Putuo District’s coffee craze will sweep through the entire month of May as the “Coffee Meets Suzhou Creek” Art Life Season takes center stage as a key part of the 2026 Shanghai International Coffee Festival.

From May 1 to May 24, the Coffee Culture Themed Art Exhibition will kick off at the Liu Haisu Art Museum (Branch). Artists will use coffee as a medium, employing oil painting, watercolor, printmaking, and other techniques to depict delicate stories of coffee time, interpreting Shanghai’s unique charm and cultural heritage as the “city of coffee” through visual language.

From May 14 to May 24, the Coffee Culture Carnival will take over Global Harbor. The mall’s south square will gather dozens of premium coffee brands from the Yangtze River Delta region, independent roasters, and food & cultural creative stalls, creating an urban “coffee by day, wine by night” atmosphere. A coffee robot will serve latte art coffee on site, while giant coffee cup inflatables and creative art installations will also debut.

On the fourth floor’s Global Hall, a “Coffee+” themed forum and a coffee-themed exhibition will be held simultaneously. The Coffee Grounds Recycling Initiative will also be launched, with self-service collection points set up at the market and coffee shops inside the mall. Member handcraft salons, including coffee ground succulent DIY, handmade paintings, and incense tablets, will give coffee grounds a new lease on life.