Shenzhen scene guide
Shenzhen scene guide — find your venue by sound. Techno lands at OIL Club. The venues, promoters and artists shaping Shenzhen’s electronic scene.
Find your venue
- Techno — if you like Héctor Oaks: OIL Club
- Bass — if you like Sirens: OIL Club
- Experimental — if you like Manson: OIL Club
- Hardcore — if you like Sirens: OIL Club
- Baile Funk — if you like DJ 86: OIL Club
- Breakbeat — if you like meta (CN): OIL Club
- Electro — if you like Schwefelgelb: OIL Club
Busiest venues
How big is Shenzhen’s electronic scene?
Over the last 12 months soundcheck tracked 279 club nights across 10 venues in Shenzhen, featuring 284 artists. Every listing carries the line-up, times and venue — see what’s on in Shenzhen tonight.
Which Shenzhen venues have the most club nights?
Counted over the trailing 12 months of listings:
What time do Shenzhen club nights actually start and end?
From the 279 listings publishing door times: the median Shenzhen night opens at 22:00 — 32% open before 22:00, 68% between 22:00 and midnight, and 0% after midnight. Of the 61 listings publishing a close time, the median close is 02:00, 39% run past 04:00 and 0% go to 06:00 or later.
How much does a club night in Shenzhen cost?
Across the 69 listings publishing prices (25% of all nights): the median advance ticket is null 110, with half of all nights between null 70 and null 120.
When does Shenzhen go out?
Saturday is the biggest night (32% of all listings); Friday and Saturday together carry 61% of the week. The busiest month of the year is October.
What does Shenzhen sound like?
By share of genre tags across the year’s line-ups: Techno 37% · Club 15% · Bass 11% · Electro 9% · Trance 9% · Pop 7%. Genre-by-genre venue picks are in the routes above.
All figures derived from soundcheck’s listings database over the trailing 365 days; updated with each rebuild.