While you and the rest of the island recover from the madness that was the F1 weekend, there’s still a ton happening to ease you back into the groove—like a first-time Latin American food festival, comedy gigs and the return of Gillman Barracks’ popular art party Art After Dark.
Monday, Sep 17
FOOD/FESTIVAL
Blow your diet on ceviche, tacos and empanadas at at the first-ever, week-long Latin American food festival Latinada happening at Tono Cevicheria. Sep 17-23
FESTIVAL
Feel the Mid-Autumn Festival vibes as Gardens by the Bay adorns its entire grounds with beautiful lanterns big and small. Come check out the bustling marketplace too, where performances, food, and traditional Chinese craft showcases await. Through Sep 24
EXHIBITION
Have you heard? The Great Escape is closing, but not without one last shebang that includes a participatory memorial for the public to leave a piece of themselves with the place. Come by to contribute your stories, photos, knick-knacks and more in this collaborative mixed media installation. Through Sep 30
FILM
In partnership with the Singapore Film Society, the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS) Film Festival is screening six films from around the world to raise awareness for persons with intellectual disability (PWIDs). An added highlight, two original shorts commissioned by MINDS and produced by Royston Tan’s Chuan Pictures will have their premiere, and be screened before the start of the six films. Through Oct 7
Check out all the film festivals happening till the end of the year here.
EXHIBITION
Peranakan Museum’s latest exhibition, Amek Gambar: Peranakans and Photography, delves into the Southeast Asian history of photography through the pictured lives of the Peranakan community in the region. Through Feb 3, 2019
EXHIBITION
From Cold Storage to Tiger Balm, come chart the evolution of print advertising in Singapore from the 1830s to 1960s at Selling Dreams: Early Advertising in Singapore. Aside from just print advertisements, the exhibition at the National Library also includes interactive multimedia stations for you to experience life as a consumer in early Singapore. Through Feb 24, 2019
Tuesday, Sep 18
CONCERT
If you were one of the many die-hard fans who were sad that music collective Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox got cancelled last year, you’ll be glad to know that they’re coming back to perform at the Kallang Theatre for one night only. Sep 18
COMEDY
Come get R21 advice from The Agony Uncles, better known as comedians Umar Rana and Kavin Jay, as they dish on sex, relationships, millennials and more sex in a headline stand-up event presented by Comedy Masala. Sep 18
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THEATER
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend us your ears. Julius Caesar isn’t coming to town, but the world-renowned company that’s staged his namesake play many times over, is. Shakespeare’s Globe from London is returning to perform three of the playwright’s most loved comedies. Sep 18-22
EXHIBITION
The Substation kicks off the next installment of its 2018 exploration of the topic ‘Heritage’. En Bloc, or Buildings Must Die will feature an exhibition, talks and panels discussing the hot-button topic of conservation in Singapore. Through Sep 23
Wednesday, Sep 19
COMEDY
The Projector is hosting their first-ever pub quiz, and the opening topic is films, films, films. Duh. Sep 19
MUSICAL
We’re just as excited as you are about the return of The Lion King to our shore for its 20th anniversary It’s been more than two decades since the epic musical film about lions in Africa first came into our lives, and again in 2011 when the musical made its Southeast Asian debut. Immerse yourself in the magnificent world of Simba, Nala, Rafiki, Mufasa, Timon, Pumba and company when it returns for a two-month run. Through Sep 23
EXHIBITION
The dreamy pastel-hued shots of our city come to life in an exclusive exhibition by Nguan of his latest photobook, Singapore (2017), as part of the annual Singapore International Photography Festival. Get up close and personal with the homegrown photographer himself (who rarely takes interviews) at a book signing on opening day. Through Sep 28
EXHIBITION
Before It All Goes: Architecture from Singapore’s Early Independence Years is local photographer Darren Soh’s latest solo exhibition, which showcases his long-term documentation of sites in Singapore slated to disappear, or that already have. Through Sep 29
