Sometimes I wonder if the sheer amount of shows on in this city is a blessing or a curse. There’s been countless times I’ve wanted to split myself in 3 to make sure I don’t miss anything. Saturday was one of those nights. After a mellow Friday hanging out 5 mins from home at Old [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, chiren, hot cat, illness sickness, jianghu, Lidong, Sand, the k
There was a great post on City Weekend last week about the underrated Old What Bar and how it’s so much friendlier than other music venues in this city. I agree with Liz that Mao, Yugong and others are not the best places to go just to hang out and make friends with other music [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, Lidong, zhao yiran
I’m not sure where to start reviewing this baby because it’s so close to my heart and it’s very very very freaking biased but here comes folks! It’s gonna be a long one so buckle up and get a cup of coffee! I’ll start off by thanking 2 Kolegas for being the perfect venue and [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, back cat bone, Black Snakes, dazeFEAST, Dude, Lidong, mademoiselle, Maggie Who, Michael Dallin, Nucleus, randy abel stable, richard todd, ruby, wu & side effects, Zhang Si An
I was a little surprised when BD described last weekend as “underwhelming” in the Quickslants! From what I could see it was shaping up to be a great weekend with many shows I wanted to get to. Maybe he needed a weekend off, but I was making the most of what was on offer and [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, Beijing 人, D22, hot cat, live music
oh boy… where to start? As far as parties go, the best ones this year have been at 2 kolegas (see new year bash)! Those guys just know how to throw down the fun times and get a party started. Last year was memorable, this year was even bigger! How did it all go down? [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, buyi, le fant, skarving, SUBS, wu & side effects
Well folks, if the whole fire safety hazard thingy hasn’t put a damper in your going out plans for this weekend, there’s plenty of stuff happening this weekend. 2 Kolegas is turning 6 which pretty much will monopolize my friday and saturday! I’m so thankful I’ll have Sunday for recovery, kind off… Thursday May 26th: [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, Amazing insurance salesmen, black cat bone, buyi, Chunqiu, dolan, free the birds, Jess Meider, rhinostock, rhinostock 2011, SUBS
Yes folks, after threatening to do this for a while, we’ve take the plunge thanks to great friends all over Beijing that will make it possible! I’m announcing the first ( and probably only) ‘dazeFEAST to be held at 2 Kolegas Saturday June 25th 2011 What: ‘daze FEAST – A Celebration of Music & Fun [...]
Tags: 2 kolegas, black cat bone, Chunqiu, dazeFEAST, Flying Mantas, mademoiselle, Maggie Who, Zhang Si An
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