This week in OCT Loft
Around Qiaocheng East, Huaqiaocheng metro · updated daily
On now · until 1 Nov
Wayfinders of the Stars: Austronesian Seafaring Cultures — OCAT Shenzhen
Everyday and ritual objects from the Austronesian peoples who sailed from the China–Taiwan coast across the Pacific, at OCAT in OCT-LOFT until 1 November.
OCAT Shenzhen · OCT华侨城当代艺术中心
On now · until 6 Dec
Foreign Lands and Mother Tongue: 8th Global Overseas Chinese Artists Exhibition
Design, type and art by diaspora Chinese makers, across all six main halls of the OCT museum.
He Xiangning Art Museum · OCT何香凝美术馆
Tomorrow · 8:30pm
YĪN YĪN — New Album Tour, Shenzhen
Dutch psychedelic-disco band with Southeast Asian grooves: one of the most danceable gigs of the autumn.
B10 Live · OCTB10现场
Thu 15 Oct · 8pm
Ezra Collective — Live in Shenzhen
London's Mercury Prize-winning jazz five-piece, all Afrobeat, Caribbean and hip-hop groove, on their first Shenzhen date at B10 Live.
B10 Live · OCTB10现场
How to spend an evening in OCT Loft
An afternoon into evening — swap in whatever's on this week above.
He Xiangning Art Museum
20th-century Chinese painting and a sculpture garden, one stop west at Huaqiaocheng. Closed Mondays; last entry 4:30pm.
Gallery hop
Walk back to OCT Loft: OCAT, the design shops and bookshops in the converted warehouses.
Coffee under the banyans
Plenty of independent cafés in the park — pick one with a terrace.
A gig at B10 Live
The park's livehouse books touring indie, post-rock and metal bands — see the listings above.
Bars & venues in OCT Loft
Everything we list within a few minutes of Qiaocheng East metro
B10 Live B10现场Club & live music · L1 Qiaocheng East Exit A2 on this weekOOCAT Shenzhen 华侨城当代艺术中心Gallery & museum · L1 Qiaocheng East Exit A1 on this week
He Xiangning Art Museum 何香凝美术馆Gallery & museum · L1 Huaqiaocheng (OCT) Exit C1 on this weekOOCT Art & Design Gallery 华美术馆Gallery & museum · L1 Huaqiaocheng Exit C
OCT Loft 华侨城创意文化园Park & outdoors · L1 Qiaocheng East Exit AAbout OCT Loft
OCT Loft is a former industrial estate in Overseas Chinese Town turned into Shenzhen's creative quarter — converted factories now full of galleries, design shops, bookshops, cafés and a livehouse.
It's the city's weekend-afternoon neighbourhood: exhibitions at OCAT, coffee under the trees, the T-Street Creative Market on some weekends, and touring bands at B10 Live in the evening. He Xiangning Art Museum is one stop west.
Also known as: OCT Loft · OCT-LOFT · Qiaocheng East
- Vibe
- Leafy, arty, unhurried
- Best for
- Galleries, coffee, gigs
- Busiest
- Weekend afternoons
- Metro
- Qiaocheng East (L1)
- When
- Saturday afternoon for galleries and coffee, then a gig in the evening.
Photo spots in OCT Loft
- Graffiti walls
Murals and banyan shade — soft light all afternoon.
OCT Loft: questions people ask
Is OCT Loft free?
Yes — the creative park is free to walk around; some exhibitions are ticketed.
Which metro for OCT Loft?
Qiaocheng East (Line 1), then a short walk north.
When is OCT Loft busiest?
Weekend afternoons. Check individual galleries' hours — many close one day a week.
Is there live music at OCT Loft?
Yes — B10 Live is the park's livehouse, with touring bands most months.