Hangzhou Nightlife & Entertainment

Life after dark in Hangzhou offers plenty of attractions. The dazzling Hangzhou Grand Theater, completed in 2006, offers a vibrant program of classical and Chinese traditional music in its three halls. Visitors wanting to experience a performance of Shaoxing opera, a musical form local to the Zhejiang region, have good opportunities in Hangzhou, especially at the city's Shengli Theater.

Hangzhou, with its long history of high culture and its modern booming economy, offers the best of traditional Chinese entertainment alongside the bars, discos and karaoke rooms that are part of life in every big city today. As a modern metropolis, tourists can get wholly relaxed at night spending the night in a bar, pub, discos or appreciating the famous evening show-- Impression West Lake.

Impression West Lake

This fantastic show is directed by Yimou Zhan, it is distinguished by ever-shifting lighting and colors, has a spectral quality that meshes well with Japanese New Age composer Kitaro´s music. The show is performed in a natural stage setting. Located at the scenic Yue Lake of the West Lake area in Hangzhou, and in harmony with its world famous landscape, Impression West Lake is the most beautiful metropolitan theater with natural mountains and water as its backdrop. Thanks to the magical colors from each of the four seasons in Jiangnan (south of the Yangtze River), every show offers a uniquely wonderful feeling.

Hangzhou Pubs & Bars

Hangzhou is like a melting pot which incorporates various cultures from various countries. And as the typical representative of its rich culture, pubs & bars here are enchanting and fascinating to many tourists to Hangzhou. There are all kinds of pubs and bars to the tastes of different tourists during their Hangzhou tour.

Casablanca Country Pub
Hangzhou Milan Bar
Kana Pub Shamrock
Traveler's Pub
Reggae Bar
Shamrock
Kana's
LA Disco