Shanghai Ballet is creating a dance drama based on the 1958 novel "Lily," written by Ru Zhijuan and set against the backdrop of the Liberation War.

The classic repertoire of Borodin, Shostakovich and Dvorak will feature at the world-class chamber music group's Shanghai Oriental Art Center concert to be held on May 10.

The Western pop superstar is set to make a thrilling comeback to the city stage in May, bringing songs much loved by his many Chinese fans as he embarks on a tour of China.

A new landmark in Xuhui District, the Shanghai West Bund Theater, will stage Lu Chuan's dance drama "Tiangong Kaiwu" in August. It depicts ancient Chinese laborers' inventiveness.

The star-studded Shanghai International Music Carnival will raise its curtain on May 1, offering residents and the increasing number of inbound tourists a four-day music feast.

On the annual "318 Qingpu Tourism Day," a cultural and tourism feast is being cooked up across the water towns of Shanghai's suburban Qingpu District this spring.

From the Rhine to the Huangpu River, a symphony of Beethoven resonated in Shanghai as the 2025 For Youth Beethoven China Music Festival was launched in Changning District.

Shanghai will stage a production of Life of Pi, a stunning and spectacularly inventive rendition of Yann Martel's novel, in May.

The stage adaptation of the Oscar-winning animation comes to Shanghai in July, starring the original Japanese cast in an enchanting tale of Chihiro in a world of fantastic spirits.