Friday and Saturday: Kunming Social Club at Moonlight Corner
Moonlight Corner's new Green Lake Restaurant and Bar will once again feature its house jazz band 'Kunming Social Club' from 9:30 to 11:30 tonight and Saturday. Admission is free and the kitchen will feature a limited late-night menu.

Friday: Tribal Moons at Camel Bar
The Camel Bar has been hosting more local music than usual in the last few weeks, tonight Tribal Moons will take the stage. The free show starts at 9:30.

Friday: Alien Quest Party at Speakeasy Bar
DJs Latino and Chicken Han will provide the music while Speakeasy Bar screens cheesy B movies on its big screen. Tequila shots will be on special for 10 yuan. Music starts at 10:00, admission is free.

Friday and Saturday: HIV/AIDS benefit concert at TCG Nordica
TCG Nordica will feature all the performers that have played in this week's international music week tonight and Saturday in special benefit concerts to raise funds for HIV/AIDS programs. Music starts at 8:00 both nights and admission is 50 yuan/person or 25 yuan for students with ID.

Friday and Saturday: Extended House Party at Uprock
Uprock will be featuring DJs Shonny and Xiao Dong plus a special guest tonight and Saturday night beginning at 10:00. There will be 2-for-1 cocktails between 10 and 11. Admission is free.

Sunday: Choir Concert at TCG Nordica
On Sunday night Nordica will wrap up its international music week with a free choir concert featuring the Kunming Dong Dong Qing Miao People's Choir, Marianne G Nielsen, Liao Qiyu, Zhang Mingyue, Gao Chang, Chen Jinsong, Gao Xuehong, Nenia Zenana, Mari Salli, Huang Shan and Tang Yiling. Singing starts at 7:30, admission is free.

Tags: Camel Bar, live music, Moonlight Corner, Speakeasy Bar, TCG Nordica, Tribal Moons

Friday: Reflector, No Answer at Laowo Bar
Laowo Bar will host Beijing punk trio Reflector (反光镜) tonight for the band's Kunming stop on their autumn tour of western China. Local band No Answer (打死我也不说) will start off the evening at 9:30. Entry is 35 yuan.

Friday: Halloween costume party at Speakeasy Bar
Speakeasy Bar will be holding a costume party with DJs Kris, Martin Solberg, Lumberjack Jon and special guests starting at 10 tonight. Bottles of Red Label, Stolichnaya and Jim Beam will be awarded for the first-, second- and third-place costumes and Mike Shipley will be painting faces for those who come costumeless. Entry is free.

Friday: Halloween costume party at Camel Bar
Camel Bar will hold its Halloween costume party at 9 tonight with a free bottle of vodka for the best costume plus a free bottle of beer for anyone wearing sunglasses. There will also be specially priced 10 yuan shots of tequila and vodka as well as B-52s.

Saturday: Double exhibition opening at TCG Nordica
Two Scandinavian artists will be featured in a double exhibition opening Saturday night at TCG Nordica in the Loft/Chuang Ku art compound on Xiba Lu. Morten Viskum of Norway will unveil his solo exhibition 'Monogram XI' and Madeleine Aleman of Sweden will present her recent works created during her stay in Kunming. The opening starts at 8:00 and entry is free.

Tags: Camel Bar, DJ Kris, Halloween, Lumberjack Jon, Madeleine Aleman, Martin Solberg, Morten Viskum, Speakeasy Bar, TCG Nordica

With the weeklong National Day holiday just around the corner, much of Kunming is preparing to shut down and enjoy the (hopefully) nice weather over the next several days. Although the city will slow down noticeably, there will be some events and activities taking place during the PRC's 58th birthday celebration. Here's a quick rundown:

Tonight: GoKunming Happy Hour at Fisherman's Bar

GoKunming is organizing its first happy hour promotion which will take place in a few hours at Fisherman's Bar in the middle of Kunming Zoulang, just west of the intersection of Renmin Zhong Lu and Qingnian Lu. Fisherman's Bar has agreed to put several of its imported beers including Kingfisher, Singha, Coopers Sparkling Ale and more on special for GoKunming readers at only 19 yuan/bottle. Non-beer drinkers can enjoy special 15-yuan gin tonics and vodka tonics. Happy hour runs from 7 to 10 and music will be provided by DJ Kris.

