... Well, not quite, but maybe the next best thing. Stop by Alliance Francaise or the Swiss embassy on March 8 to get free tickets to Mars en Folie, a musical celebration of the French-speaking world. Four groups with four different backgrounds will be representing the European and North American Francophone music scene at Yugong Yishan: Klo Pelgag (Quebec/Canada, indie folk), Junior Tshaka (Switzerland, groove, hip-hop, reggae), Mauvaise Langues (France, rock songs) and Benjamin Schoos and Sophie Galet (Belgium/Wallonia-Brussels Delegation, French pop).
7 pm, March 9, Yugong Yishan, 3-2 Zhangzizhong Road, Beijing; www.yugongyishan.com. 010-6404-2711.