Arts festivals

Only 10% of SG Culture Pass credits used a year after launch; MCCY to create portal to lift senior uptake

(From left) Zachary Pang, Ghafir Akbar and Andrew Marko in A Mirror, Pangdemonium’s staging of a 2023 work about an illicit play in the guise of a wedding.

Torch ginger paper sculpture, mushroom coffee table: S’pore works debut at Venice craftsmanship show

*SECOND MAIN PIX* ST20260825-202641200557-Lim Yaohui-yhpeili/ Paper artist Koh Pei Li with her Torch Ginger botanical sculpture which will be exhibited at Homo Faber 2026 in Venice, at New Bahru on Aug 25, 2026. (ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI)

Myths and legends come alive in the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct

For two weeks, the Bras Basah.Bugis precinct will be transformed into a landscape where old myths meet contemporary art.

Former Singapore Writers Festival director Yeow Kai Chai to head 30th edition in 2027

Poet Yeow Kai Chai will helm the 30th edition of the Singapore Writers Festival in 2027.

Handle With Care presents theatre packed into a shoebox with no cast and crew

Belgian experimental theatre group Ontroerend Goed is presenting Handle With Care at Esplanade’s The Studios season in 2026.

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Singapore arts guide (July 3 to 26): Illustration and Chinese culture festivals

A Living Stage: Stories Of Chinese Opera, a photo exhibition at REMIX 2026, captures Sin Yen Lin Hokkien Opera preparing for a performance.

Upcoming renaissance fair reimagines Singapore’s history with a blend of local folklore and fantasy

Themed “A Symphony of Land and Sea”, Lion City Faire reimagines Singapore’s past as a port settlement through performances, activities and workshops that blend local folklore and fairytales.

i Light Singapore 2026: Illuminating the city

iLight Singapore 2026 media preview - Passers-by experiencing an installation by Chinese artist Wentao Wang called “Let’s Fish The Sun”, at the Marina Bay Lower Boardwalk, on June 3, 2026. The piece involves a fishing rod extending over the water, suspending a luminous orb hovering just above the surface. It is one of a series of installations for i Light Singapore, which opens on June 5.

Bumper crop of Singapore acts travelling to festivals and fringes abroad despite rising costs

Berahi: Holy Unions, choreographed by Norhaizad Adam, will premiere at the newly opened East Kowloon Cultural Centre as part of the #Danceless Complex Festival on June 13 and 14.

In India’s coastal city Kochi, art, food and history collide

Ginger House, a museum-cum-restaurant set within a 250-year-old ginger warehouse in Kochi's Jew Town. Once seen largely as a stopover en route to places like the hill station of Munnar, Kochi is increasingly becoming a destination in its own right.

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