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14/06/2026

Dragon Boat Festival Open Mic Night: Music, Comedy & New Friends

Some nights start with a stage and end with a room full of conversations.

This Dragon Boat Festival, Chatmelt Open Mic Night returns to Shares Bar with an evening of live music, stand-up comedy, and an international English-speaking crowd.

The night features 3 comedy performances, 5 live music sets, and hosting by Rome, an American stand-up comedian who helps keep the energy flowing between performers and audience.

What makes Open Mic Night special is the mix of people it brings together. Some come to perform, some come to support friends, and others simply want a good night out. As the evening unfolds, performances spark conversations, strangers become familiar faces, and the room gradually finds its rhythm.

For many people in Hangzhou, Dragon Boat Festival is spent away from home. To add a little festival spirit, every guest will receive a traditional zongzi and a small holiday gift. Conversation cards will also be available at the bar, making it easy to jump into discussions about everything from travel and movies to more unexpected topics.

Whether you stay for every performance, join the conversations during the breaks, or simply enjoy the atmosphere, this is a relaxed way to spend a Friday night with music, laughter, and new people.

📅 June 19
⏰ 19:30–22:00
📍 Shares Bar
🎫 ¥28 per person
👥 ¥60 for 3 people

Come for the performances. Stay for the people. 🫔🎤🎶🍻

13/06/2026

One of Hangzhou's most consistent independent music venues, hosting touring acts and local releases across the national livehouse circuit, followed by late night DJs and MCs...

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08/06/2026

Chris Botti ~ Hangzhou!
This week ~ one show only!
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04/06/2026

Join us Monday night at 7pm for crawfish, barbecue, Dongbei dishes, cold beer, and a shared table. Few experiences capture the rhythm of a Chinese summer evening better.

Dahuzi Dongbei BBQ Restaurant
06.08 | 19:00

WeChat: 18668009750

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30/05/2026

May 29 to June 3. Five days. One plaza hosts every Zhejiang kitchen. No reservation needed. Just show up. Hangzhou's dongpo pork. Ningbo seafood. Quzhou's three-headed dishes (duck head, rabbit head, fish head). Taizhou's ginger noodle soup. All within walking distance. One stall to the next.

Grab the passport at the entrance. Enter the jianghu — visit the gates, wander the streets. Eat through three regions — say, Wenzhou fish balls, Jiaxing wenhu jiang ya (soy-braised duck), Huzhou qianzhang bao (tofu skin rolls). Get a stamp. Eat three more. By 1 PM, you have eight stamps and a full stomach. People cluster around the busiest stalls, plates in one hand, stamp booklet in the other. The line for Quzhou's spicy duck head (Laxian Gate) moves fast. The line for shengjian bao (pan-fried pork buns) moves slower. Plan accordingly.

The eleven regional kitchens are the peak. Each city is a "gate." Hangzhou's Wulin Gate brings Lou Wai Lou, Zhiweiguan, Fuyuanju — dongpo pork (braised pork belly), crispy pork intestine, xiaolong bao (soup dumplings). Plus caviar ice cream and AI-made Hangzhou noodles. Ningbo's Haiyan Lou piles up seafood and roasted nian gao (rice cakes). Shaoxing's Zuixiang Ju pours yellow wine and plates stinky tofu. Jinhua's Bawu Zhenxiu Tang serves yongkang roumai bing (meat-filled flatbread) hot off the griddle. You do not need to love every style. You just need to walk and eat.

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12/05/2026

Le Bistro Marché turns a corner of Kerry Center into something that feels closer to a European sidewalk café than a mall restaurant. The space changes naturally through the day. Afternoon coffee turns into dinner, and dinner stretches naturally into drinks, with nobody seeming in a hurry to leave.

Kerry Center already moves at a slower rhythm than most malls in Hangzhou, and the restaurant fits into that flow perfectly. People drift in after shopping, after work, or after an exhibition nearby — then stay longer than expected.

Weekends shift the mood even further. The terrace fills early with coffee, eggs benedict, French toast, and daytime cocktails stretching across the table. Some people arrive after shopping, some stay through the entire afternoon, and nobody seems interested in rushing the meal.

