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Citywide 91-day Shanghai festival with 170 cultural programs, plus major Mawangdui and ancient Americas artifact exhibitions.
Jen's Curfew launch their EP with a sports-themed party, costume contest, DJ Mauly Malone and guests.
New Orleans-style jazz tribute to Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, led by trombonist Rengen with vocalist Song.
City-wide light art festival themed "City Light", with installations along the Bund, Expo waterfront and Suzhou Creek.
British indie rock band The Vaccines play their debut album in full for its 15th anniversary.
China's biggest art-market week — West Bund Art & Design and ART021 running concurrently, plus citywide openings. November 2026, exact dates not yet announced.
Asia's largest design fair, back in the 1950s Shanghai Exhibition Centre — and unlike the fashion week, it sells tickets to anyone. March 2027.
Shanghai passed 10,000 coffee shops — more than any city on earth — and throws an open-air festival along the Huangpu each spring, around the May Day holiday.
China's largest AI event — 1,100 exhibitors across four venues, and unusually for a conference of this weight, anyone can buy a ticket. Next edition not yet dated.
China's fashion capital week, twice a year — the runways are invitation-only, but the city around them opens up. Beware the wrong 2027 dates circulating in English.
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