Saturday: Art Workshop at TCG Nordica

TCG Nordica will be holding an art workshop tomorrow with Swedish artist Eta Hedman and other art teachers at their facility in the Loft aka Chuangku (创库). From 2-5pm all budding artists can try their hands at silkscreen printing, monotype prints, oil painting - all for a negligible material cost. Painting and other creative activities will also be provided for children.

Sunday: Camel Bar 12th Birthday Party

Kunming drinking institution the Camel Bar will celebrate its 12th birthday on Sunday with vodka and tequila specials and music by DJs Chengcheng and Shuangma.

Tuesday: Strange Day and oNEwAY at Shelter Bar

Local post-rock bands Strange Day and oNEwAY will play a warmup gig at Shelter Bar before heading to Lijiang to represent Kunming at the Snow Mountain Music Festival later in the week. The 9pm show's 15-yuan ticket includes one alcoholic beverage or soft drink. Shelter Bar is located at Yuantong Dong Lu, under the north end of the zoo.

Thursday-Sunday: Lijiang Snow Mountain Music Festival

Snow Mountain Music Festival, the granddaddy of China's music festivals, returns to Lijiang this year with some 50 bands taking two stages for three days. Many of China's top rock acts will perform, including Cui Jian, Second-hand Rose, Ruins and more. Tickets to the festival run 80 yuan/day.

GoKunming wishes the People's Republic of China a happy 58th birthday, we will resume regular updating after the holiday.

Tags: Camel Bar, Fisherman's Bar, live music, National Day, oNEwAY, Strange Day, TC/G Nordica

This weekend in Kunming will be a relatively lively one, with two parties plus a rare chance to see some live original music.

Local original hiphop
Speakeasy Bar will host the Kunming debuts of hiphop collective South Silk Road and local jazzed-out rapper Tang Renti beginning at 10. The free show will feature all-new original tunes from both acts.

Speakeasy Bar
说吧
445 Dongfeng Xi Lu
东风西路445号
Tel: 5327047

Return of the Camel
Local drinking institution the Camel Bar, which was recently demolished and converted into a parking lot, has emerged from the rubble and is reopening tonight just a bit west of its old location on Tuodong Lu. The newer, much-smaller Camel, now at 4 Tuodong Lu near the intersection with Beijing Lu, will hold an opening party featuring cocktails and shots for 10 yuan.

Camel Bar
骆驼酒吧
4 Tuodong Lu
拓东路4号
Tel: 3195841

Purim dance party
Tomorrow (Saturday) night, the Jewish festival of Purim will be celebrated at the Hump, beginning at 9 pm. Jews, non-Jews and everyone in between will be welcome, but all partygoers must arrive in costume and pay a 25 yuan cover charge that includes an all-you-can-drink special on selected drinks. Music will be supplied by DJs Christian and Frank and dancing will be mandatory. L'Chaim!

The Hump Bar
驼峰酒吧
Jinbi Plaza
金碧路金马碧鸡广场
Tel: 3640359

Tags: Camel Bar, hiphop, Purim, South Silk Road, Speakeasy Bar, Tang Renti

A couple parties this weekend that are worth noting:

On Friday Chapter One will be throwing a Mid-Autumn Party. According to Chapter One sources, there will be drink specials, drinking games and cheesy music with plenty of dancing. Chapter One is located at 146 Wenlin Jie.

On Saturday, the soon-to-be-demolished Kunming institution Cafe de Camel aka the Camel Bar will celebrate its 11th birthday with a party featuring a DJ and live band.

Two parties in two days!

Tags: Camel Bar, Chapter One, demolition