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Your up-to-the-minute guide to Shanghai life, culture, pop-ups and openings

Love Local: Tell us all about the Shanghai businesses you love

In May, Time Out launched the Love Local campaign by globally lending our voice to 16 campaigns that are fighting to support local food, drink, culture and entertainment in cities worldwide. Building on that momentum, here in Shanghai, this ...

Posted: 6:06 pm, 04 June 2020

The best things to do in Shanghai this week

Start June as you mean to go on with a whole load of brilliant events for your radar this week. Shop local at designer platform Common Rare's returning pop-up The Common Store, sip on pink pours at Perch's day dedicate...

Posted: 3:26 am, 02 June 2020

How to entertain your Disney-obsessed kid this summer in Shanghai

Looking for new ways to keep your little Disney princes and princesses entertained this summer? Not only is 'the happiest place on earth' now cautiously back in action (after closing at the end of January, Shanghai Disneyland reopened with a...

Posted: 9:36 pm, 28 May 2020

ELG is looking for young artists to enter its student competition

Got a young artist at home or kids looking for a creative outlet? Special education provider ELG is once again teaming up with emotional support hotline Lifeline for a student art competition in honour of R U OK...

By: Amy Snelling Posted: 6:40 pm, 28 May 2020

Win a pair of tickets to the Shanghai Lavender Festival

A trip to the lavender fields in southern France may be out of the question for now, but Provence lavender is in full bloom at the Shanghai Lavender Park near Disneyland. The floral wonderland is home to the fourth Shangha...

By: Yu Zhiming Posted: 3:00 pm, 28 May 2020

Great Shanghai drink deals for every day of the week right now

There's never a bad time for a cheap drink or a good deal if you ask us. Whether it's the weather finally warming up for terrace drinking or the incoming plum rains that will have you looking for a place...

By: Cat Nelson Posted: 3:38 am, 17 May 2020

Three Shanghai bars rank on the Asia's 50 Best Bars 2020 list

Last night, the fifth edition of Asia’s 50 Best Bars swapped its scheduled award ceremony in Singapore for an inaugural 'virtual' countdown that saw Singapore's Jigger & Pony (number nine last year) swoop in to bump The Old Man in...

Posted: 11:14 am, 15 May 2020

IKEA has revealed the recipe for its famous meatballs so you can make it at home

More than just its furniture pieces, Ikea has recently introduced its DIY concept into its food offerings as well. Aside from assembling your own cupboard, you can channel an endless Ikea Saturday by recreating the shop's iconic meatballs inside yo...

Posted: 2:55 pm, 14 May 2020

Underground club Arkham is closing this weekend

Shanghai is no stranger to big-name closures, but every loss still stings as much as the last. In the latest blow to the city's nightlife scene, underground club Arkham has announced it's closing this weekend with a final farewell par...

By: Amy Snelling Posted: 9:31 pm, 13 May 2020

Roller skate bar RIINK is moving at the end of May

High-energy roller rink bar RIINK is skating on to a new future. In June, the two-year-old venue – run by a team including Ting Ting Liang of LBT bar Roxie – will be moving from its semi-far flung home o...

By: Cat Nelson Posted: 2:26 pm, 11 May 2020