Note: This event is RSVP only. No tickets at the door.

Beijing pizza fans! Restaurant and bar Groovy Schiller’s, The Beijinger and Maovember are teaming up for a five-venue five-slice charity pizza mow down.

Get one slice each from all four of Beijinger’s Pizza Cup finalists: Bottega, Q Mex, Saporita and Great Leap. Plus a slice and a beer from event host Groovy Schiller’s. Plus a free raffle ticket to win a case of Jing-A beer.

Five slices, a beer and a ticket for just 100 kuai, with 100 percent of funds going to Maovember partner The Library Project.

24 seats. Groovy Schiller’s. Thursday at 7 PM. RSVP ESSENTIAL. Get your ticket at this link before they run out.

Do you consider yourself a walk star? Then sign up for our 42-km “mao-a-thon” this Saturday. It’s a walk in the park. Ritan Park.

The mao-a-thon is inspired by Mike Wester and his Maovember 2017 feat of walking 900 km in 30 days. This time around it’ll just be one day and 42 km / 28 laps of the park.

How to participate? Find some sponsors! They could sponsor you for say 1 kuai or 2 kuai or 5 kuai or [insert amount here] per km. If they sponsor you 1 kuai and you finish the 42 km circuit, you collect 42 kuai, with 100 percent going to our partner The Library Project, which has furnished over 2,000 libraries in rural schools.

We also have several relay teams. For example, four people each take turns walking, which means about 10.5 km per person. That also means four times as many people getting sponsors!

If you’re interested in joining the walk, please contact us via nihao (at) maovember.com or use this QR code to join our dedicated WeChat group.

Finally, here are some photos of Mike Wester’s epic one-day 70-km walk in Ritan Park two years ago. I hope the weather is this nice on Saturday!

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Join the “chillest” gathering in town. The Maovember 2019 mission launches Friday, November 1, at Hulu with a repeat of last year’s terrace event. Bundle up and enjoy drinks, snacks and games to support Maovember’s 2019 partner, Library Project, which has furnished over 2,000 libraries in rural schools.

The mulled wine stand returns and guests also have the option of hot whisky, ginger and Coke, a twist on a Chinese remedy for the cold. We will have a fun game with tasty boozy prizes– beer from Jing-A. And, like last year, a flow of delicious Hulu snacks.

Finally, we will launch our 2019 Maovember pins. This year features a “green” theme as we merge a new logo with our extra pins from campaigns past.

Entrance to the gathering at Hulu is rmb150 and includes one hot drink or wine, a 2019 Maovember pin (regular price rmb50), and snacks– with 100 percent of the money raised to The Library Project.

And for those still in the Halloween mood, the Hulu staff will be showing they care — by dressing as scary nurses. You can also still try frightening food from the special “Hulu-ween” menu!

So stop by, have a drink and some snacks, get a pin, and help support Library Project. The event starts at 6:30 PM. Much appreciated if you RSVP at nihao (at) maovember.com so we have a rough idea of how many people will join. If you are on WeChat, we can also add you to our event update group.

Thanks to Hulu for the support!

The annual closing party at Paddy O’Shea’s is always a Maovember highlight: expect this year to be no different. The party will feature two bands, The Reprobates and The Soops, plus a Jameson pickleback bar, a raffle, a BIIH hockey shootout with Orchard Pig cider as prizes, and the Just Dance dancers (just dancing). Representatives from this year’s partners, Bread of Life and Library Project, will be on hand, and there is always the usual Paddy O’Shenanigans. Starts at 7:30 PM: see you there! You can check out the action from last year here.

Call it MaovemBEER. Or BRAUvember. Even MaltVember. On Saturday, November 17, brewpubs in three cities will party for Maovember partners Library Project and Bread of Life Bakery. Here’s a quote, a recreation and a libation for each place!

Jing-A | 2 PM | Beijing

“A pickleback is a whiskey followed by a shot of pickle juice. I suggest Tuhao Gold Pils after that.”—Emmy Andreasson

Recreation. A 2 PM pub quiz in Jing A’s (Pickle) Back Bar. Round winners get picklebacks, overall winners get merchandise, beer and vouchers. The 元100 fee per team of four goes to MVB. Sign up via WeChat at Emmy_Andreasson.

Libation. 元25 picklebacks all afternoon for MVB. And the first 25 brunch diners get a free beer.

Boxing Cat | 3-7 PM | Beijing

“Boxing Cat has four ways to help Maovember!”—Terry

Recreation: 元15 tickets to win merchandise and beer flights.

Libation: 300 ml pours of TKO IPA for 元20. Plus 25 beer flight tickets worth 元75 on sale for just 元25 (for use on visits after November 17). Plus a takeaway beer deal. All to support MVB.

Arrow Factory | All Day | Beijing

“We love a good beer sesh, especially when it’s for a good cause!”—Justin Culkin

Recreation. 元20 tickets for a draw that includes a 24-bottle case of Clone Easy Ale, an Arrow Factory T-shirt and a 元100 gift voucher.

Libation. 元5 from every beer sold on Saturday goes to charity, including the buy one, get one free select brew deal.

Nanmen | 9 PM | Chengdu

“Me and Sonny Gyalzur from Shangri-La Beer are partnering Yunnan and Sichuan for a good cause!”—Lordrew

Recreation. A beer pong tournament with a 元500 entry fee for MVB. Each team gets a free T-shirt, opener and beer from both Nanmen in Chengdu and Shangri-La in Yunnan.

Libation. One dedicated tap of Nanmen and of Shangri-La beer, with funds to MVB.

WE Brewery | 2 PM | Tianjin

“Social responsibility and fun can be harmonized via good beer.”—Steve Wang

Recreation. Use your arm for more than raising pints: join the WE corn toss tournament. Lots of prizes. And the 元500 entry fee goes to MVB.

Libation. A tab war with the highest bill to MVB. Plus a draw, with tickets at 元10.

Casual fine dining venue Hulu will host a Maovember winter warm-up party, with three drinks and a free flow of canapes for just 元150, all proceeds to Maovember.

Along with tasty bites, mulled wine and four craft draft beer options—and heated areas for those who get too chilled out or forget their winter coats—there will be a ‘hulu hoops’ ring toss with prizes from Wine Republic and The Cider Guy. Plus Maovember macaroons by The 3D Food Company.

Hulu owner Ignace Lecleir is also donating one mao for each rmb spent in the restaurant November 16, 17 and 18.

 

WE Brewery put Tianjin on the Maovember map and is back again this year. Along with organizing events in his pub’s home city, owner Steve Wang donated beer and entered a team in the annual Irish Volunteer charity corn toss tourney in Beijing last year.

This year, Wang is doing a tournament of his own as well as a “tab war” among his customers. So far, six teams have signed up: Cornholios, Dublin Restaurant, JLL, MOT (Mayors’ Office of Tianjin, Taylor Printing Company and Wellington College International Tianjin. They’ll play not only for pride but also prizes from Shangri-La Hotel, Fish & Potato Co., WE Brewery and more.

Want to join? Check out the We Brewery event post here!

Schnapps til you drops! After last year’s successful Maovember fundraiser, Groovy Schiller’s is back with Schnapps Fest II.

Get seven Schnapps plus finger foods for just 元150. Last year’s lineup included tipples from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, many of them hand-carried to China and explained by Johan Marchart and Jack Zhou. Expect a few games of darts for charity, too. Use the QR code in the poster to register.