16th Fujian Music and Dance Festival Opens in Fuzhou

The 16th Fujian Music and Dance Festival opened in Fuzhou on September 17, 2026, co-hosted by the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Fujian Provincial Department of Education, the Fujian Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Fujian Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, and will run through October 9. The festival will present 92 works selected from more than 300 entries, with an online vote for "audience favorite works" opened in parallel. This edition adds a drama and folk-art category and optimizes award settings; Min-style genres such as Nanyin, Jinge and kuaiban appear on the festival stage at scale for the first time, while the "Weekend Opera Encounter"…