Over 25 years ago Nirvana recorded their MTV Unplugged — an eerie, magical recording that will forever remind the world what might have happened if Kurt Cobain were still here. Over the years, many talents have left us too soon....
The Cotton Club Band has a long history in Shanghai. They’ve grown into an icon in the city’s nightlife entertainment over the years. They're bringing on a night of their bests led by Gregory Smith, the guitarist of Cotton...
Written by German playwright Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening documents the tale of a group of teenagers growing up in an oppressed society during the 1890s, finding ways to fight back and discovering who they truly are. The musical...
The classic ballet "The Nutcracker" will return on January 21 and 22, performed by the Suzhou Ballet at Shanghai Oriental Arts Center. In 2013, the two artistic directors of Suzhou Ballet, Li Ying and Pan Jiabin, launched an innovative...
Famed pianist Zhang Haotian, who has studied with world-renowned pianists such as Sasha Starcevich and has studied at prestigious schools like the Mannes College of Music in New York and the Royal Academy of Music in the United Kingdom,...
The Surge is a contemporary dance theatre piece directed by Shi Yanyan. The work is adapted from a short story titked "Wang Liulang" from Songling's Strange Stories from A Chinese Studio. The story tells how a fisherman and the ghost in...
Abstract architecture photography exhibition by Niko Drg. The series on display is composed of images taken during the artist's travels around the world's megacities in the last 3 years. There will be food prepared by chefs Ramon and...
Jazz singer and pianist Lu Xuancheng is joined by a quintet for an evening of Chinese influenced jazz. Lu Xuancheng is a graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and incorporates traditional Chinese instruments into her music. She...
Artist C.C. will give his open talk on January 24 at ITALO. Folks are welcome to join for the Sunday brunch while listening to the artist's story. He will share his unique journey, the ideas and stories behind all of his work, and the...
Shanghai Oriental Art Center Children's Chorus performs their New Year's Concert on January 24. The chorus is led by Yang Wenjun, conductor of Shanghai Philharmonic Symphony Chorus, and Huang Fei, teacher at Shanghai Normal University....
Cantonese Jazz Singer Situ Helun is is known for his warm vocal style that combines rhythm and blues and urban elements with pop and jazz. He is performing with Yang Hongbin on piano, Zhu Donghuan “Tico” on bass, and Xu...
This concert is part of the Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos series. Conducted by Zhang Jiemin(张洁敏) and accompanied by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, pianist Xie Jingxian (解静娴) and Zuo Zhang (左章) play two of Beethoven’s piano...
Born and raised in Xinjiang, Yusuf devotes himself to exploring World Music, fusing with his love for R&B, Soul, and Pop to bring original sounds that represents his background and at the same time welcomed by the world. He will be...
A very special night planned just before The Pearl closes for CNY holidays! Two new shows in one night; first off the Dance, Dance, Dance concert, as the Pearl’s Red Stars band perform a selection of the best dance hits from the...
Xu Meng - a professional musician who started at age 6, Xu Meng was trained in violin and then got interested in vocals. After graduating from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, she starred in Sleep No More in 2016, and now sings for...
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Pang Kapang and Su Chang on the Guzheng, will perform a night of Zhu Jian’er’s “Festival Overture”, Qigang Chen’s “L’eloingement for String...
Grow, an English-language children's musical created by the British National Youth Musical Company, will be performed by Serious Play, an international first-class brand of musical theatre created by Shanghai Fresh Prime Limited and...
Elite Dance Academy is hosting dance camps during the Chinese New Year holiday. Students will have to be 3-6 years of age in order to join, and will be educated in ballet, jazz and craft. The cost for camp varies in regard to how many...
The extraordinary journal of 19th-century actor William Charles Macready is the basis for this intimate and unparalleled look at the life of the player. As performed by Thomas Caron, this is a must for anyone who loves the theater.
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra’s famed Polaris Quartet, made up of violinists Su Ting and Wu Aolie, violist Yu Haifeng, and cellist Huang Beixing, will include contrabassist Zhang Ming and harpist Sun Zhiyang for an evening of...
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Jing Huan and French Hornist Gu Cong, will perform a night of Robert Schumann's "Manfred Overture", Carl Maria von Weber's "Horn Concertino in E minor, Op. 45", and Schumann's "Symphony...
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Lin Daye and Violinist Wang Shijong, will perform a night of Franck's “Psyché et Éros, Shostakovich's "Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, Op. 129", and Prokofiev's...
The Crystal Quartet of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra are performing an evening of Shumann and Borodin. The quartet is composed of violinists Xiong Yu and Zheng Tao, violist Liu Jiayu and cellist Cunyuan. The program includes...
Yong III is the third installation of the Yong Series choreographed by award winning Tian Tian. It continues to explore the postures of ancient Chinese sculptures and paintings, bringing the history back to life. Focusing on the...
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra are hosting a night of classic opera — for those on the hunt for a refined evening. Lecturer Han Bin will be performing Mascagni's 'Cavalleria Rusticana - Intermezzo', Puccini’s 'Suor Angelica...
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Charles Dutoit and violinist Ning Feg, will perform San Sang's "Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61" and Mahler's "Symphony No.5 in C minor”. The price will vary in regard to...
