Shanghai Entertainment and Nightlife

Shanghai Entertainment and Nightlife

Shanghai Entertainment and Nightlife goes well beyond daytime activity. Shanghai is also a city that never sleeps in the evening. At night when people come out to play, the city’s clubs and bars are its heartbeat, positively pulsating with energy and buzzing with excitement. Full of bustle, commerce, innovation and rocketing skyscrapers, Shanghai also has a thriving cultural scene. A trip to the city’s many landmarks and historical sites can offer a glimpse into both its past and future. The nightlife in Shanghai will always make you want to stay in Shanghai.

Night Markets and Theme Bars

Nights Markets

Best Food and Snack Streets in Shanghai

Bars

Where does nightlife in Shanghai start? Of course, it is a bar or nightclub. Whether you are going on a date or going to the leisure, you can choose a bar or nightclub to experience the flourishing of Shanghai.The bars are a unique landscape in Shanghai. The bars of different sizes and styles are everywhere in Shanghai. Just like the stars floating in the night sky, it makes the midnight Shanghai be extremely enchanting.

Campus Bar

These bars are mainly located in Wujiaochang in the northeast of Shanghai, adjacent to Fudan University, Tongji University and other universities. The biggest feature of this type of bars is the avant-garde, avant-garde layout, avant-garde music, and avant-garde topics. Exaggerated wall paintings, ingenious prefaces are mostly written by customers according to their thoughts. The rock music is only played without popular music and soft music.

The Recommended Bars:

Hardrock(硬石)
Add: No. 315 Zhengtong Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai(上海市杨浦区政通路315号)
Tel: 021-65112380
Black Box(黑匣子)
Add: No. 2009 Huangxing Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai(上海市杨浦区黄兴路2009号)
Tel: 021-55129008

Music Bar

These bars are mainly emphasized on the atmosphere and music effects with the professional-grade audio equipment and the latest music CD. Sometimes, there are band performances in these bars. Soft lamplight, soft wall decorations and soft music attract many music lovers who pay attention to the taste.

The Recommended Bars:

CJW Jazz Bar(CJW爵士酒吧)
Add: Unit 4 of No. 2 Xintiandi Nanli, No. 123 Lane, Xingye Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai(上海市黄浦区兴业路123弄新天地南里2号4单元)
Tel: 021-63856677/021-63852277
Cotton Club(棉花俱乐部)
Add: No. 1428 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai(上海市徐汇区淮海中路1428号)
Tel: 021-64377110

Commercial Bar

These bars are emphasized on the atmosphere of the western bar-warm, casual and enjoying, which are mainly concentrated in large hotels and commercial markets. The expenses of the high-end commercial bars such as No. 3 Bund, Jiuchongtian are expensive. Xintiandi, Hengshan Road, South Maoming Road, Huaihai Road and Fuxing Park are the most concentrated areas of Shanghai commercial bars.

The Recommended Bars:

(M-BOX)
Add: No. 1 Baoqing Road, Xuhui Road, Shanghai(上海市徐汇区宝庆路1号)
Tel: 021-64451777

Hottest Bar Streets in Shanghai

The most famous bar streets in Shanghai are Hengshan Road, South Maoming Road, Julu Road and Tongren Road.

Hengshan Road

Hengshan Road is the largest bar street in Shanghai. Hengshan Road in Shanghai, such as Sanlitun in Beijing, is gradually declining, or is still a glamorous city business card, shining in the most romantic streets of the city, beating and flowing in the blood vessels of urban culture. One end of Hengshan Road is connected to the bustling Xujiahui, where a large number of young foreign-company white-collar workers are gathered here. The other end of Hengshan Road is adjacent to the embassy district and the high-end residential area where is home to a large number of expatriate staff. Of course, because it is close to the foreign consulate area, it is an exotic place and business is booming. Hengshan Road has become the first place to open the Shanghai bar atmosphere, and has a unique position in Shanghai nightlife.

