Upcoming Events in Shanghai

2026-01-03

One Voice Children's Choir 2026 New Year Concert

The award-winning One Voice Children’s Choir from Utah returns to China for the New Year, bringing their angelic voices back to Shanghai. Known for viral performances of “Golden Hour” and “As...

on Jan 3 and Jan 4, 2026 @ Grand Theatre

From ¥ 280

Jazz New Year Concert Feat. Elio Villafranca Quartet

Here’s a classy one for the holidays: Lincoln Jazz Shanghai is bringing in Grammy-nominated Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca and his all-star quartet for a Christmas–New Year run. Expect fiery Latin...

Daily until Jan 3 @ Jazz at Lincoln Center

From ¥ 280

Swan Lake by Russian Moscow Ballet

A timeless ballet masterpiece, Swan Lake captures the hearts of audiences around the world with its enchanting music and unforgettable storytelling. Composed by Tchaikovsky and brought to life by...

Tomorrow @ AIA Theatre

From ¥ 100

The State Opera of Tatarstan: Don Quixote

Get ready for a classic! The renowned State Opera of Tatarstan is bringing its lavish production of "Don Quixote" to Shanghai, with a full symphony orchestra providing the live score. The stellar...

Tomorrow @ SHOAC

From ¥ 180

The river, Orchestration, Walkman!, badbluebirdz

most original, talented, and strangely poignant acts - return with their friends and nomad doppelgängers badbluebirdz. Both hail from Guangzhou, with the badbluebirdz team performing ‘music about...

Tomorrow @ Cedar Kitchen

Unique Blend New Year Kizomba Bash

Kicking off the new year with music and movement, this weekend combines a Friday night Kizomba social with a follow-up workshop on Saturday. The focus is on partner dancing in a relaxed,...

Tomorrow @ Fly & Sofia's Dance Center

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The Stage: Shanghai’s Open-Air Skyline Deck

The Stage at Sinar Mas Center offers one of Shanghai’s most breathtaking skyline views. Perched atop the North Bund’s tallest skyscraper, this open-air observation deck gives visitors a rare...

Daily except Mon & Tue @ baiyulan, shanghai skyline

From ¥ 110

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Floatasian - Special Deals of Floating, Ice Bath, Sauna

Floatasian is a luxury floatation spa offering stress relief and relaxation. The tanks are all imported from Sweden, and they're filled with salt water that's kept at body temperature so you can...

Daily @ Floatasian Float Spa

From ¥ 188

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Aesthetic Skin Spa Deal - Up to 60% Off!

SmartTicket has several exclusive deals at Aesthetic Skin Spa. This Hong Kong boutique skin spa specializes in high-tech facials and body contouring with professional, international-standard...

Daily except Mon @ Aesthetic Skin Spa

From ¥ 298

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Your Christmas Beauty Wishlist – Up to 55% OFF!

RODEO is bringing festive glow to your holidays with a Christmas beauty wishlist you actually want to splurge on. Treatments from La Mer mini spa to Thermage are now up to 55% off, covering...

Daily until Jan 31 @ RODEO Rejuvenation Center

From ¥ 980

Punchdrunk's 'Sleep No More'

Produced by SMG Live and Punchdrunk, Sleep No More Shanghai is an award-winning theatrical experience that tells Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Macbeth through a darkly cinematic lens. The story...

Daily except Mon & Tue @ McKinnon Hotel

From ¥ 590

Jinmao Tower Sky Walk

You can walk around the outside of the Jinmao Tower 340m above the streets below. Located on the 88th floor of one of Lujiazui’s most iconic buildings the Jinmao skywalk is a platform 1.2 meters...

Daily @ Jinmao Skywalk

From ¥ 60

X Show Hangzhou

Dive into the enchanting world of the "X Show" at Hangzhou's X Theater, where storytelling meets cutting-edge technology for an unforgettable experience. With a massive 2,000-square-meter main...

Wed-Sun @ X Land of Fantasy (Hangzhou)

Zotter Chocolate Experience

Zotter Chocolate Theatre is in Shanghai and they are giving a complete chocolate tour including a 17-minute documentary titled "Hello, Cocoa." Your golden ticket to the chocolate factory is here...