Classical music doesn’t always have to be serious, sometimes it can be silly. Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is bringing together a quartet, composed of violinist Wu Aolie and Huayng Loi, violist Yu Haifeng, and cellist Zhou Runging,...
The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, with conductor Charles Dutoit and cellist Zhu Lin, will perform Rossini's "Prelude to Semiramide", San Sang's "Cello Concerto No. 1 in a minor, Op. 33”, Stravinsky's "Petrushka (1911 Edition)", and...
Over 25 years ago Nirvana recorded their MTV Unplugged — an eerie, magical recording that will forever remind the world what might have happened if Kurt Cobain were still here. Over the years, many talents have left us too soon....
The Cotton Club Band has a long history in Shanghai. They’ve grown into an icon in the city’s nightlife entertainment over the years. They're bringing on a night of their bests led by Gregory Smith, the guitarist of Cotton...
Pearl movie nights are back with themed days every Sunday in January. Free entrance and free salty (of course) kettle popcorn. Happy hour drink specials run all day. Dinner specials all day as well.
Jan. 10 is Family Movie Day, at...
As 2020 draws to a close, Unravel is proud to present RESILIENCE: a multimedia storytelling exhibition. Unravel is shining a light on stories that highlight the resilience of the human spirit, despite the odds and obstacles. It's a...
teamLab Borderless Shanghai is the result of the feverish imaginations of Japanese art collective teamLab, an interdisciplinary group of artists, designers, mathematicians, engineers, and programmers self-labelled as...
island6's winter exhibition “Food as Art as Food” (食品如艺术) explores the relationship between people and food, and the enjoyment that comes from finding the perfect dish. Admission to the art exhibit is free. The team are...
Mommy & Me is back with Monday classes at Shanghai City Ballet. The program aims to develop the listening, social and motor skills of young children through ballet and pre-dance physical movement. Scan the QR code to sign up.
Miguel de Cervantes Library, together with Canon Wonderland Shanghai and the support of the Consulate General of Chile in Shanghai, present Nicolás Santa María Cea's photographic exhibition, where the artist shows images...
Tomokazu Matsuyama's first solo exhibition in Shanghai. This exhibition will introduce Matsuyama's fundamental notions, which capture the status quo of present-day life and culture in an unembellished manner. The works in the exhibition...
The dual exhibition features a spontaneous state of “trance” the two artists presented during a time of changes. Works on show are mostly recent works by Jin Shan and Zhao Yang and encompass a mix of media including...
Arts & Stage|HOW Art Museum|
Daily except Mon until Mar 19
McaM Presents "Player of Beings", an art exhibition that gathers a group of “Ready Player Ones” who ae active in the forefront of international contemporary art. These artists include aaajiao, Cao Fei, Feng Mengbo, Jeffrey...
The retrospective will present more than one hundred paintings spanning various stages of the artist’s 30-year career, as well as a number of his newly commissioned immersive painting installations (known as “Space...
A photo exhibition curated by National Geographic mag. The exhibition has been touring around China since 2016, featuring more than 800 cover pictures from the magazine's 132-year history and 130 classics in print.
Neo Golden Age attemps to raise the discussion around contemporary art and consumerism. It consists of two solo exhibition from two pop artists. Philip Colbert, creates a surreal environment with installations and his famous "lobster"...
“Noire lumière”, refers to an ambiguous point of time: it may be when day is approaching its end, or dawn is coming or night is in its utmost depth. In other words, noire lumière is a state of fighting and...
Arts & Stage|HOW Art Museum|
Daily except Mon until Apr 5
Our Home is a series of artworks from 69 nations under the One Belt and Road policy. A total of 208 pieces of work from 141 artists will be on display, each with their own voices in the process of allowing economical and cultural...
The exhibition “Ye Maozhong Art Exhibition” is curated by Mr. Liu Yiqian, the founder of Long Museum. Ye Maozhong is a professor at Peking University, as well as a well-known brand marketing planner, art collector, and...
“The Abode of Illusions: The Garden of Zhang Daqian” features a group of photographs by Hu Chongxian with inscriptions by Zhang Daqian. This is the first time the artworks have been showcased in China since they left...
Arts & Stage|YUZ Museum|
Daily except Mon until Apr 11
This is the chance to meet the superstar icons in your dreams, all at once. Located on the tenth floor of the New World Building, Shanghai's branch of the world famous Madame Tussauds allows visitors to mingle with the rich, famous and...
The collection of the musée national d’art moderne, Centre Pompidou, comprises more than 100,000 works of art dating from 1905 to the present.
“The Shape of Time” is the first of three thematic selections of major...
This is an group exhibition featuring works from 30 contemporary artists from both China and aboard. The title of the show, "More, More, More", is taken from The Andrea True Connection's Disco hit from the 1970s, which is meant to have...
Arts & Stage|Tank Shanghai|
Daily except Mon until Jan 31
M/M (Paris) was co-founded by Michaël Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak in 1992. With a unique style and through close interconnections with music, fashion and art circles, they have been proved to be among the most influential...
SHUCANG’s Collection is a long-term exhibition of Powerlong Museum, showing Xu’s Family’s precious calligraphic and painting collection to the general public. SHUCANG’s Collection is named by Mr. Xu Jiankang in...