With the Grammy Award winner Time for Three presenting a special outdoor concert, the 2024 Hongqiao Grassland Music Festival kicked off Saturday at Shanghai Zoo in the city's Changning district.

Hosted by Changning district's administration of culture and tourism, the music festival will run through Oct 13, featuring six free performances at five landmarks across the district including the Shanghai Zoo, Hongqiao Park and Zhongshan Park.

As its name indicates, the music festival will turn the district's parks and green lands into art spaces, which will stage diverse shows for residents coming from all ages and levels with various themes such as jazz, families, nursery rhymes and pets.