What's Happening: Mark Your Calendars With the Best Beijing December Events
In What's Happening we round up some of the most notable Beijing events for the coming month – dig in and let loose!
Dec 8: Drag Brunch
The Christmas Special Beloved Beijing drag queen Ms. Anna Summers and a number of her cohorts will don festive Christmas threads for this raucous Home Plate Sanlitun dining extravaganza. RMB 300 gets you a three-hour DJ-backed buffet brunch and unlimited drinks, not to mention the drag show. RMB 300 (tickets on sale till Dec 4). Midday-5pm. Home Plate Sanlitun
Dec 8: The Hutong Christmas Fayre
Year after year, this alleyway bazaar continues to be one of Beijing’s favorite ways to ring in the holiday season. Held on the roof of The Hutong cultural center near Beixinqiao subway station, you’ll find festive treats like mulled wine as well as local artisans and makers selling jewelry, paintings, and other Beijing-related wares that make for perfect stocking stuffers, and more. Free. 11am-4pm. The Hutong
Dec 18-19: Lord of the Rings in Concert
Grab some popcorn as well as your fanciest threads for this cinema and high art mash-up. China's National Opera House Symphony Orchestra will take you on a journey through Middle-earth, performing the epic and soul-stirring classic score by Howard Shore alongside The Fellowship of the Ring. RMB 280-1,280. 7pm. Beijing Exhibition Center
Dec 21: Legowelt
He may be Dutch-born but Legowelt is decidedly international when it comes to his musical inspirations. Indeed, over his two-and-a-half decade career, the esteemed DJ and producer has nurtured a sound that has been described as “a hybrid form of slam jack combined with deep Chicago house, romantic ghetto technofunk, and EuroHorror Soundtrack.” These left-field and eclectic influences give his tracks a uniquely expansive sound and an arsenal of records that is sure to wow Dada’s late-night melomaniac set at this highly anticipated Beijing appearance. Price TBA. Doors open at 10pm. Dada
Until Feb 24: Nicolas Party: Arches
M Woods plays host to this Swiss artist best known for his deft use of a variety of mediums; be it using paint, pastel, sculpture, or video, Party creates “carnivalesque” site-specific pieces that exist once and once only before they are torn down and scrapped forever. RMB 60. Tue-Sun 10am-6pm. M Woods
Hungry for more events to keep you inside and away from the cold?
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