Talking Pints: Our Anniversary, Their Anniversaries and Carrefour Wine Fest!

You'll find it no surprise that in my opinion, the must-not-miss event of the weekend is the Beijinger's Tenth Anniversary Party. Then again, I confess to being totally biased. RMB 100 for five hours of drinks, entertainment and perhaps misty-eyed reunions with former friends, enemies, colleagues and lovers. It won't change your life, but it will make your Saturday afternoon (and night) infinitely more fun.

Head down to Sanlitun Soho (the party's in the central space outside), where we'll be partying from 4-9pm. Get dressed up in something representing the past ten years (see our suggestions on what to wear) and come along for music, drinks (including Hoegaarden, Boddingtons and spirits) and a little bit of food as well. Eat lunch before you come along, though - those Hoegaardens hit an empty stomach hard.

Quite the week for birthdays, this one: Also celebrating anniversaries this weekend are Suzie Wong's (nine), Acupuncture Records (four) and Punk (three), all on Friday night. Suzie Wong's party costs RMB 200, but we're giving you the chance to win a few tickets for the VIP cocktail reception - investigate here.

Acupuncture's party is at Lantern, costs RMB 60 and should be a massive celebration of the techno crew's journey from mini-parties at Alfa in 2007 to putting their INTRO festival on for thousands of electronic music fans every year since 2009. Our ticket competition for Acupuncture's party is also still open (for a few more hours at least) - to win, tell us in which ancient text were the earliest references to acupuncture made? Email win@thebeijinger.com with your answer. Do it now though. Last but not least in the Friday anniversaries pile-up is Punk's three-year shindig, with DJ Wordy and DJ Saul working the decks. That one is RMB 50 after 11pm.

Haze has DJ Suiki playing on Friday night - that's free entry - while at Mo Lounge Eddie Lv and QQ are playing the tunes. On Saturday, The Science of Sounds crew has a party at Lantern. The event was incorrectly listed as free in both our October issue and in the 7 Days in Beijing newsletter - in fact, there's actually a cover charge of RMB 50. Apologies for any confusion caused.

Another thing that wasn't mentioned in our October issue was DJ Spooky's upcoming show at Yugong Yishan on October 18 - look out for that, as it should be a good night of turntable action. That'll be RMB 70 (RMB 30 for students). Yugong have also just told us that they're bringing DJ Krush back to Beijing again on December 1.

Finally, Carrefour in Shuangjing is hosting another in its series of wine festivals this weekend (Oct 14-16). The launch is on Friday night, and gives you the chance to sample lots and lots of wines from all over the place. There'll also be 20 percent discounts on bottles. Beijing Boyce has more on the event, including one essential, Alan Partridge-style nugget of genius: bring your own big glass.