the inaugural blender festival hits shanghai this weekend. the festival is a melange of design, graff, graphic, photo and video, featuring live performances which then rocks out to a strong dj line up well into the wee hours on apr 25-26 at river south art center. location: 1247 nan suzhou lu.

saving culture buffs in shanghai and beijing from the dreary winter grey, the jue festival, of music and arts adds some colour from january 7-17. plenty of excuses to get outdoors here including french electro-clash outfit enfant terrible and dancehall legends south rakkas crew. the art program includes chen hang feng’s look at consumer logos at art labor gallery in shanghai.

local indie-pop band modern children play a mini gig at the kubrick store on fri – nov 28 [11pm-midnight]. location: 3 public square street, prosperous garden, shop h2 [yau ma tei].