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Live Music
Beijing Rocks! Live music in Beijing bars is the name of the game. Be it Jazz, Punk, Rock, Pop or guy with a pair of spoons you'll definately find it here. Take a look at our live music section to find a venue near you.
Cafe Heaven and Earth
Add: 2 Qianhai Beiyan, Xicheng District
Tel: 6657 1870
11 - 3am
Live music
Capone's
Add: 4/F, Bldg A, The Place, 9 Guanghua Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 6587 1526
Sun-Thu 12pm - 12am
Fri-Sat 12pm-1am
Jazz Bar
Cave Cafe
Add: Next to 798 Space, 4 Jiuxianqiao Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 8456 5520
11am - midnight
Jazz Bar
CD Jazz Club
Add: Dongsanhuan Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 6506 8288
4pm - ?
Jazz played on Fri & Sat night.
Centro
Add: 1/F, Kerry Centre Hotel, 1 Guanghua Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 6561 8833, ask for Centro
24 hours
Big bar in the Kerry centre. Nightly Jazz sets.
Cheers Cafe
Add: 2/F, Tongli Studio, Sanlitun Houjie, Chaoyang District
Tel: 135 2044 6062
6pm - ?
Live music
East Shore Live Jazz Cafe
Add: 2/F, 2 Qianhai Nanyanlu, Xicheng District
Tel: 8403 2131
Houhai Jazz bar. Live Jazz sets from Thurs-Sun.
11am - ?
Gold Stone Bar
Add: 12 Xingba Rd., Nuren Jie, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6467 2122
Live music.
3pm - 2am
New Get Lucky
Add: A1 Xingba Rd., Nuren Jie, Chaoyang District
Tel: 8448 3335
Just another live music venue.
Press Club Bar
Add: 1/F, St. Regis Hotel Beijing, 21 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Dongcheng District
Tel: 6460 6688 ext 2360
Live music hotel bar.
4:30pm - 1:30am
Roses
Add: 1 Sanlitun Houjie, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6461 2689
Live performances Tues-Sat.
11am - 3am
Swing Bar
Add: 58 Sanlitun Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 6415 9196
A swing and a miss. As with every bar on Sanlitun's main road. Good for loud obnoxious live bands, "friendly" ladies terrible staff and ipso facto - overpriced drinks. Just stay off that road...
10am - ?
The Star Live
Add: 3/F, Tango, 79 Heping Xijie (50m north of Yonghegong subway station), Dongcheng District
Tel: 6425 5677
Live music by international and local pop bands.
www.thestarlive.com
6:30pm - ?
T Bar
Add: 1/F, Traders Hotel, 1 Jianguomenwai Dajie, Dongcheng District
Tel: 6505 2277 ext 36
Live music nightly.
8am - 12am
Top Club
Add: Central Park, 5A Yong'an Hotel, Nongzhanguan Beilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 8680 8104 / 8549 1057
Punk bands play on weekends & they host gay nights. Shenme yise?
24 hours
What Bar
Add: 72 Beichang Jie (just north of the west gate of the Forbidden City), Xicheng District
Tel: 133 4112 2757
Often host to Beijing rock bands.
2pm - ?
Yugong Yishan
Add: 1 Gongti North Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 6415 0687
Live music venue. Does not limit itself to a genre in it's live acts. Will field anything from hip-hop to jazz to a one man band.
High Society
Add: 1/F, Jiezuo Dasha, 55 Xingfucun Middle Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 6417 9780
Local jazz.
11:30 - 2am
HX Music
Add: 8 Nanshun Yitiao, Dongtieyingqiao, Dongnansanhuan, Fengtai District
Tel: 8269 6933
Live punk and metal bands.
9pm - ?
Jazz-Ya
Add: 18 Sanlitun North Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 6415 1227
Japanese style restaurant bar. Features Jazz and Japanese pop sets.
11:30am - 2am
Jiangjinjiu Bar
Add: 2 Zhongku Hutong, Dongcheng District
Tel: 8405 0124
Live music venue with reasonably priced drinks.
11 - 2am
Lotus Blue Bar and Restaurant
Add: 51-6, Di'anmen Dajie (Qianhaixiyan), Xicheng District
Tel: 6617 2599 / 2733
Live music venue.
Mon-Fri 1:30pm - 2am
Sat-Sun 11:30am - 2am
MAO Livehouse
Add: 111 Gulou Dongdajie, Dongcheng District
Tel: 6402 5080
Live music venue, designed like a concert hall. Mao will be rolling in his glass coffin. Worth a look.
4pm - ?
www.maolive.com
Nameless Highland
Add: Bldg 14, Anhuili Area 1, Yayuncun, Chaoyang District
Tel: 6489 1613
Live punk and metal bands.
7pm - 2am
Nashville Bar & Restaurant
Add: Haoyun Jie, 29 Zaoying Rd., Chaoyang District
Tel: 5867 0298
Live music all week of both rock and country.
11am - 3am