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Ultra Music Festival

Date: Sept 9-10 - 12:30 pm

Venue: Expo Park, Shanghai

Price: 780-1,280 yuan

Ultra Music Festival outgrew its Miami origins years ago, extending its beat-freaking tentacles into 23 countries across six continents by the end of 2018 for offshoot festivals and events that take the Ultra Music Festival atmosphere around the globe. Ultra Music Festival ambitiously entered Asia in recent years, cranking out a whopping eight-city tour of the region this past year with 6 of them happening within a 10-day period. More than 350,000 ravers attended events in Korea, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Bali, Hong Kong, The Philippines and Japan, with 120,000 descending upon Tokyo's Odaiba Ultra Park alone over the course 3 days. That's not too far off from Ultra's flagship event in Miami that sees 165,000 over 3 days. During the 19th edition of Ultra Music Festival, it was revealed that China would be joining the Ultra Worldwide family. This year marks a grand expansion for the Ultra camp, with a new two-day festival in Shanghai, China from Sept 9-10. Ultra China will be held in the ExpoPark. Two days, 20 hours without a break, BASS, and a great experience in the main stage, the resistance stage and the Ultra Park Stage, with the nearly 40 live shows, together with the ULTRA team effort, they are bound to give you the best audiovisual experience of your life with their three-dimensional LED stage! With the rhythm of the perfect music, the crowds of people sharing one heart, which screams, Peace& Love & Union& Respect.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Concrete& Grass Music Festival 2017

Date: Sept 16-17 - 11:30 am

Venue: Shanghai Rugby Football Club

Price: 220-636 yuan

China's grooviest music festival is back. Same place, same weekend. 2 days and 2 nights of ultimate doses of every shade of fun. Rock roll rap trap funk jazz disco metal goodness, with all the usual (and unusual) trappings, distractions and ice cream. Still the most affordable escape from the urban grind out there. It's a widely held scientific fact that everything in the universe is improved by the company of others. We've built this festival on that principle - we're pretty sure you'll find something to love here (no loners in this parade). The discovery doesn't just happen onstage but all over our rolling grasslands. The left-field and righton. Pretty boys and shiny girls. The queer and the shy, the loud and the bombastic. The young and the old. Music, food, friendship and community in all its four-dimensional glory. Save the date. Concrete& Grass 2017. Sept 16-17, at the Shanghai Rugby Football Club. Lineup announcements are coming soon. Bring your smiles, bring your love, bring your friends, bring your family. We can't wait to show you what we've planned.

Contact: 010-6655-0000

Royal Opera House Opera Film Cavalleria Rusticana& I Pagliacci

Date: Aug 24 - 7 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 60 yuan

Cavalleria Rusticana is a story deeply rooted in love, betrayal, and a love triangle. Turiddu has returned home from military service to find that his fiancee, Lola, has married another man. In his revenge, he seduces Santuzza, but discards her again and has an affair with Lola. Santuzza is devastated and tells Lola's husband, Alfio, about the infidelity. Alfio and Turiddu agree to a formal duel, and Turiddu is killed. A dramatic tale of love and betrayal, Pagliacci revolves around a commedia troupe. Nedda and Canio are married, however she is secretly having an affair with Silvio. Nedda even goes as far to attempt to break it off with Silvio. However their love is strong, and they plan to run away together. Tonio, also in love with Nedda, confesses his love to her, but she turns him away, shaming him. In an act of revenge, Tonio tells Canio about Nedda's affair. During a performance, Canio confronts Nedda, and stabs her. Silvio attempts to save her but gets stabbed as well. The audience, not realizing it was real, claps until Canio screams at them, "The comedy is finished!"