Beijing Travel Blog

Beijing is hosting several awesome music events this summer, including the INTRO music festival, KAMA festival and the coolest DJ party to hit the Great Wall in a long time headlined by Fatboy Slim! With all of this going on, its easy to ignore the simpler music scenes like the constant live music on...

Jazz is extremely popular in Beijing, perhaps owing to the fact that the city has long been a haven for music of every kind, but also because Jazz can easily be played with unique an amazing twists with traditional Chinese instruments. In Beijing, there are countless jazz bars you can go to listen to...

After one of the most brutal Beijing winters in living memory with far more snow and subzero temperatures than is frankly necessary, the warmer weather is finally starting to come to Beijing. May is a great time of the year in Beijing because it hasn’t gotten so hot that you just want to live in a...

The May holiday period in China is one of the most important holidays for people in the world’s most populous country. For travellers in Beijing, one of the most exciting parts of this holiday in recent years has been the prevalence of a growing number of music festivals. With the weather getting pleasantly...

Gearing up for a night out in Beijing? You’re in luck: the scene here has really jump-started in the last decade or two, and there’s enough variety for everyone to find something that suits their fancy. 1. Karaoke may be for the drunk and silly in the U.S., but don’t jump to the conclusion...