Nightlife

Discover the best of Shanghai’s nightlife, including clubs, DJs and late-night events

Club call: 4 new(ish) nightlife spots for your radar
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Club call: 4 new(ish) nightlife spots for your radar

Fizzing for a night out? Stay up until the sunrises at these new clubs

London rave-inspired party e404 is happening at Elevator tonight
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London rave-inspired party e404 is happening at Elevator tonight

Founder Ben NRG gives us the lowdown

Interview: meet homegrown DJ collective Shanghai Dancehall
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Interview: meet homegrown DJ collective Shanghai Dancehall

The homegrown DJ collective’s Kyle B. on why they’ll never stop pushing reggae music in China and plans for the summer

Medusa's Michael Cignarale:
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Medusa's Michael Cignarale: "I just want to be a big, belting diva"

The co-founder of one of Shanghai's hottest monthly parties speaks on his debut album

Long-running, late-night club Celia is finally unveiling its new location in Jingan
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Long-running, late-night club Celia is finally unveiling its new location in Jingan

See what it’s all about at the soft opening party on Friday

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ALL Club
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ALL Club

An underground club from the The Shelter manager Gaz Williams and co

DADA
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DADA

A Shanghai institution, DADA is a chilled-out dive bar where locals and laowai can let their hair down free of the pretensions of the city's more flashy clubs

Bar Rouge
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Bar Rouge

Bund-side lounge bar for the high-class clubber

Elevator
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Elevator

Underground electronic music and ping-pong at former LUNE space

Le Baron
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Le Baron

Swanky Parisian club's Shanghai off-shoot, with a notoriously picky door policy

Celia
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Celia

This after hours joint from veteran DJ Emil Chang regularly keeps the party going until 10am with residents Lina K, Cice, and Jeff Chong providing a focus on deep house, minimal techno, techno and tec

UP Shanghai
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UP Shanghai

A club/bar/lounge hybrid in Jingan

More nightlife features

Rave about this: there’s a huge UK bass party this weekend
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Rave about this: there’s a huge UK bass party this weekend

Featuring a spectrum of fresh faces and scene stalwarts

5 questions with Rachel McInerney aka Gargoyle Girlfriend
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5 questions with Rachel McInerney aka Gargoyle Girlfriend

The DJ, also founder of Kaos: Art in the Underground and lead singer of Snuff Disco, talks inspirations and aspirations

Interview: Alter. on their new space X Bar and future plans
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Interview: Alter. on their new space X Bar and future plans

The nomadic events brand have shifted gears with their own space. We sit down with the crew to talk motivations behind permanent digs and what’s next on the agenda

Here's why the newly opened club ALL is not 'the new Shelter'
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Here's why the newly opened club ALL is not 'the new Shelter'

ALL isn’t The Shelter, nor is it aiming to be