Best of show

Beijing Concert Hall is throwing together the best of the city's crosstalk shows, magic performances, traditional operas and music. It will present performances of sanxian - a plucked three-string instrument - and xihedagu, a drumming sing-along tongue-twister native to Hebei.

7:30 pm, Aug 3. Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhua Street, Xicheng district. 010-6605-7006.