From April 1st onwards, Changsha will be introducing a new IC transport card. A deposit of 17 RMB is required for each card, which can be used on Changsha’s future metro system. To return your old card and exchange it for a new one, please visit one ... Read More>>
Canadian jazz pianistDavid Braid will perform at the Hunan Theater in Changsha on April 13th. Braid is regarded as one of the most talented pianists and composers in the world and is the recipient of a Juno Award (Canada’s Grammy). Getting there: ride ... Read More>>
Vialka is a dynamic French-Canadian husband and wife duo who play an experimental style of gypsy folk music, inspired by their nomadic way of life (the band has been on what seems like a permanent world tour since their formation in 2002). Their music ... Read More>>
As Part of the British Council’s “UK Now” showcase, the British 1927 Theatre Troupe will perform "The Animals and Children Took to the Streets" at the Changsha Red Theatre on April 7th and April 8th. For more information on other ... Read More>>
Reflector (反光镜乐队) are one of the biggest and most successful Chinese punk bands in Mainland China. Considered by many as the "the Godfathers of Chinese punk", they were the first Chinese punk band to tour the United States and to gain ... Read More>>
Australian party funk band The On Fires are set to perform at Freedom House in Changsha on April 4th. Inspired by the likes of The Flaming Lips, Blondie, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, The Clash and The Banshees, the band has spent much of the past four ... Read More>>
Swedish post-rock band "Pg.lost" will perform at Freedom House in Changsha on March 26th. The band is currently touring Asia to promote their new album "KEY". In the past, pg.lost have played with many other notable post-rock bands, such ... Read More>>
On February 27th, a 24-year old woman, in an attempt to commit suicide, climbed out onto the ledge under a window on the 32nd floor of a building under construction in Changsha. For the next three hours, police tried talking her off the ledge to no avail. ... Read More>>
Israeli avant-garde rock band Eatliz will perform at Freedom House in Changsha on March 19th. Expect to hear an interesting mixture of Western pop and Middle Eastern flavours. Website: http://www.douban.com/event/15820968/ Getting there: ride bus No. 2 ... Read More>>
Russian avant-garde band ASTMA will perform at Freedom House in Changsha on March 1st. ASTMA is made up of Olga Nosova (drummer and vocalist) and Alexi Borisov (known for his work in Russia’s industrial and electronic scenes). Since forming in 2009, ... Read More>>
Goober Gun, an alt-rock-pop band from Southampton, U.K, influenced by the likes of Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, The Wildhearts and Jimmy Eat World, will be playing at Freedom House in Changsha on February 24th as part of their 2012 Asian Tour. This band is no ... Read More>>
Before travelling halfway across China this Spring Festival holiday (with a billion of your closest Chinese friends), you should consider staying in Changsha and visiting one of the nearby ski areas. Just one hour east of Changsha, in Liuyang (浏阳), both ... Read More>>
Tianjin Airlines opened a new Nanning-Changsha-Zhengzhou flight route on January 18th. Nanning-Changsha one-way tickets will cost 750 RMB; Changsha-Zhengzhou one-way tickets will cost 930 RMB and Nanning-Zhengzhou one-way tickets will cost 1260 RMB. The ... Read More>>
For the 2012 Spring Festival holiday, a temple fair will be held at Window of the World in Changsha from January 23-28th. The temple fair will showcase Hunan's distinctive folk customs, snacks and more. There will be a 6 m tall, 9 m wide, 14.5 m long ... Read More>>
A new airport bus route, transporting passengers between the Huanghua International Airport and the West Bus Station (汽车西站) opened in Changsha on December 28th. Changsha previously had three other airport bus routes covering the Hedong and Hexi areas of ... Read More>>
The largest shopping festival in central China is being held at Bubugao Plaza in the Hexi District of Changsha. The festival will be throughout Christmas, New Year’s Day, Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, and offers visitors more than 20 themed ... Read More>>
Hainan Airlines will offer new flight routes from Yinchuan Hedong Airport to Changsha and Haikou starting on November 26th. These new flights routes are scheduled for every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Yinchuan-Changsha-Haikou route: Flight No. HU7314 ... Read More>>
On November 11th, the Foreign Affairs Office of Changsha Government, together with the People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, held the “Moving Changsha and Blessing Changsha” event by organising visits to 11 of ... Read More>>
Get ready for a musical “Clash of Civilizations” (of the good kind)! Mongolian and Spanish music collide at Fu You Livehouse in Changsha on October 31st. Traditional Mongolian instruments and throat singing meets Rumba, Flamenco and Reggae as ... Read More>>
The first Hunan Martial Arts Festival “kicks off” on November 11th in Changsha. Thousands of martial arts masters from across China will participate in the tournament, each vying for the title of “King of Kungfu”. The newly crowned ... Read More>>
On September 17th, the biennale Art Changsha Exhibit officially opened at the Hunan Provincial Museum. Visitors can see more than 100 new works from 10 artists. The exhibit will be open for one month. See also: Changsha Attractions Read More>>
Since August 28th, 2010, the weekly Saturday night fireworks shows on Orange Isle have been quite a hit with locals. The Changsha Government recently announced that it has decided to extend these weekly shows through August 25, 2012, which means you have 52 ... Read More>>
On August 21st at 9:00, the GE3668 flight from Gaoxiong arrived at Changsha Huanghua International Airport, signifying the opening of a new direct flight between Changsha and Gaoxiong on Taiwan’s TransAsia Airways. See also: China’s 5th Largest ... Read More>>
Changsha Subway Line 2 (Phase I) will be completed in October 2013. It cost 12.06 billion RMB, covers a length of 22.26 km and has 19 stations. Changsha Subway Line 1 is scheduled to be completed in 2014. It cost 14.2 billion RMB, covers a length of 23.55 ... Read More>>