J. P. Miles, from Houston, Texas, wows audiences with her strong vocals and versatile singing ability, such as gospel, jazz, rhythm & blues, disco house, pop and country.

Her talent does not stop there. She is also a great actress, having toured Europe for six months performing in Michael Jackson's hit musical Sisterell, as Magnolia.

Time/date: 8:30 pm to midnight nightly except Sunday

Location: Lobby Lounge of The Kerry Centre Hotel, Beijing, 1 Guanghua Lu, Chaoyang District

Tel: 6561-8833 ext 42

The Big Easy

Find music here. If you are a techno freak, come on Sunday and Tuesday; for blues, you'll be happy with the live band from Wednesday to Saturday; and Monday is the night for reggae.

Location: Chaoyang Park South Gate, Chaoyang District

Hours: 4 pm-2 am, 5 pm-8 pm for buy-one-get-one-free Happy Hour

Telephone: 6508-6776

Korean Night

Arena, a perfect alternative to the former Solutions, features Korean Night this Friday when DJs Kim and Sang Hyun will spin the tunes.

Time/date: 10 pm, October 25

Location: Arena, opposite to the south gate of Tsinghua University, Haidian District

Tel: 6252-1374

Red Zebra

Red Zebra plays blues and pop music at Durty Nellie's this Saturday. Durty Nellie's an Irish theme bar featuring food, drink and music from the Emerald Isle.

Time/date: 9 pm, October 26

Location: Durty Nellie's, Building 12, Sanlitun South, Chaoyang District

Tel: 6502-2808

Mixologist Night

A total of 16 mixologists from China and abroad will dazzle bar-goers at the Flair Chivas Bar at a fantastic mixology competition on the night of October 28.

The spectacular skill of making cocktails has become a special part of bar culture since it firstly appeared in the West about a hundred years ago.

Flair Chivas Bar is a co-operative bar run by Scottish whisky brand Chivas and the Korean Flair Bar Management Group. It features hundreds of cocktails as well as authentic quality products for whisky lovers.

Time/date: 8 pm, October 28

Location: At the north gate of Workers' Stadium

Tel: 6530-2978

(Beijing Weekend December 9, 2002)