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Shanghai International Marathon
Come rain or shine, 20,000 runners pound Shanghai's streets for the International Marathon. Anyone who can't face the full distance can enter the Half Marathon or Health Race (4.5km). Failing…
Buddhists ascend the Longhua Temple in Shanghai for a traditional New Year ceremony. At midnight, they ring the temple bell 108 times and the gathered crowds pray for good fortune. Lively…
Shanghai Oriental Art Centre New Year Concert
See out the old year to the sounds of the Moscow State Symphony Orchestra at the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre's customary New Year Concert.
Delve into Shanghai's underground arts scene at the Jue Music + Art Festival. Alternative art exhibitions, theatre and music concerts inject life into January's grey days at venues across the…
Shanghai positively explodes with vibrant red during Chinese New Year (also known as the Chinese Spring Festival). There's a plethora of lantern shows, dragon dances, outdoor bazaars and…
The Lantern Festival, on the 15th day of the first lunar month, marks the end of China's New Year celebrations. In Shanghai, delicate lanterns of all shapes illuminate the Yu Yuan Garden and…
Textile manufacturers from 12 countries display their fabrics, men and women's clothing, accessories, jewellery, home textiles and more at Fashion Shanghai, held at the Shanghai New…
Shanghai International Literary Festival
Bookworms gather at the Crystal Room and Glamour Bar on the Bund for Shanghai's International Literary Festival. Novelists and poets answer your burning questions at lively talks or over a…
The Longhua Temple fair takes place in the third lunar month, when the peach blossoms are in full bloom and, as the belief goes, a dragon visits to grant people's wishes. Stalls surround the…
Shanghai Student Film Festival
Enter the imaginative minds of teenagers through the medium of film at the Performing Arts Center's Shanghai Student Film Festival. Screening films made by students in the classroom, the aim…
Formula One: Shanghai Grand Prix
The Shanghai International Circuit hosts the third race of the 2009 Formula One season, the Chinese Grand Prix. The circuit measures an impressive 5.451km and brave participants have to speed…
For three days, the world's best alternative athletes fill Shanghai's KIC Jiangwan Sports Centre and compete for prize money in five categories. The Asian X-Games covers everything from…
Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival
Thousands of tea lovers, experts and producers visit INTEX Shanghai for the Shanghai International Tea Culture Festival, also known as China Tea Expo. Visitors can taste a good few varieties…
Shanghai International Film Festival
This competitive feature film festival kicks off and ends with celebrities strutting down the red carpet. For those who aren't quite famous enough to attend the opening and closing ceremonies…
Chinese Movie Music Concert by Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Amongst the most famous musical performers in China, the Shanghai Philharmonic consists of a large chorus and orchestra. Watch the famous group perform songs recorded for Chinese films at the…
Shanghai Art Fair aims to connect foreign and local artists under one roof. Over 1000 art galleries, organisations and agencies from 30 countries come together showing original artworks by…
Thought-provoking works from over 140 international galleries come together for ShContemporary, the Asia Pacific Contemporary Art Fair. Displays of western and eastern works fill the Shanghai…
The Shanghai Tourism Festival offers a vast amount of traditional and not-so-traditional entertainment at venues across the city, including a rose wedding ceremony. There's a real buzz of…
The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. As per ancient Chinese tradition, Shanghai locals spend this day with their family eating sweet 'mooncakes' filled with…
Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival
Crowds gather in Century Park to watch rainbow-coloured fireworks dance in time to musical melodies at Shanghai's International Music Fireworks Festival. Pyrotechnic companies from across the…
