2025 Shanghai Tourism Festival Float Parade

Through Oct 6 | Expo Cultural Park, Pudong

Colorful floats will showcase the unique tourism resources, local traditions, and cultural heritage of participating regions. A fleet of 25 floats will parade or remain lit in designated areas, bringing the city’s festive spirit to life.

We Fun German-Style Beer Festival

Through Oct 25 | Binjiang Avenue, Pudong (near HOW Art Museum)

With the theme “Art + Beer,” this riverside festival blends craft brews with art, music, and cuisine. Expect a vibrant beer market and crossovers with galleries, hotels, restaurants, and local businesses — an immersive cultural feast by the Huangpu River.

Bund Art Season: Grand Yuyuan Hypersense

Through Nov 9 | BFC Bund Financial Center, Fangbang Road M., Yu Garden Mall, Fosun Foundation Shanghai

This year’s Bund Art Season features “Grand Yuyuan Hypersense.” Through moon installations and multimedia light shows, the event reconnects urban life with the cosmos in a poetic, sensory experience.

For details: 021-63669999

“To The Bund, For Art” – 2025 Bund International Art Festival

Through November | The Bund

Highlights include large-scale group exhibitions, the 2nd Bund Architecture Festival, rooftop art shows, the Bund 2025 Art Pass, and curated city tours. These programs spotlight art’s role in boosting consumption, enriching urban life, and connecting diverse lifestyles.

3rd “Shining Shanghai” Jing’an International Light Festival

Through Oct 8 | Jing’an District

The event links Nanjing Road W. and Suhewan business areas in synchronized displays. Light art installations illuminate warm urban moments, complemented by music, food, art, and performances—a multi-sensory cultural extravaganza.

2nd Shanghai International Light Festival – Xuhui Sub-Venues

Through Oct 8 | Xuhui District

Continuing the “One River, Many Points” concept, the main venue is at West Bund Dream Center, with satellite shows in Xujiahui, Hengshan Road-Fuxing Road Historical and Cultural Block, and Caohejing Park. The light art integrates with exhibitions, shopping, and cultural events across Xuhui.

2025 West Bund Cultural & Art Season – Autumn & Winter Programs

Through Feb 2026 | West Bund Art Avenue

More than 10 museums and art centers—including the West Bund Museum, Long Museum, Tank Shanghai, and Star Museum—will host blockbuster exhibitions such as “Reinventing Landscapes: Highlighs of the Centre Pompidou Collection vol. IV” and David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away).

The season also features major theater productions like The Message at the West Bund Theatre, alongside sub-venues of the Shanghai International Light Festival.

Tickets via “West Bund Life” WeChat platform

TOP Central Park Music Carnival

Oct 2 – Oct 6 | TOP Central Park Green Theatre, Putuo

Five days of nonstop performances at the Green Theatre—90 minutes of unique music and cultural shows daily. Explore a lively intangible cultural heritage market, enjoy a caravan music fest, and discover everything from jazz nights to Kunqu opera fusions.

North Bund Anime & Music Carnival

Oct 2 – Oct 8 | North Bund Cruise Center Pier

A paradise for anime and youth culture lovers! Expect themed markets, cosplay bazaars, and immersive stages blending Chinese pop culture with live performances.

2025 Shanghai Urban Space Art Season – Main Venue

Through Dec 13 | Fuxing Island Shipyard Park

With the theme “Quantum Revive,” the event merges art and technology. From large-scale exhibitions to skateboarding shows, music festivals, pet-friendly events, and interactive installations, the program welcomes visitors of all ages.