School Bar

Overall scoring
77
Word-of-mouth ratings
4.5
Popularity index
27533

School Bar - Institutional Reviews

A small bar in Wudaoying Hutong, which is very young and vibrant, is also a vibrant small music scene. School has two founders, one is Liu Hao, the bassist of CasinoDemon, and the other is Liu Fei, the label director of Lifu Entertainment, who has successfully launched well-known bands such as Universal Youth Hostel and Houhai Big Shark. The two have a wide network in the rock circle in Beijing, and when the School transformed from a bar to a live bar, they used their resources in the rock circle to invite the band to perform at the school, and gradually opened up the situation. Today, the school has become a favorite live bar among young people in the city. School won the Best Live Music Bar of the Year award at the 2017 TimeOut Beijing Bar Awards. Entering through the small door outside the school, there is a bar counter, where you can sit and drink and chat if you are not interested in the show. Walking inside is the performance venue, the school is very small, the stage is very low, the distance between the musicians and the fans is almost zero, if the audience is large, it is even more rubbing shoulders and stuffy. The school room is actually non-smoking, and there will be a radio reminder, but there are still many people who smoke inside, and the smoke cannot be dispersed in the small space, which is very torturous for non-smokers. On the second floor, there are entertainment facilities such as sofas and dart machines, so you can come up when you are tired of watching, and you can sit and watch the show and the crowd gathered downstairs, and the third floor is a rooftop where barbecues are sometimes held in summer. School's performance style is the most distinctive, mainly punk, and other performances such as indie, British, experimental, noise, etc. are also often seen, and the performance schedule is always full, except for Mondays, there are performances basically every day. One of the great things about seeing a show at School is that there is always a steady stream of new bands on stage. Well-known bands on college campuses usually come to the school to test the waters, and there are not a few bands formed by high school students. This is the school's band development program, which supports and encourages the growth of new bands and promotes rock music among young people. Correspondingly, the school ticket price threshold is also very low, the general pre-sale ticket price is 4 or 50 yuan, and if it is a student-only event, the ticket price is often as low as 30 yuan. School has occasional Open Mic rap events, where the stage and microphones are open to the audience, where you may be able to find fellow rappers and tickets are free. After all, it is still a bar, and the School offers a lot of choices in terms of alcohol, draft beers, cocktails are of good quality, and there are also many bottles of beer for sale, including Punk IPA, Master Gao, White Bear, Tiger, etc., and the price of drinks is relatively reasonable. In addition, the gimmicky wild grid is also very popular in the school. Rock star bartenders are a special activity of the school, inviting rock musicians to walk off the stage and into the bar to make private cocktails for customers.

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