The food is built for lingering. Rich sauces, charred grills, crispy fries, soft egg yolks, smoky peppers — everything arrives designed for sharing. Plates start stacking naturally once the table settles in.

The dirty fries are the table magnet. Crispy shoestring fries buried under shredded beef, creamy sauce, and soft egg yolk — rich in exactly the right way. It is always the dish people claim they will “just try once,” then quietly finish.

The steak holds its own with proper grill flavor and enough richness to feel worth ordering. Smaller plates quietly balance the table. The mushrooms come buttery and savory, while the asparagus cuts through heavier dishes with clean charred flavor.

The meal slows down naturally once dessert arrives. Someone orders tiramisu after saying the table is done, someone else adds another drink, and the evening stretches further without anyone deciding to leave yet.

The terrace becomes the real draw at night. Once the lights come on, people stop treating the restaurant like a reservation and start treating it like somewhere to spend the evening.

Sit outside after dark, and dinner naturally turns into the rest of the evening.

Search Bon App for: Marche
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07/05/2026

Comedy Thursdays @ Wade’s
Next Shows: Thurs 05.14 / 05.21 / 05.28

English stand-up comedy, new material, returning comics, and a room that changes every week. Watch live sets, support local performers, or get on stage yourself.

Every Thursday at Wade’s.

06/05/2026

Shenglihe Street Food Market

Some Hangzhou food spots ask for a full plan. Shengli River food street is better when you just show up hungry and follow the smell.

I love this stretch in the evening, when the grills are smoking, metal trays are clattering, and every few steps there’s something tempting you into changing your mind about dinner. One minute it’s cumin-heavy skewers, the next it’s crisp scallion pancakes, then suddenly you’re standing there with sticky fingers and absolutely no regrets.

It’s not polished, and that’s exactly the charm. This is the kind of place that makes you want to order one more thing just because the person next to you did.

What’s your unbeatable Hangzhou night snack?

Search Bon App for: Shenglihe Street Food Market

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02/05/2026

A 1,000-Year-Old God of West Lake? Zhang Shun’s Legend Lives On

By the edge of Yongjin Pool, a bronze figure bursts from the water — frozen mid-leap, powerful and alive with motion. This is Zhang Shun, the “White Stripe in the Waves” from Water Margin — one of China’s great epic heroes, now immortalized in both metal and myth.

Once a humble fishmonger on the Xunyang River, Zhang Shun was famed for his extraordinary swimming skills — said to stay underwater for days. After his brother was wronged, he joined the Liangshan outlaws, becoming a fearless naval fighter.

His most legendary moment came during the campaign against Fang La. Under the cover of night, Zhang Shun dove into West Lake, attempting to infiltrate Yongjin Gate. But beneath the surface lay hidden traps, and above, a rain of arrows. Struck mid-climb, he fell into the water.

His final words:
“If I die here, then let me die a happy ghost.”

Locals believe his spirit never left.

They say Zhang Shun became a guardian of West Lake — a water spirit who still moves beneath the surface, sometimes glimpsed in the moonlight. Honored as Jinhua Taibao, temples were built in his name, and his story has been passed down for generations.

Today, the statue captures him in that eternal moment — muscles tense, hair slicked back as if just breaking through the surface. When sunlight hits the water, reflections ripple across his bronze body, making it seem as though he’s still swimming.

Now, Yongjin Pool is peaceful. Children play by the water, visitors rest in the shade. Yet someone always points to the statue and asks:

“Who is that?”

Now you can answer:

That’s Zhang Shun.

And just like that, the story continues.

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The water of West Lake keeps flowing — and so does his legend.

Zhang Shun is no longer just a character from Water Margin.

He’s part of Hangzhou itself — woven into its landscape, its history, and its soul.

29/04/2026

Hangzhou’s halal food scene runs deeper than most expect. From old city skewers tied to the mosque, to full Xinjiang tables, to Middle Eastern kitchens that reset the pace, and shawarma clusters near campus—there’s a clear path once you know where to look.

This map breaks it down: where to start, how to move, and what never misses.

Save it. Use it. Eat well.

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