Enjoy a feast of jazz while tasting world's best beers

Beijing shopping mall Solana has launched its 2011 Jazz Beer Festival, which offers a special combination of jazz performances, beers, snacks and bazaars.

This is the third time the shopping mall is holding the beer festival. The annual event, which lasts for a month, offers more than 50 beers from all over the world. Consumers can enjoy them at about 20 pubs in the shopping mall from 10 pm to 2 am.

This year, the festival's theme is jazz music. More than 20 bands will perform every day during the festival, and on weekends there are also free jazz drumming courses specially designed for beginners.