Coffee festival

In this “city of coffee,” let’s celebrate Shenzhen’s bustling and vibrant coffee scene at the Third Shenzhen Futian Coffee Life Consumption Festival. Over 180 coffee brands will gather at the festival’s main venue outside One Avenue shopping mall where you can also learn making drip coffee from professional baristas.

Main venue time: 11 a.m.-7 p.m., until May 3

Main venue: One Boulevard, outside One Avenue, Futian District (卓悦中心中央大街)

Metro: Line 1 or 10 to Gangxia Station (岗厦站), Exit B

Puff Up Bread

The slightly sweet, yeasty aroma of bread would soon flood out and fill the square in UpperHills. More than 50 bakeries, including LOOP bakery, Kundalini Bakery & Café, LTFF Bakery, Bay Star Bread, 1-7 Bread and Bread Talk, will gather for the Puff Up Bread event.

Time: 2-9 p.m., April 29-May 1

Tickets: 28 yuan

Venue: East Square, L3, The Town, UpperHills (深业上城L3小镇东广场)

Metro: Line 1o to Donggualing Station (冬瓜岭站), Exit A

Soccer club pop-up store

A Manchester United-themed pop-up store will be set up by the Beijing-based Manchester United Theater of Dreams, an authorized experience and entertainment center for soccer fans. The pop-up store will offer multiple activities and attractions, including a display of the club’s 145-year-old history, posters of stars and signed jerseys, interactive soccer games and official merchandise, evoking fans’ memories in Old Trafford.

Dates: Until May 13

Venue: Jinpi Fang Cultural Block, Luohu District (金啤坊文化街区)

Metro: Line 5 or 7 to Tai’an Station (太安站), Exit A

One Mall Kite Festival

If you missed the Weifang International Kite Festival in Shandong Province, don’t miss the One Mall Kite Festival in Yantian on April 29-30, where you can see a sea of kites in a multitude of sizes — with designs featuring sea creatures, tigers, bears and characters. From April 29 through May 3, colorful pinwheels and oil paper umbrellas will adorn Yantian Central Park, where you can also have a bite of various snacks.

Venue: Yantian Central Park, Yantian District (盐田中央公园)

Metro: Line 8 to Haishan Station (海山站), Exit B

Guangming Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival

At Guangming Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival, visitors can appreciate tea demonstrations, shadow play puppet-making, pyrography and painting inside snuff bottles, as well as tasting Guangming’s signature Loucun rice noodles, roasted squabs, Gongming sausages, milk tea and desserts.

Dates: Until May 3

Venue: Gongming Square, Guangming District (光明区公明广场)

Metro: Line 6 to Gongming Square Station (公明广场站), Exit B (Cao Zhen)