Some toothy English chap is getting married to his rather attractive lady friend in a big church in London today. If that sounds like your idea of fun, you can watch the event live on satellite TV with English commentary in several bars around town - see our Royal Wedding post here for full details of where to get your Pimm's on. For everything else that's going on in Beijing this long holiday weekend, read on.

As mentioned several times on the blog recently - see our interview with co-owner Thomas Gaestadius here - White Rabbit is opening in Sanlitun in the Tongli space where the original China Doll – not the 3.3 one, which is still open – used to be. The waiting’s over, because White Rabbit reopens this weekend with a double-header of parties featuring Yang Bing, Ben Huang, Mickey Zhang and others providing the beats. Entry is free tonight and tomorrow and the doors open at 9pm. Just don’t go there at 4am like you used to.

A massive weekend in store, with Lantern set to reopen at Gongti West Gate (in a basement space behind Xuxian Lou restaurant) on August 26 (the party continues on August 27), and Berlin electronic duo Andhim playing at Tango on August 27 (RMB 50). For more on Lantern’s revival, see our previous post here. For the rest of the weekend's bar and nightlife news, read on!

Revolutionary chef Ferran Adria is in Beijing for a flying visit today, visiting Nali Patio's stronghold of Spanish restaurants and hosting a demonstration class at Raffles Hotel's East 33 later this afternoon. We were fortunate enough to catch the elBulli mastermind on his tour of Nali - he visited Agua, Migas, Mosto, Niajo, Carmen and Taste Spain - and got a few snaps of the man who has been variously described as cooking's Salvador Dali (Gourmet magazine), Pablo Picasso (Rafael Anson, World's 50 Best Restaurants) and, ahem, Elvis Presley (New York Times). More to come later!

It’s likely that most people who were familiar with Agua’s original spot at Ch’ien Men 23 will welcome the restaurant’s revival and relocation to the more accessible surrounds of Nali Patio. Indeed, it’s hard to see anyone who enjoys good food not finding something to like about this place.