Music for the planet

The Band of Randy Abel Stable, which is at the forefront of Beijing's acoustic music scene, will play a gig at What Bar on Friday night to celebrate the accomplishment of a fundraising tour by the band's guitarist Liu Yusi.

Liu has cycled from Beijing to Shanghai, playing along the way from late-August to mid-September. He raised funds for The Libraries Along the Rivers, an environmental and educational project dedicated to providing educational resources for school kids in the Nujiang River region in Yunnan province.

9 pm, Oct 12. 30 yuan. What Bar, 72 Beichang Jie (north of the west gate of the Forbidden City), Xicheng district. 133-4112-2757.