If you’re looking for something to do besides watching Suicide Squad this weekend, we’ve got a whole bunch of activities to keep you busy—from food festivals, pool parties and a flea market to even some workout sessions on Mount Faber.
Friday, Aug 5
MARKET
Head down to the MAAD Pyjamas flea at Red Dot Design Museum to check out the community of artists, designers, crafters and brand owners showcasing their goods, original artworks and fashion creations. Aug 5
BOOKS
Have a listen to writer Yeo Wei Wei as she debuts her collection of stories, These Foolish Things & Other Stories. Poet and Sing Lit Prize winner Cyril Wong will also be there moderating the event at BooksActually. Aug 5
Poolball Singapore at Giant Games Festival
FESTIVAL
Experience life-size versions of games like Jenga, pick-up sticks and more at The Giant Games Festival that’ll be held in The Red Box at *SCAPE. Aug 5-6
PARTY
Good Times is turning eight and they’re celebrating at Blu Jaz with MCee Homeboy Sandman (New York) from Stones Throw Records who’ll be headlining the event with a live set and DJs Rah (Darker Than Wax), Intriguant (SYNDICATE). Aug 5
FILM
Annual LGBT arts fest IndigNation is having their IndigNation Queer Film Festival over two-days at The Projector. The opening film is Strike a Pose, about gay dancers on Madonna’s controversial “Blonde Ambition” tour in 1990. Aug 5-6
FESTIVAL
In conjunction with National Day festivities, Esplanade’s Festival Village will have over 50 stalls offering food, art and craft that have been selected by online shopping hub LalooLalang. Aug 5-9
Saturday, Aug 6
Pool party at Sofitel So Singapore
PARTY
The sexy hotel pool party series is back. DJs like Oliver Osborne and Jared Kong will be at Sofitel So Singapore’s HI-SO x Pool.Party.BBQ Party with bangin’ tunes while you binge on mini burgers and truffled fries. Aug 6.
SHOPPING
Wheelock Place’s pop-up market OYAY, is back for its second edition with OYAY SinGalore, offering products from local retailers such as accessories, design-y knick-knacks, fashion and food over two days. Aug 6-7
FILM
Since July, The Projector has been screening films by a local film collective, 13 Little Pictures. Much of the series has elapsed, but you can still catch Lei Yuan Bin’s 03-Flats. Aug 6
The Spy, The Thug, His Wife and Her Lover
FOOD
Dinner theater experience designer AndSoForth is back with their latest interactive dinner sessions The Spy, The Thug, His Wife and Her Lover happening at a secret location. Diners will attempt to break out of “prison”, gather information and escape without blowing their covers. Tickets are at $88 here. Aug 6-Sep 18
WELLNESS
That rooftop space on top of People’s Park Complex, site of film screenings, markets and many a Getai hipster music fests, Lepark had been quiet for a while but is launching a new fitness series, Lepark Sweat, starting today, with a yoga session led by Urban Yogis. Aug 6
PARTY
It’s another night of mayhem at hidden Boat Quay club Headquarters by the Council, as they host their weekly Saturday affair where you can get jiggy with the sounds of Sivanesh, Suren and Ramesh K. First drink charge of $15 applies. Aug 6
SHOPPING
Score an original art piece at the Starving Artist Fair’s National Day Edition at *SCAPE, which’ll have local artists and creators selling original works like comics and artworks and you can also take part in some workshops for drawing too. Aug 6
Kult Kafe
PARTY
Our favorite new-ish small venue Kult Kafe is launching what looks like another daytime party series. Fans of all things psychedelic and earthy will like Chill Sessions at the Hill, promising “chillout music and psychedelic visuals”, along with poetry, dancers, UV face painting and more. Aug 6
WELLNESS
Starting this month, Let’s Lepak at Mount Faber will be happening on the first Saturday of every month, it’ll be car-free and it’ll host workout sessions, games, performances and various workshops. From Aug 6
SHOPPING
The Orchard Central Food Festival features a curated selection of artisanal vendors selling stuff like wine and chocolate, as well as workshops on cocktail making and demos by professional bartenders. Through Aug 14
Sunday, Aug 7
FESTIVAL
Singapore’s Malay Festival of the Arts, Pesta Raya, is back for its 15th edition. Check out the festival’s last day of theatrical, dance, and musical performances by artists from the Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Aug 7
PARTY
Especially relevant for those who are taking MC on Monday and making it a four-day weekend: Tanjong Beach Club is having the Majulah Massive edition of its Smack My Beach Up series, with liters of rose, DJs Fred E and Mad Jester and plenty of beach time. Aug 7
FILM
Celluloid buffs should catch the 1967 Malaysian film Sesudah Suboh by the legendary P Ramlee and 2003 mockumentary The Big Durian by Amir Muhammed, dealing with racial tensions in KL at the National Gallery’s Southeast Asian film series Painting with Light. It’s $10 per film. Aug 6 & 7
Table tennis at GetActive! Singapore
WELLNESS
GetActive! Singapore festival gives you more reasons to get out and bask in Singapore’s weather, with a list of activities like e-sports games, an F1 race simulator, table tennis, basketball shootouts and more. Aug 7
FOOD
The Fullerton Hotel is hosting a two-week event highlighting Singapore’s food heritage, The River Hawker Festival, featuring some of Singapore’s popular hawker stalls and diners. Jul 29-Aug 9
FILM
Cinewa is The Projector’s new Sunday film segment and a prelude to this year’s Japanese Film Festival Singapore 2016. This Sunday, catch Megane, a story about people who visit a small seaside town on a southern island to zone out. Aug 7
