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1 Great World Entertainment Center
With a history of 80
years, Shanghai Grand World is a well-known entertainment center all over the
world which offers nine series of amusement programs, including cartoon world,
view on the sea, dream of Guinness, European expression, children spic, song and
dance, films as well as Great World recreation area. It is also the only venue
in China to create and exhibit the works of Guinness. Here it will make you have
a feeling of novelty and thrills.
Address: No. 1, South Xizang Rd., Huangpu District
Phone: 021- 63746703/63263760 ext. 40
Transportation: Metro: People's Square Station
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2 JZ Club
Naturally JZ
Club is a place having close relationship with Jazz music, which was set up by
two Jazz bandsmen and a stylist for loving Jazz music. This is a new beachhead
for Jazz in Shanghai where the top bandsmen appear frequently. If you are also a
Jazz lover, here would be your best choice during trip in Shanghai.
Address: No. 46, West Fuxing Rd., Xuhui District
Transportation: Metro: Metro Line 1
Phone: 021-64310269
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Visa
3 Majestic Theater
Founded in
1941, the Majestic Theater is located at the hustle and bustle intersection of
Jiangning Road and West Nanjing Road. The Chinese name of this theater means
"beautiful jade without flaw", and it once got kudos for "No. 1 in Asia" by
people all over the world.
Majestic
Theater is a well-known historical building, elegant and unique, which
ingeniously combined ancient and modern architectural style together. At the
entrance, the round huge tower is full of power and grandeur, and the
large-scale crystal pendant lamp is blazing with color. The theater enjoys a
good reputation both at home and abroad, which offers a diverse range of regular
performances such as opera, ballet, song and dance, and local/regional dance
performances.
Address: No. 66, Jiangning Rd., at Beijing Xi Rd.,Jing'an
District
Phone: 021-62174409
Transportation: Metro: Shimen Yi
Rd.
4 Shanghai Centre Theatre
Situated in the fully-serviced Shanghai Center Complex on the bustling West Nanjing Road, Shanghai Center Theater is a favorite venue for tourists to experience Shanghai nightlife. This theater is equipped for a variety of performances like jazz music concert, but specializes in performances by the Shanghai Acrobatic Theater. Shows are held most nights at 7:30pm with some seasonal variation including plate-spinning, clown show, tightrope walking to clowns and magic etc..
Address:
4/F, No. 1376, Nanjing Xi Rd., Huangpu District
Phone: 021-62798663/62797132
Fax:
021-62798610
E-mail: theatre@shanghaicentre.net
Transportation: Metro: Jing'an
Temple
5 Shanghai Concert Hall
Founded in 1930, the Shanghai Concert Hall is the extant oldest European classicalism style architecture which was designed by two young Chinese architects, a Wenzhao and Zhao Shen who adopted the techniques of the Renaissance period. With the high-class sound effect, it was highly commended by many famous musicians and orchestra groups who have come here to perform their talents. Being the music activity center of Shanghai Spring Music Festival and International broadcasting Music Festival for more than ten year, Shanghai Concert Hall is your best choice for appreciating and performing the classic music.
Address: No. 523, East Yan'an Rd., South of People’s
Square, Huangpu District
Phone:
021-63862836/53866666
Transportation: Metro: People's
Square
6 Shanghai Grand Stage
Shanghai Grand Stage is the first theater-style multi-functional indoor stadium in China. It is a two storeys building with an area of 1,250 square meters which mostly acting as the venue for large rock and pop concerts, including the rolling stones. The stage could accommodate 10,000 attendees for performances and 12, 000 people on the sporting events.
Address: No. 1111, North Caoxi Rd., Inside Shanghai
Stadium, Xuhui District
Phone:
021-64385200/64265678
Transportation: Metro:
Shanghai Tiyuguan
7 Shanghai Symphony Orchestra At Jing'an Hotel
Every Sunday, there is a chamber music in the lobby of the Jing'an Hotel performed by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.
Address: No. 370, Huashan Rd., Jiang'an District
Phone: 021-62481888 ext. 687
Transportation: Metro: Changshu Rd.
8 Yifu Theatre
Yifu Theater is located
on the Cultural Street of Fuzhou Road, adjacent to the golden area, city center.
It is a well-built building with unique architectural style, and every corner of
the building demonstrates a strong Chinese cultural charm and flavor. At
daytime, the handsome model made of marble makes the whole building more noble
and elegant. When the night falls, it is more beautiful and gay under the help
of the lighting.
There are totally 928 seats in the theater with 116 upstairs and 812 downstairs. Featuring Chinese Opera, Yifu Theater is an ideal place for you to appreciate the traditional Chinese cultural performance, ranging from Peking Opera, acrobatics, to the Chinese Kongfu.
Address: No. 701, Fuzhou Rd., Huangpu District
Phone: 021-63514668/63225294
Transportation: Metro: Middle Henan Rd.
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9 Shanghai Oriental Art Center
Situated at the central-zone of Pudong New Area, Shanghai Oriental Art Center is the landmark on Shanghai's new cultural blueprint, which is covering ad area of approximately 40,000 square meters. It is designed by a famous French architect Paul Andreu, composed of the entrance hall, Performance Hall, Concert Hall, Exhibition Gallery and Opera Hall, forming a beautiful butterfly orchid in full bloom. Looking over from the high place, the art center is just like a blossoming flower with five petals, elegant and graceful.
Address: No. 425, Dingxiang Rd., By Jindai Rd., Pudong
District
Phone: 021-38424800
Transportation: Metro: Shanghai Kejiguan
10 Shanghai Acrobatics Troupe
Established in 1951,
Shanghai Acrobatics Troupe is a first-class art performing team well known in
the world with luxury performing lineup, complete programs, and super-duper art
of acrobatic and graceful comprehensive art. It frequently tours internationally
and performs at Shanghai and other cities in China at regular intervals. At
present time, an acrobatic show has become a must-seeing evening entertainment
for tourists in Shanghai. Here you can enjoy squeezing through the Barrel,
pagoda of bowls, plate spinning, magic"Flipping of Masks", foot juggling, cross
teeterboard, head walking and so on.
Address: No. 1376, West Nanjing Rd. The Shanghai Center
Theater, Huangpu District
Phone: 021-62798663 (Box
Office)
Transportation: Metro: Jing‘an Temple
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