During this Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Kempinski's Yanqi Hotel will host a dinner and dance extravaganza overlooking Yanqi Lake, with Shake the Lake International Music Festival bringing the best of boogie-woogie, swing and jazz music to the venue on Sept 16.

A recurring Austrian concert dating back to 1995, Shake the Lake is the largest and one of the most authentic European boogie-woogie festivals. The international music festival will be held under the theme of swinging 1930s Beijing, with organizers expecting that participants will enjoy preparing their "glad rags" in advance.

"Guests are encouraged to get in the mood with a 1930s dress code of glamor and sophistication," says Brice Pean, general manager of Sunrise Kempinski Hotel, Beijing & Yanqi Island. "The ladies might like to consider feather boas and a cute hat, while the gents need look no further than a white scarf and perhaps a silver-tipped cane." But he adds with a smile that guests are not obliged to be so extravagant.