July 12-18: Live Art Aquarium at Changfeng Park
Beat the summer heat by taking your children to the Live Art Aquarium in Changfeng Park. There are four themed zones and one interactive zone to entertain and educate your kids. Your children will have the opportunity to paint and view their designs projected into the ocean world to ‘live’ with thousands of other creatures.
9am-5pm (last entry 4pm), RMB180 for adults and RMB120 for kids under 1.2m. Changfeng Park, see event listing.
July 14-16: Miravella
This performance, choreographed by French dancer Catherine Dreyfus puts on a creative and colorful show about the natural world—cells, underwater organisms, bird and sea lions, for example—for children. They suggest children over the age of three attend, so that they can appreciate the surreal and imaginative world Catherine shares through dance.
Fri-Sun, July 14: 5pm & 7.30pm, July 15-16: 10am & 7.30pm, RMB180-480, Shanghai Children Art Theatre, see event listing.
July 15: Cat Adoption Day
Are you in need of a furry friend to keep you and your family company? Adopt, don’t shop, and head down to Café Monsieur and join the adoption event held by Furry Friends, a charity organization based in Shanghai.
Sat, July 15, noon-4pm, RMB***, Café Monsieur, see event listing.
July 15: Checkpoint! Shanghai Game Fair
Touch Our Buttons is teaming up with Random Encounters SH to bring you and your family a fun-filled day with video games, board games, VR demos and film screenings. Best part about this event, it’s free! Touch Our Buttons is hoping to connect local gaming communities through this event this Saturday.
Sat, July 15, 2pm-9pm, Free entry, X-Space, see event listing.
July 15-16: Summer Commune Market
The Summer Commune Market is returning to Shanghai this weekend, July 15 & 16, to bring you local designers, gourmet food, activities for kids, musicians, artists and more! This market offers a plethora of Shanghai’s abundance of creativity via local artists.
Sat-Sun, July 15-16, 11am-6pm, Free entry, Zhang Yuan, see event listing.
