Music China 2026

Music China, the China (Shanghai) International Music Instrument Exhibition, is a UFI-approved trade fair and one of the largest gatherings of the musical instrument industry in Asia. Held over four days at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, it brings instrument manufacturers, music technology and audio-visual companies, publishers and music education providers together with distributors, retailers and buyers from around the world.

Product sectors

The exhibition spans acoustic and electronic instruments as well as the technology, materials and services around them.

• Pianos and keyboards
• Fretted, bowed and stringed instruments
• Brass, woodwind and percussion
• Traditional and Chinese instruments
• Electronic and electric instruments, amplifiers and live sound
• Music technology and audio-visual applications
• Sheet music, publishers and music education
• Instrument processing and raw materials

Programme highlights for 2026

Music X returns in an upgraded form with its MusiX Lab, MIDI Zone and X Stage, plus a dedicated Modular Synthesizer Zone with The Modular Commune. Hall W1 hosts stringed-instrument cultural activities including the Stringed Instruments Sound Evaluation, and the Music China New Product Launch showcases new instruments to the trade.

Who attends

Instrument dealers and importers, retailers, music schools and training institutions, orchestras and performers, producers and audio engineers, alongside brand owners looking for distribution partners in China and abroad.