494 ext 80
The name says it all. A live band pumps out Mandopop classics framed by a stage of outrageously garbed showgirls (dancing nuns on one occasion). Uniformed hostesses in slinky evening wear serve you drinks, light your cigarettes : all part of the in-house service. Part cabaret, lounge, dance club and KTV, an evening spent in Success is the be-all, end-all of Beijing kitsch. Best of all, there’s no cover charge!
9:30am-10:30pm
60 Fuxingmennei Dajie
6601-3204
Sanwei Shuwu. Here you’ll find the traditional Chinese arrangement of a bookstore with an adjacent café. In the past these bookstore-cafés attracted writers who sipped tea while listening to live Peking opera and talking about their work. At Sanwei, there’s a popular bar upstairs. Friday is jazz night, and Saturday brings in Chinese classical musicians playing such traditional instruments such as the pipa and the guzheng, Hear the twang and thang of the People’s song and Dance Troupe of China every Saturday at 8:30. Sanwei Shuwu. Here you’ll find the traditional Chinese arrangement of a bookstore with an adjacent café. In the past these bookstore-cafés attracted writers who sipped tea while listening to live Peking opera and talking about their work. At Sanwei, there’s a popular bar upstairs. Friday is jazz night, and Saturday brings in Chinese classical musicians playing such traditional instruments such as the pipa and the guzheng.
Sanlitun South Street, Chaoyang
Live jazz and African band on weekends.
Weekdays 5pm-late, weekends 11am-late
8 Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang
6532 4053
The circus has come to town. Nightly performances include clowns, magicians, acrobats, go-go girls, the ‘occasional beast’ as well as live music and DJ sets. Theme rooms add to the carnival atmosphere.
135 Xizhimenwai Dajie
6835-4455
Beijing Zhanlanguan. Chinese and Western plays, operas, and ballet performances are staged at this theater, in a Soviet-style building that’s part of the Exhibition Center complex
1 Beixinhua Jie
6605-5812
Beijing Yinyueting. Beijing’s main venue for Chinese and Western classical music concerts also hosts folk dancing and singing, and many celebratory events throughout the year。
Harbour Plaza Hotel, No. 8 Jiang Tai Xi Lu
朝阳区蒋台西路8号，海逸酒店
6436 2288
Pit Stop brings the excitement of Formula One Grand Prix racing to Beijing. Serving American food, a selection of draught beers and creative cocktails, Pit Stop offers live music from the stage well into the night.
2 Xitucheng Road, North side of Jimenqiao, (North side of Beijing Film Academy)
6203-2906
Rock club or disco? You make the call. NASA was highly popular back in its heyday, and still does decent business attracting students, both local and foreign, thanks to its location near the Beijing Film Academy. Look for its huge, rusty iron sign.
Yu Gong Yi Shan Cultural Promotions Ltd.
West courtyard former site of Duan Qirui Government,
3-2 Zhangzizhong Lu, Dongcheng District
张自忠路3-2号段祺瑞执政府旧址西院
Telephone Office: (86) 010 8402 8477
Telephone Bar: (86) 010 6404 2711
Fax: (86) 010 8402 8477
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Yugong Yishan – A Beijing classic!
愚公移山老字号！
Yugong Yishan is a Chinese proverb about a foolish man who wants to remove a mountain and who succeeds in it!
Yugong Yishan from 2004 to 2007 was a tiny live house located in a parking lot across the Worker’s stadium in Beijing. The venue was awarded best live house by That’s Beijing in 2005, 2006, 2007. It’s been a platform for local and international bands and party labels in an area predominated by mega discos and green lasers.
In July 2007 the bulldozers of the forthcoming Olympics have rolled over the place and turned it down. We had a big demolition celebration that night where everybody was dancing on the ruins!
In September 2007 Yugong Yishan was reborn from its ashes and celebrated its re-opening in a much bigger place right in the heart of Dongcheng district. Now located in former Ruifu lounge (Pingan Avenue) in the beautifull courtyard of Duanqirui government and after a big face lift, the venue now features a 500 m2 surface, a capacity for 800 to 1000 people, a 5 meters wide stage and a brand new sound system (Meyer Sound). Yugong Yishan is ready to rock!!
Check out the website for an up to date listing of live acts.