Daily @ Zotter Chocolate Theatre

From ¥ 288

Huangpu River Cruises on Your Own Luxury Yacht

Book your own private yacht that seats up to 10 people for a one-hour cruise along Huangpu River. The fixed route of the cruise leaves from the Baoting Yacht Club and takes you all the way to Lupu...

Daily @ Coal Harbour Yacht Club

From ¥ 3,800

Christmas Set Menu and 111SKIN Afternoon Tea at Calypso

Get into the festive spirit at Calypso, Jingan Shangri-La, with 111SKIN’s special collaboration Christmas offerings. Choose between the indulgent Christmas Afternoon Tea for two, packed with savory...

Daily until Jan 6 @ Calypso Restaurant & Lounge

From ¥ 438

SinoUnited Comprehensive Health Checkup Deals - Up to 80% Off

SinoUnited Health is offering exclusive discounts for SmartShanghai readers on a variety of health services, with prices starting from just 299rmb. Available daily by appointment across all...

Daily @ SinoUnited Health

From ¥ 299

Beginner Mandarin Lessons Trial Only 9 RMB

U Smarty Pants Studio offers a beginner and advanced Mandarin class both online and in person. The trial classes are available for first-time customers — an excellent way to experience one of the...

Daily @ U Smarty Pants Studio

From ¥ 9

Painting and Drawing Course with World-class Italian Artist

Daniel Espen is now accepting English-speaking students interested in improving their drawing or painting skills, offering two types of classes: pencil sketching and oil painting. Sketching lessons...

Daily @ Daniel's Painting & Music Studio

From ¥ 328

Private Piano and Composition Course with Award-winning Italian Artist

Daniel Espen is now accepting English-speaking piano students aged 5 and above for one-on-one lessons tailored to individual skill levels. As a composer and pianist, he offers a unique approach to...

Daily @ Daniel's Painting & Music Studio

From ¥ 674

Tiger Craft Kayaking

Tiger Craft offers urban escapees a chance to trade Shanghai’s skyline for the tranquil waters of Qingpu District. Located between Yuanxiang and Dianshan Lakes, this water sports base combines...

Daily @ Tiger Craft

From ¥ 198

TSK Dental Care Package - Up to 90% off

TSK Dental, established in 2001, has grown to include ten high-quality clinics in Shanghai and Suzhou, offering advanced dental services that adhere to international standards. Their offerings...

Daily @ TSK Dental

From ¥ 198

Christmas Afternoon Tea for 2 at Lobby Lounge

Celebrate the festive season at the Lobby Lounge with a Christmas Afternoon Tea for two. Enjoy a luxurious spread of savory bites, decadent sweets, cinnamon-scented scones, and your choice of...

Daily until Jan 6 @ Jing An Shangri-La, Shanghai

From ¥ 438

Jiahui Health Dental Packages Up to 50% off

Jiahui Health, in close strategic collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, is an international-standard medical and healthcare ecosystem featuring a 500-bed hospital and outpatient...

Daily @ Jiahui Health

From ¥ 389

BuddyDog Deals: Training, Boarding, and More

BuddyDog has amazing deals to keep your pets happy and healthy! Enjoy 1-on-1 daycare training with group socialization for just 366rmb per session, or opt for the 5+1 package (6 sessions) for...

Daily @ BuddyDog Training & Boarding

1-on-1 Personal Training Assessment for Rehab, Strength, and Body Shaping

Join certified personal trainer Lily L. for a 1-on-1 Personal Training Assessment Session (60 mins/ session), designed to help you identify your fitness goals and address issues like muscle...

Daily @ BC360 (Lifit & Wellness)

From ¥ 680

Jiahui Health Professional Teeth Whitening

Jiahui Health, in close strategic collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, is an international-standard medical and healthcare ecosystem featuring a 500-bed hospital and outpatient...

