Listings

Housing the Loop featuring DJ T.

Date: Sept 26－10 pm

Venue: The Bar at Migas

Price: 70 yuan

Housing the Bar meets Eddie Lv's The Loop to bring a truly legendary DJ and producer－DJ T. From booty-bouncing deep house to forward disco grooves to straight up Jacking tracks, expect sounds that rattle your soul and lift you up off one of Beijing's best dance floors. Thomas Koch aka DJ T. has been a vital part of electronic music and club culture for over 20 years. Uniquely accomplished in both influence and scope, he has excelled in every one of his incarnations: DJ, label owner, producer, club operator, publisher and journalist. As disco reached its shimmering apex in the late 1970s, young Dusseldorf-born Thomas relocated to Frankfurt with his family. His parents plied him with vinyl compilations, and as a nine-year-old he succumbed to disco's seductive charms, beginning a lifelong commitment to crate digging and vinyl collection. Thomas' budding obsession moved through disco and hi-nrg, to the burgeoning sounds of early American rap & hip hop music, and finally to electro-funk, the beloved genre that has left an indelible imprint on all of DJ T.'s own productions. It was love at first listen, and driven by the sounds of seminal protagonists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, Newcleus and Mantronix, Thomas took up breakdancing, compelled to move by the genre's urgent funk and infectious beats. In 1989, T. founded the influential German-language magazine Groove. T.'s intention, in his own words, was to "create a magazine that would meet my own needs." T. also contributed to anthologies on club music, such as Localiser 1.0 and Techno.

E-mail: harriet@migasbj.com

Line 5 Pub Crawl

Date: Sept 12－8 pm

Venue: The Bar at Migas

Price: 25-30 yuan

The folks on Line 5 already knew they had the best-kept secret around... great food, convenient shopping, awesome nightlife and speedy metro access, all bounded by alleys that host some of the last traditional Chinese communities in the city. On Saturday Sept 12, Slow Boat Brewery, Cuju, The Distillery, Mas, and Capital Spirits have teamed up to break that peaceful silence, to spread the word and draw the crowds, to drag the Dongsi and Beixinqiao districts into the future with their brethren: Sanlitun and Gulou. We plan to accomplish this small wonder with Line 5's very own pub crawl: The Line 5 Pub Crawl. Line 5 Pub Crawlers will get Line 5's best drink deals, plus a passport that gets them more drink deals.

E-mail: becky@slowboatbrewery.com

Sports

2015 China Open

Date: Oct 3-11－8 am

Venue: National Tennis Center

Price: 980-5,980 yuan

Beijing's favorite international tennis tournament is back. Get your tickets early for this ATP and WTA tour event, which regularly attracts top-tier talent. Outside of the arenas, the likes of Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams knocking balls on practice courts at eye level.

Contact: 400-610-3721