With so many new things to do this month, we can’t afford to only wake up when September ends. Embrace the new month with club openings, check out the latest store openings on Orchard, and fill your time with numerous music festivals and concerts lined up this weekend.
Friday, Sep 2
Uniqlo Orchard Central
RETAIL
Uniqlo is opening their first southeast Asian Global Flagship Store right here in Singapore. The new Orchard Central outlet will have three floors that spans over 2,700 sq. meters. Apart from the shopping, check out the interesting elements co-created by local artists throuhgout the store. Sep 2
CLUB
Cherry Discotheque is just one of the new clubs popping up in town this year. Join them in their opening festivities with American-South Korean record producer Choice37, and locals DJs Rattle, Drem and Fvder. Sep 2-4
WORKSHOP
What could be better than learning how to make terrariums while in the company of feline friends? The Green Capsule hosts a workshop at The Company of Cats, which includes two hours of quality time with the cats. Limited slots. Sep 2
PARTY
Revision Music is celebrating their first anniversary with a Good Times party, featuring special guests iyer (aka Nikhil Ramakrishnan) and Young Spice as they bring their flavor of low-frequency bass to Blu Jaz. Sept 2.
CONCERT
Watch Lisa Hannigan, who started her career singing harmonies with Damien Rice, and English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf in a double-bill event at the Esplanade. Sep 2
PARTY
This month’s edition of Cato’s Interstellar night brings techno DJ Marco Shuttle, who’ll be kicking off his 2016 Asia tour right here in Singapore. Sep 2
DRINK
3rd Culture Brewing Company, that craft beer hawker stall at Maxwell, is hosting the 12-Tap Beermadeggon Tastefest Bonanza. One $30 ticket gets you five beers. Sep 2
PARTY
Escape 56 is the first party of this sort to be held at Aliwal Arts Center. Join veteran local DJs Brendon P, DJ KFC, Debbie Chia, Maurice Simon, Haan and DJ Zig Zach as they smash the night with deep, dark and heavy beats. Sep 2
FILM
Singaporean Film Society and Darpan Singapore is bringing The Apu Trilogy to Golden Village, featuring three great Bengali films directed by Satyajit Ray that have been remastered in 4K. Sep 2-4
FESTIVAL
Fancy food festivals like Savour, Epicurean Market and Chang Sensory Trails are all well and good, but we’re intrigued by this heartland festival doing all the pasar malam favorites. Sep 2-4
FILM
Esplanade’s annual da:ns festival is returning on Oct 13-23, but in the meantime, The Projector is partnering up with Esplanade to screen three dance-related films; two of which are focused on the artistic directors of dance companies Batsheva Dance Company and Tanztheatre Wuppertal. Sep 2-4
ART
You’ve heard of dinner in the dark, but Arts Beyond Sight will have professionally trained visually impaired facilitators to guide visitors through 30 minutes of art in the dark. Sep 2-8
FESTIVAL
There’s a new venue at Esplanade opening for creative business, and they’re launching it with two Annex Sessions gigs featuring the Chok Kerong Organ Trio and In Each Hand A Cutlass. Check out the new Annexe Studio if you’re near. Through Sep 3
FESTIVAL
Esplanade’s long-running Mosaic program returns in a new format. They’re ditching their 10-day “festival” concept for the fresher Mosaic Music Weekend, with acts like UK singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf, Korean electronic band Idiotape, Singapore’s singer-songwriter DEON, and others. Through Sept 4
ART
Singaporean artist Tan Choo Kai has a new collection, National Day Celebration, that’ll showcase his interpretations of natural landscapes and scenery on our fair island at Pan Pacific Singapore’s Public Art Space. Through Oct 31
Saturday, Sep 3
FILM
We sure hope you have your tickets already, because the mad popular A Design Film Festival is kicking off this weekend, with films like Original Copy, about the last film poster painter in Mumbai, Crazy about Tiffany’s, about the iconic jewelry brand and In Pursuit of Silence. Tickets sell out fast. Sep 3-11
PARTY
Time to flash and splash at Oasis, an urban day-to-night pool party that’s launching at Baywatch @ Hotel Jen, with heavy beats and chill vibes by DJs Titus, Submerge, Ramesh K and Jag. Sep 3
WELLNESS
More outdoor wellness goodness as Outta Hatha’s Najiah Ramlee conducts a 60-minute Dynamic Core Flow sunset class on everybody’s favorite rooftop at People’s Park Complex. Sep 3
PARTY
Barbecued food by the pool, along with some great drink deals and music by DJs Oliver Osborne, Haan and more, make for a chill Saturday afternoon. Sofitel So Singapore’s Whet Pool Party is back with a new barbecue menu to boot. Sep 3
DANCE
Gyrate your hips and hit the dance floor to the salsa beats at Post Bar’s Latino Night. Sep 3
BOOK
Just as the name of the event suggests, Booktique’s 5 Under 25 event will see young poets like Mohammed Mukul Hossine, Cheryl Julia Lee, Hamid Roslan, Ruth Tang and Theophilus Kwek share their new and published poems as part of the Singapore Literature Fair. Sep 3
PARTY
Take a walk down memory lane while having a good ol’ burger and beer with nostalgic R&B, hip hop and dancehall tunes from the 90s that’ll hit you right in the feels at Mattblacc and Meatliquor’s Peachfuzz. Sep 3
CONCERT
Local alternative rock band boxchild, who are also Noise Music Mentees and National Arts Council Grant recipients, are releasing their EP at Aliwal Arts Center, with Forests and Sangriento as supporting acts. Sep 3
WELLNESS
It’s a different way to stay fit but if you’ve always wanted to wield a saber, join the SaberFit class this month, which claims will burn up to 600+ calories per hour through cardio, plyometrics, core and abdominal exercises. Sep 3
THEATER
The main segment of the Singapore International Festival of Arts will have highlights which include controversial stage production Five Easy Pieces by acclaimed Swiss director Milo Rau, plays like Everything by My Side by Fernando Rubio and more. Through Sep 17
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. Through Sep 18
BOOK
There’s an exhibition of Singaporean comics from the turbulent days under British rule to modern times at the National Library, with books, artefacts and original art by Benjamin Chee, Cheah Sinann, Troy Chin and more. Through Sep 3
Sunday, Sep 4
Ganso Manekineko Orchard Cineleisure VIP Room
MUSIC
Japan’s Koshidaka Holdings has opened its largest karaoke out in Asia. Ganso Manekineko Orchard Cineleisure boasts 80 brand new karaoke rooms, five VIP rooms with pool tables and a buffet spread of local, Japanese and international dishes. Sep 4
WELLNESS
Besides yoga, doing zumba outdoors is also fast becoming a thing. Organizers Funzing Singapore are holding an hour of calorie-burning, heart-racing and muscle-pumping zumba class at the heart of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Sep 4
CHARITY
Zouk is throwing an event on their club grounds for charity. Fairground, a Beyond Social Services initiative wil see highlights such as lightsaber making workshops, flea markets and carnival games. All proceeds will go to Beyond’s programs. Sep 4
PARTY
Daytime drinking at Labrador Park’s Training Shed has long been gone but Kult Kafe’s Sunday on the Hill has proven time and time again to be an excellent place to enjoy the same kind of vibes, music and food. Sep 4
