Circuses

Chaoyang Juchang
36 Dongsanhuan Beilu
Beijing, China
Phone: 010/6507-1818

Chaoyang Juchang (Chaoyang Theater) hosts spectacular acrobatic displays employing bicycles, seesaws, catapults, swings, and barrels.

Tiandi Juchang
Dongsishi Qiao
Chaoyang District
Beijing, China
Phone: 010/6502-3984

At the Tiandi Juchang (Universal Theater) the mostly young performers of the China Acrobatics Troupe run through their nightly repertoire of breathtaking, usually flawless stunts.

Music

Beijing Yinyueting
1 Beixinhua Jie
Beijing, China
Phone: 010/6605-5846 or 010/6605-7006

Beijing Yinyueting (Beijing Concert Hall), Beijing's main venue for Chinese and Western classical music concerts, also has folk dancing and singing, and many celebratory events throughout the year.

Music Clubs

Hotspot
Sanhuan Donglu
Chaoyang District
Beijing, China
Phone: 010/6531-2277

Hotspot (Ridian) is frequented by affluent, trendy young Chinese; the lively venue offers frenetic disco dancing, cage dancers, and karaoke singers in an industrial atmosphere created by a tin entrance tunnel, matte black decor, and steel balustrades.

Nightman
2 Xibahenanli
Beijing, China
Phone: 010/6466-2562

At Nightman (Caite Man) multilevel black-tiered seating and dancing areas house young Chinese and Westerners enjoying nonstop dancing to hip-hop, techno, and everything else served up by the imported DJs.