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Night Life And Entertainment In Kunming

As a famous tour city, Kunming does not only provide charming attractions, it also prepares rich and colorful nightlife for its honored visitors. During the evening, visitors here can wander along the Kunming Night Market to enjoy those extraordinary local tea houses or buy some local boutiques. Or visitors can go to lively bars & pubs for enjoying ethnic performance and famous modern music.
 
Dynamic Yunnan 
Dynamic Yunnan, a grand song and dance performance of southwestern ethnic style choreographed and performed by Yangliping, the central performer and director. This performance is split into seven scenes, each with a different theme; namely moon, forests, clouds, sun, feathers, mountains and fire.
 
The most special feature of Dynamic Yunnan is that: 75 percent of the performers are local peasant farmers Yang discovered in outlying villages of Yunnan, and what's more, most of them are from ethnic groups including Yi, Miao, Tibetan, Dai, and Bai. This performance has been reputed as an outstanding innovation on the Chinese stage in recent years. Sitting in the wonderful theatre, you can enjoy rich performances about Yunnan’s ethnic culture, which will bring you come to a higher cultural level.
Appendix: Visitor can enjoy the performance in some theaters in Kunming.
 
Kunming Bars & Pubs 
After finishing a whole day's of visiting sights, the most exciting thing to do is immerse oneself into the vibrant night life of Kunming: when darkness falls, a whole new world of entertainment appears on the streets; various night-time venues , especially bars & pubs start actively from this moment on. Take Face to Face Coffee House as a typical example, this is a very famous bars run by a famous local painter and full of cultural atmosphere.
 
Sitting quiet and sipping a cup of coffee here, you'll also have the chance to talk with artists, view and admire the host's work. If lucky enough, you will have chance to enjoy art exhibits and discussion on Friday. Here’re other famous bars & pubs for your night entertainment, like West Street Bar (on Wenlin Road) and Yihuchun Tea House (on Cuihu South Road).
 
Kundu Night Market
Located right beside the Yunnan University, Kundu Night Market is simply the biggest night spots of Kunming. For those people resident in Kunming who is enthusiastic about nightlife, Kundu night market will be the most familiar to them. The area consists of a few streets, full of bars, discos, night clubs, and live music place. It is a place that concentrates on dinning, tourism, shopping as well as culture. Walking on this street, visitors can find many distinctive teahouses, special coffee houses, Internet bar, and colorfully local snacks for every taste, etc. aiming at different kinds of people. It is a place that concentrates on dinning, tourism, shopping as well as culture. It is said that Kundu Night Market is the best place for buying high quality and inexpensive boutiques.
 
The Hump Pub
With a full bar and posters of American pop and movie stars, the Hump attracts highly budget-conscious backpackers rather than regular independent travelers. For more sophisticated venues, try some of the bars around Green Lake. The place provides an ideal holiday resort for our foreign friends.
Add: Jinbi Road, Kunming
Tel: 0871/364-4197
Hours: open noon-2am or till last customer
 
Speakeasy 
Speakeasy, one of the most popular bars in Kunming, attracts large crowds every night. Speakeasy locates in a basement below an internet cafe. It has been one of the only places to go in Kunming for years, especially for live music and parties and it is still hard to find a more genuine bar feel anywhere in China.The special features are pool tables, a stage for live music and a dance floor which is often full at weekends. Besides, there're DJs playing various kinds of music throughout the week. Such vigorous and interesting environment is the ideal place for people keen on jollification, especially young people.
Add: 445 Dongfeng Xi Lu Kunming, Yunnan
Tel: (0871)5327047
 
Dynamic Yunnan 
If you don't want to bars and clubs, there is a good advice for you to visit Yunnan Dianju Theater for enjoying Dynamic Yunnan.  Or you can go to Yunnan Provincial Arts Performance Hall, where Chinese and foreign movies are shown. Sometimes there are Yunnan Opera being performed, but you must call ahead for performances and dates. Besides, you can go to the best theater in Kunming-- Yunnan Modern Drama Theater. Sitting in these wonderful places, you can enjoy rich performances about Yunnan's ethnic culture, which will bring you come to a higher cultural level.
Yunnan Dianju Theater
Add: No.276 Dongsi Road, Kunming (Hours: Sundays)
Yunnan Provincial Arts Performance Hall 
Add: No.81 West Dongfeng Road, Kunming
Yunnan Modern Drama Theater
Add: No.27 Yanhe Road, Kunming (Hours: 8:00pm-11:00pm)
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