EXHIBITION
2018 has shaped up to be a fantastic year for Marvel. Besides the two epic movies releasing to staggering global success, they’re also presenting Marvel Studios: Ten Years of Heroes at ArtScience Museum, which delves into the science and tech behind the whole Marvel Cinematic Universe. Through Sep 30
Thursday, Sep 20
The German Doctor Wakolda
FILM
Are we even surprised that another film festival is screening at The Projector? This time, it’s the inaugural Argentine Film Festival, with six acclaimed films from Argentina covering animation to comedy. Opening the festival is The German Doctor Wakolda, on the true story of Nazi war criminal Joseph Mengele as he found refuge with a Patagonian family under a secret identity. Sep 20-23
PARTY
Come celebrate The Hive’s 15th and newest outlet The Hive Carpenter, with cocktails, craft beers on tap, live music and a snazzy fashion show. Sep 20
MARKET
It seems like just yesterday ArtBox packed up and left, and the Bayfront event space was finally empty for once. In the blink of an eye, the waterfront space is turning (back) into a flea market of 500 booths from Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia at the first-ever CMYK Market. There will also be a beer garden, live music, and Instagram-friendly photo walls. Sounds familiar? Sep 20-23
MARKET
More than 200 street vendors hawking mooncakes, tea and decorative ornaments will fill the streets in Chinatown—stretching from Pagoda Street to Smith Street for the Mid-Autumn Festival period. Through Sep 24
EXHIBITION
Dutch artist Theo Jansen is sending his prized Strandbeests to our shores. In fact entirely non-living, his world-renowned creatures made of PVC and wood are powered by wind, and spend their days moving gracefully across beaches (hence their name, which translates to “beach animal” in Dutch). Head to the ArtScience Museum for an exclusive look at this new species, where you can look at “fossils” of past beests, and even walk alongside 13 original Strandbeests. Through Sep 30
Friday, Sep 21
Art After Dark 2017
ART/PARTY
Gillman Barracks’ popular Art After Dark nighttime open house event is back in celebration of the district’s sixth birthday bash, and you can bet it’ll be one heck of a party. Head from gallery to gallery or just drink and chill by the streets as the entire enclave transforms into a heady mix of art, music and F&B. Sep 21
PARTY
All-new multi-concept bookstore, cafe and lifestyle space The Moon is officially open, so come celebrate with them with tarot card readings, hand-lettered bookmarks and your very own poem. Sep 21
COMEDY
What happens when a gang of funny people take on the world’s most offensive card game? Guess you’ll have to risk your common decency and find out at Comedians Against Humanity. Sep 21-22
SHOPPING
Activewear, activewear; spend money in your activewear—on more activewear, at the Lorna Jane warehouse sale with discounts of up to 60 percent. Sep 21-23
DRINK
What better way to sit back and watch drama unfold than with a cup of tea, really. If that sounds good to you, check out Singapore Tea Festival as they make a return to ION Orchard’s basement four, following its successful inaugural launch last year. Sep 21-23
FESTIVAL
Previously an event dedicated to craft beers, Craft Singapore is back with its third edition in 2018 with an expanded interest in craft spirits and food, as well as bringing together the best local musicians, DJs and artists to form a festival that celebrates the broader craft movement here. Sep 21-23
ART/FOOD/DRINK
Craft purveyor The General Co and and Scottish whiskey distillery Balvenie have partnered up for an epic four-weekend pop-up of crafts workshops, supper club dinners, indie film screenings and more. At the Balvenie House of Craft, you can also get stellar drinks at the pop-up bar by guest mixologists from the likes of Junior and Manhattan. Through Sep 30
EXHIBITION
Peranakan Museum’s latest exhibition, Amek Gambar: Peranakans and Photography, delves into the Southeast Asian history of photography through the pictured lives of the Peranakan community in the region. Through Feb 3, 2019
TOUR
The Singapore Zoo will be transformed into a lush and luminous universe to mark the attraction’s 45th anniversary this year. Experience Rainforest Lumina for yourself, where a whole stretch of tropical rainforest will be lit with multimedia visual effects come nighttime. You can even spend your night there by a campfire, if you so wish. Jul 1 onwards
