Blog Tag - Wukesong

A Backwater No More: Why Wukesong Is Well Worth a Visit
For years, city center-dwelling Beijingers largely only went to Wukesong for two reasons: for sport at west-end neighborhood’s Wukesong Arena or for...
Globetrot In the Mosh Pit with Mao Live’s World Music Showcase, Dec 16
The phrase "all the world’s a stage" will take on extra resonance at Mao Live this Sunday afternoon, Dec 16, as the Haidian livehouse plays host to...
"I Can Become a Tiger at Any Minute": Q&A With Hungarian Songstress Vera Jonas
Unfamiliar with Hungary’s singer-songwriter scene? That might be about to change, when Vera Jonas Experiment takes to Laifu (来福) Livehouse's stage in...
"See the Na'vi Jump Off the Screen"; Insider Dishes on Avatar Inspired Cirque du Soleil Production, Aug 1-12
If you’ve ever been to a Cirque du Soleil show, you know that the Montreal theatrical producer’s acrobats move with the grace and gravity-defying...
Fall Out Boy to Make Beijing Dance, Dance at Wukesong Cadillac Arena, May 7
If the changing of the seasons has you feeling a little emo and in need of some peppy pop-punk to pick you up, then you’re in luck. That’s because...
Massive New Mao Livehouse at Wukesong Serves West Side with Scene Stalwarts
It took long enough but the new and officially branded Mao Livehouse Wukesong is up and running. The 800-seat capacity venue – part of Shijilemeng...
New Mao Wukesong Livehouse To Open Aug. 18
UPDATE, Aug. 14: This weekend's gigs have been postponed until further notice. We will update this a blog once more information is available....
NBeer Pub Expands Its Taps and 7,000 Bottles to Fast West, Wukesong
Since local microbrewery NBeer Pub opened in Huguosi in 2013, it has grown to become a hotspot for beer lovers in the west thanks to its various in-...
Owners of Shanghai MAO to Open New Beijing Livehouse in Wukesong in July
Usually it's the closure of yet another Beijing music venue that makes headlines, but thankfully not this time. Instead, most of the capital's music...
Capital Consumption: You’ve heard of the 798 … But what about the 998?
Ahh, Wukesong, home to the LeSports Center, the PLA General Hospital, and a colossal shopping mall affixed with the following three digits: 998....
Shake it Like a Polaroid Picture: Where to Buy Cameras and Film in Beijing
After a stroll down Beiluogu Xiang or Wudaoying it seems like the norm to stumble into a restaurant or cutesy shop with walls plastered with Polaroid...
Vintage Goods, Music, Food and Fun Add Up to a Can't Miss Event May 1-3
There's tons to do this long weekend in Beijing, but if there's one event you don't want to miss, its the music / food / cool vendor extravaganza...
10 Priceless Moments for the MasterCard Center's 10th Anniversary
The MasterCard Center, formerly known as the Wukesong Arena, turned 10 on Sunday, with its groundbreaking having taken place on March 29, 2005. It...
Fancy a Skate? Beijing's Newest (and Largest) Ice Skating Park Opens Today
When Wukesong Ice World unveiled its multipurpose outdoor ice arena last Thursday, droves of skaters arrived with the hopes of lacing up and having...
The Usher has Landed
Usher arrived in our fair city around 5:30 Saturday evening for the first time, ahead of his Sunday night show at Wukesong Arena. "This is the first...