South Maoming Road

The excitement of Shanghai is mostly in her night when the evening lights are lit. The most active members of the city come out from their respective office and merge into the tide of the street and they disappear without a trace. Therefore, South Maoming Road, which is just less than a kilometer north of Yongjia Road, belongs to the beauty of Shanghai night. Compared with Hengshan Road, this bar street is actually less than a mile. In this area originally belonging to the French Concession, there is still a romantic atmosphere from France…

Julu Road

There is less fake dignity and more real humanity for the same nightlife in Shanghai in Julu Road. As long as you have the courage to let yourself completely relax and say some simple English, Julu Road is the most suitable place to go. Julu Road is the best place where gives you different experience.

Fuxing Park

There are not many bars here, but they all have distinct characteristics. Muse at Park97 has almost become the default destination for Shanghai’s weekend nightlife.

Tongren Road

Tongren Road is adjacent to the office buildings such as Shanghai Mall and Portman Hotel. The entire Tongren Road is filled with the style of European Bar Street. The most dense place in Tongren Road Bar is the area near Yan’an Road. At first glance, the bar is really difficult to choose. The bars here also have a special feature of offering a variety of food and beverages. The Western-style dining has faded the night’s charming, and the Tongren Road Bar Street is quiet and simple.

Shows and Performances in Shanghai

Acrobatic Show in Shanghai

No visit to China would be complete without seeing a Chinese Acrobatic show. You will be surprised by an amazing and fantastic acrobatic show which featured extraordinary tumbling acts, unbelievable strength and flexibility feats, and spectacular balancing acts. Definitely a must-see and do activity when visiting Shanghai.

Best Places to Listen to Pingtan

Pingtan(storytelling and ballad singing in Suzhou Dialect) was once the second largest entertainment project in Shanghai after the film. Suzhou Pingtan has been widely spread in Shanghai and has a history of more than 100 years. Although the Pingtan is not a popular entertainment activity in the metropolis, there are still many fans who have eyes only for Pingtan. Therefore, there are still many story-telling houses in Shanghai. In the yellowed memory, under the vermilion stage, there are full of gentle men, ladies, Misses,aunts and friends.

Luyi Storytelling House(鲁艺书场)
Add: Next to the Lu Xun Memorial Hall, Shanyin Road, Hongkong District, Shanghai (上海市虹口区山阴路鲁迅纪念馆旁)
Tel: 021-65407698
Wuding Storytelling House(武定书场)
Add: No. 85 East Kangding Road, Jing’an District, Shanghai(上海市静安区康定东路85号)
Tel: 021-52139880
Changyi Storytelling House(长艺书场)
Add: Floor 3 of Changning Culture and Art Center, No. 650 Xianxia Road, Shanghai(上海市仙霞路650号长宁文化艺术中心三楼)
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Qingpu Culture Storytelling House(青浦文化书场)
Add: Qingpu Senior Citizen Activity Center, No. 296 North Chengzhong Road, Qingpu Road, Shanghai(上海市青浦区城中北路296号青浦老年活动中心)
Tel: 021-64530171
Meiwen Academy(梅文书苑)
Add: Floor 2 of Cultural Center, No. 415 Meilong Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai(上海市徐汇区梅陇路415号文化馆二楼)
Tel: 021-64530171

Best Places to Taste Tea in Shanghai

Unlike traditional Chinese tea houses, Shanghai’s tea houses are always more modern and warmer, which conform to the tastes of young people. Especially the candles on the table and gentle music, as well as the romantic swing chair, are more attractive than the fast food culture of KFC and McDonald’s. The consumption of tea houses is much cheaper than bars and western restaurants. The types of beverages include the most classic bubble black tea, milky tea of various flavors that can be refilled infinitely. The containers are not the same, very elegant and interesting.

Huangpu District

Huangpu District is the oldest urban area in Shanghai. In this area, there are the oldest existing tea houses in Shanghai, and there are also tea houses with the decoration styles between the ancient and modern. It is suitable for looking for a place to sit down, and slowly to taste the tea.