Programmes
Between Stories
CHIJMES Hall
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Thu Sep 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000
Sat Sep 4 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000
Inspired by Singapore’s traditional street storytelling heritage, Between Stories is a 20-minute site-specific installation performance inside the historic grounds of CHIJMES.
Drawing on the memory of the convent's Gate of Hope, the artwork combines light, projection, and movement to depict a mother’s quest for reconnection.
Clare Chong
Tales of Earth and Sea
National Museum of Singapore
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2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
2026-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
Experience local folklore reimagined on a grand scale with a stunning projection mapping display across the National Museum of Singapore's façade.
The Fox, The Folks & Artusik
MALAM Projection Mapping Competition
The Cathay
Everyday
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2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
2026-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
Watch the historic facade of The Cathay transform into a spectacular digital canvas during MALAM, the festival's inaugural projection-mapping competition.
Supported by Epson, this showcase highlights bold visual artistry from across Southeast Asia.
Various Artists
SMU Arts Fest: ONCE UPON AN ISLAND
SMU Connexion
2026-08-28,2026-08-29,2026-09-04,2026-09-05
Fri Aug 28 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000
Sat Sep 5 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000
ONCE UPON AN ISLAND is the festival presentation of Oliver Chong's What the Island Remembers. The work reimagines three iconic Singapore legends, the founding of Singapura, the Redhill Swordfish legend, and the Kusu Island legend, into a single narrative about survival, sacrifice, community, and collective memory. Through a blend of large scale shadow puppetry, contemporary movement, music, and immersive outdoor staging, the non verbal performance asks what remains of a story after generations of retelling, and what is lost, added, or transformed along the way.
SMU Arts Fest
Our Songs, Our Stories: A Community Singalong Of Xinyao And SG Music《回到老地 方: 新谣大合唱》
Bras Basah Complex
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Fri Sep 4 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000
Sat Sep 5 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000
A heartfelt Xinyao concert celebrating Singapore’s homegrown music and memories. Relive nostalgic 校园 days, friendship, and timeless melodies that shaped a generation. Join us for an evening of songs that continue to define our Singapore story.
Bras Basah Complex Merchants Association
Festival at the Fort 2026
Fort Canning Park
Every Friday and Saturday
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2026-08-21,2026-08-22,2026-08-28,2026-08-29,2026-09-04,2026-09-05
Wake as a young prince in 14th-century Temasek and scale through Fort Canning decoding clues and discovering what it means to carry the hill’s future.
NParks
Stormy Straits
Bugis Street Art Lane
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2026-08-21T00:00:00.000Z
2026-09-05T00:00:00.000Z
Rising above Bugis Street Art Lane, scaffolding structures billow into luminous storm clouds, alive with the moving shadows of the monsoon squalls once braved by the Bugis seafarers.
Sail through the tempest, seek refuge at the glowing lighthouses, and uncover tales whispered across the straits for generations.
Official Partner: Bugis Street
Melting Po(r)t Collective: Matlr Creative, LiteWerkz, StrawberryWasabi