Daily @ Jiahui Health

From ¥ 680

[0.5 Day Trip: Shanghai] Discover Old Shanghai on a Moped

This moped tour offers an exhilarating way to explore Shanghai's hidden gems, from Bund backstreets to Art Deco landmarks. Operating only in good weather, participants enjoy a 3-hour adventure with...

Every Saturday and Sunday at 9am @ Shanghai

From ¥ 299

Art Shanghai European National Treasures Presents Touching Infinity: Art Beyond Time

This exhibition "TOUCHING INFINITY: ART BEYOND TIME" is presented by ART SHANGHAI in collaboration with the world's leading authority on the art of timekeeping—the Musée international d’horlogerie,...

Dec 8 - 1 Mar (Closed on Feb 16 - 19） @ No. 1 Waitanyuan

From ¥ 150

15th Shanghai Biennale

The 15th Shanghai Biennale, “ Does the Flower Hear the Bee?”, has officially taken over the Power Station of Art with more than 250 works from 67 artists and collectives around the world. This...

Daily except Mon until Mar 31 @ Power Station of Art

Andrew Grassie - Something Or Nothing

Fotografiska Shanghai presents Something or Nothing, a new solo exhibition by British artist Andrew Grassie, known for transforming photographic stillness into exquisitely detailed egg-tempera...

Daily until Mar 8 @ Fotografiska

Space: Internal Illuminations

A cosmic-scale exhibition co-curated by Johan Vikner and Iris Long lands at Fotografiska. The show takes visitors from the vastness of the universe to the depths of personal reflection, blending...

Daily until Mar 8 @ Fotografiska

Salvador Dalí x The Bund City Hall: Comienzo

Salvador Dalí’s surreal visions meet Shanghai’s century-old architecture at the Bund City Hall, where more than 150 works—including sculptures, jewelry, glass, and prints—are on display. The...

Daily except Mon until Mar 10 @ Bund City Hall

Recasting After the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900

Objects from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties reveal how Chinese bronze art shifted from ritual function to aesthetic refinement over centuries. About 178 pieces are on display at Shanghai...

Daily except Tue until Mar 16 @ Shanghai Museum East Branch

Reinventing Landscape: Highlights of the Centre Pompidou Collection vol. IV

West Bund Museum kicks off a new five-year collaboration with the Centre Pompidou with Reinventing Landscapes, a major exhibition featuring nearly 70 works from the Pompidou’s world-class...

Daily except Mon @ West Bund Museum

Contemporary Swiss Comics from the Fumetto Festival

Opening at Minsheng Art Museum on December 20, this exhibition brings together contemporary Swiss comic art across nearly 500 works by 22 artists. Curated by Eleonora Bitterli and presented with...

Daily except Mon until Apr 6 @ 21st Century Minsheng Museum

The Great Camouflage

The Great Camouflage is a group show co-curated by Zhu Qiaorui and Kandis Williams that looks at contemporary artistic practices shaped by the legacies of revolutionary movements. Featuring works...

Daily except Mon until Apr 26 @ Rockbund Art Museum

The Wonder of Patterns

The Wonder of Patterns: Masterpieces of Indian, Iranian, and Ottoman Art from the Louvre marks the Louvre Museum’s first exhibition in Shanghai, presented at the Museum of Art Pudong. Drawing from...

Daily until May 6 @ MAP

From ¥ 130

Picasso Through the Eyes of Paul Smith

This exhibition brings a major Pablo Picasso exhibition to the Museum of Art Pudong in collaboration with the Musée national Picasso-Paris. The show presents more than 80 works spanning the...

Daily until May 3 @ MAP

From ¥ 130

Glamour and Modernity Beyond Shanghai

The exhibition at Shanghai Museum traces over a century of Shanghai-style qipao, exploring how this iconic dress evolved alongside the city’s social and cultural shifts. Around 300 pieces are on...

Daily except Mon until May 5 @ Shanghai Museum

China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2026

The China International Import Expo will make a return in 2026. This global exposition has some of the biggest companies and industrialists flock to Minhang and Xujing for one of the largest...

