Music scene and social circles in KL

Hi HpjHardesty,

Welcome to Expat.com!

Hi there are expat social groups join those and you will meet many people including other couples - as more expats are single these days than in past.

As for music Malaysian tastes stretch to r&b for Malay and techno for Chinese as I am sure you are aware. Usually 5 years out of date. Live seems to be god awful bands playing zombie (I hate that song!). There used to be more live bands (Filipinos) but must be visa issues these days. Personally I found Thailand far better for live music even the country bands were at least lively! There are occasional visiting singers/bands I went to an American jazz singer at the apartment last year (an international expat group event) and that was good. If you look around you do get these and pretty good standard.

Hi there!

You can try The Bee, they always have live music. not sure about the schedule though, I think mostly on the weekends. Theres one in Publika and another one in Jaya One.
You can also check out Merdekarya. They always have local (and sometimes international) artists to perform. go to their facebook to check out the schedule.
There are more, like Alexis also Pisco Bar. But I'd recommend The Bee and Merdekarya.
Hope this helps!