This Weekend in Beijing

Get your aural fix on Friday with rockabilly and blues by Defy and Hoochie Coochie Gentleman.

And, and on Saturday, take care of your other four senses at The Beach...

FRIDAY

Defy @ Temple
After a tour, sound recordings, magazines and press interviews, and few music festivals, Defy have become international ambassadors for Beijing's rockabilly scene... More >>

Hoochie Coochie Gentleman @ Jianghu

Four friends, three glasses of beer, two lives, a band. When they gather on one stage impromptu

blues-driven sparks fly. More >>

Black Sun Re-Opening Party

Now under foreign management, Black Sun re-opens with a combination of free and cheap drinks, great music and good times. More >>

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SATURDAY

Heavenly Stems @ V.A. Live

Original rock music with guitar and vocals by Jess Meider (USA), bass by Gao Fang (Beijing) & drums by Zac Courtney. More >>

Senses by Mumm Champagne @ The Beach

Great music, food, Mumm champagne and more - it's an event designed to bring pleasure to all five senses, More >>

Find more Saturday events >>

Popular on Beijing Stuff this week

• A day at the beach in China
• US debt watch. Don't try to count.
• Rejected by a Muslim girl

Around the Interwebs

With the US dollar downgrade, tanking stock markets, riots in London, etc, etc.....we present ATI: The End of the World Edition...

e*trade Baby reacts to S&P downgrade...

Playing the stock market this week has been a lot like

this Hasbro game from the 1960s...

Times are truly tough when a grown man makes an offer like this

on Craig's List. Excerpt below. Click here to read the full ad.

That's all. And have an awesome weekend, Beijing!