From Nov 5 until Nov 10 @ Shanghai International Exhibition Center

The 13th Shanghai Fine Arts Exhibition

The 13th Shanghai Fine Arts Exhibition is a biennial survey show presenting recent work by artists based in Shanghai, held this year at the China Art Museum. Founded in 2001, the exhibition has...

Daily except Mon until Jan 4 @ China Art Museum

Una Mirada Perpleja: Julio Anaya

Spanish artist Julio Anaya makes his Shanghai debut with a presentation of more than 50 works that sit somewhere between faithful reconstruction and quiet disruption. Best known for reworking...

Daily until Feb 22 @ Bund 18 Art Space

The Beauty of Fan-Tasy: Masterpieces of Fan Painting and Calligraphy Through the Ages from the Shanghai Museum Collection

Shanghai Museum’s collection of fan paintings and calligraphy spans nearly a millennium, from Northern Song silk fans to modern folding fans, covering landscapes, flowers and birds, figures, and...

Daily except Mon until Feb 22 @ Shanghai Museum

Fluxus, by chance

West Bund Museum teams up with Centre Pompidou for Fluxus, by chance, the first major exhibition in China to systematically trace the history of the Fluxus movement. The show brings over 200 works...

Daily except Mon until Feb 22 @ West Bund Museum

Cho Gi-Seok 'The Coexistence of Imperfection'

Fotografiska Shanghai presents The Coexistence of Imperfection, the first major solo exhibition in Asia by celebrated Korean visual artist Cho Gi-Seok, opening October 12, 2025. The show features...

Daily until Mar 8 @ Fotografiska

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One Voice Children's Choir 2026 New Year Concert

Jazz New Year Concert Feat. Elio Villafranca Quartet

Swan Lake by Russian Moscow Ballet

The State Opera of Tatarstan: Don Quixote

The river, Orchestration, Walkman!, badbluebirdz

Unique Blend New Year Kizomba Bash

The Stage: Shanghai’s Open-Air Skyline Deck

Floatasian - Special Deals of Floating, Ice Bath, Sauna

Aesthetic Skin Spa Deal - Up to 60% Off!

Your Christmas Beauty Wishlist – Up to 55% OFF!

Punchdrunk's 'Sleep No More'

Jinmao Tower Sky Walk

X Show Hangzhou

Zotter Chocolate Experience

Huangpu River Cruises on Your Own Luxury Yacht

Christmas Set Menu and 111SKIN Afternoon Tea at Calypso

SinoUnited Comprehensive Health Checkup Deals - Up to 80% Off

Beginner Mandarin Lessons Trial Only 9 RMB

Painting and Drawing Course with World-class Italian Artist

Private Piano and Composition Course with Award-winning Italian Artist

Tiger Craft Kayaking

TSK Dental Care Package - Up to 90% off

Christmas Afternoon Tea for 2 at Lobby Lounge

Jiahui Health Dental Packages Up to 50% off

BuddyDog Deals: Training, Boarding, and More

1-on-1 Personal Training Assessment for Rehab, Strength, and Body Shaping

Jiahui Health Professional Teeth Whitening

[0.5 Day Trip: Shanghai] Discover Old Shanghai on a Moped

Art Shanghai European National Treasures Presents Touching Infinity: Art Beyond Time

15th Shanghai Biennale

Andrew Grassie - Something Or Nothing

Space: Internal Illuminations

Salvador Dalí x The Bund City Hall: Comienzo

Recasting After the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100-1900

Reinventing Landscape: Highlights of the Centre Pompidou Collection vol. IV

Contemporary Swiss Comics from the Fumetto Festival

The Great Camouflage

The Wonder of Patterns

Picasso Through the Eyes of Paul Smith

Glamour and Modernity Beyond Shanghai

China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2026

The 13th Shanghai Fine Arts Exhibition

Una Mirada Perpleja: Julio Anaya

The Beauty of Fan-Tasy: Masterpieces of Fan Painting and Calligraphy Through the Ages from the Shanghai Museum Collection

Fluxus, by chance

Cho Gi-Seok 'The Coexistence of Imperfection'

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