Kipp's Picks: The Best Parties Over October Holiday
Plan out your long weekend with this curated list of wild parties that are sure to keep you entertained, patriotic, and in most cases loaded over the October holiday. Namaste comrades!
Sep 30: Moon Cake Pizza Party at Ramo feat: Cousin Kippy
Join Ramo for a moon cake pizza party tonight as Cousin Kippy (yours truly) presents "Music to Pizza to". A compilation of musical cheese and sleaze that stretches through the decades. Critics have called it "a slice of za for the ears" and a "triumph of food music pairings." So bring your shiny pizza faces down to Ramo for bogof pies and drinks specials, but stay for music and vibe presented by your 可怕大表哥. Free. 6pm. Ramo
Sep 30: dART Festival
Dare to art with this unique musical experience, taking cues from some of the major electronic music festivals from around the world and featuring collaborations with creatives to create a totally unique party. Don't miss out as the best from Beijing and big names from Europe join forces with some insane visualists and creatives to transform Tango 3F/2F.
Oct 1: The Minimalist presents Means & 3rd
Get minimal with Means & 3rd on Thursday as this resident DJ of Manchester’s Bohemian Grove night club throws down some smooth underground house and techno until the wee hours of the morning. DJs Will A and Coco VanCleef will support. RMB 30. 10pm. Dada
Oct 1-2: Lab24
ModernSky Lab hosts 20 DJs across two stages for 24 hours of non-stop musical raging. Get all sugared up at the pastry fair at 3pm, then make way for hours upon hours of psyched out electronic music with DJs Diva Li, Menghan, M.I.N.T. and many more. In the afternoon of the following day, they will even have a tai chi workshop. There’s nothing like a bunch of drunks getting their qigong aligned after hours of party madness. RMB 150, RMB 80 (advance). 3pm-3pm. Modernsky Lab
Oct 2: DVBBS
DVBBS are Canadian brothers Chris Chronicles and Alex Andre. They are riding high off their joint international hit with Borgeous titled "Tsunami," that reached number 1 on the UK charts. Get ready for a perfect storm of booty claps and too close for comfort dancing as these acclaimed youngsters hit the decks at Beijing’s most vivacious dance club. Free. 10pm. Sir Teen
Oct 3: Spirit Tribe
Spirit Tribe lands in Beijing this weekend to bring you a taste of tranced out electronica. You can expect all of the great vibes of the Goa Psyfidelity parties but kicked up a notch to send you venturing beyond the doors of perception and into a psychedelic fever dream filled with light and throbbing beats from sound wizards Acid Echoes, Gasse, Trixphonic, and Naja-25. RMB 50. 10pm. Dada
Photos courtesy of the organizers
