Shanghai Tourism Festival (September)
http://www.tourfest.org/
Positioned as the people’s festival, taking the “Entering the happiness and pleasure “as subject, Shanghai Tourism Festival has progressed for 16 years successfully since 1990 when it first held.
Incorporating tourism products including sightseeing, leisure, entertainment, culture, sports, exposition, and food and shopping, the festival also presents more than a hundred activities showcasing the metropolitan outlook, culture and commerce of Shanghai.
Some of highlights are float pageant, carnival, Shanghai International firework festival, Image Ambassador competition, rose wedding ceremony , to name but a few.
Shanghai TV Festival (June)Established in December 1986, Shanghai TV Festival is co-hosted by the State Administration of Radio, Film & TV and the Shanghai Municipal Government, and organized by Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film & TV and the Special Events Office under Shanghai Media & Entertainment Group. With its characteristics of internationalization, market-directing and specialization, STVF has become a comprehensively international TV Festival as one of the largest and most profound one in Asia.
The festival is held every June, with the 12th edition of festival held from June 17th to 21st.