Here is a list of free stuff to do in Singapore next week. Explore and experience events and activities that are budget-friendly. I will focus on physical activities as there are already many things to do online.
Please check the respective websites to check for the latest details and availability.
I am looking for sources of free events and activities, including volunteering, in Singapore. Do drop me an email at consumelesslife@gmail.com if you know of any of these free events and activities. Thanks!
For free stuff to do this week, check out last week’s post here.
Here is a list of free stuff to do in Singapore next week from 12 December 2022 to 18 December 2022.
Monday – 12 December 2022
The Beatles Reimagined
Description: Come together and sing along with Jammerz Arena from Republic Polytechnic as they bring you down memory lane with timeless songs from one of the most influential bands of all time, The Beatles!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 13 December 2022
The dramas of our teenage years
Description: Calling all fans of F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Smallville and Taiwanese dramas! Sing along with Sharon and Zee as they serenade you with theme songs from the shows you know and love that came before the era of Netflix.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 14 December 2022
FEELING GOOD!
Description: Have a ball with the GOODY GOODY duo, Anne and Nick, as they bring you feel good vibes to keep your feet tapping and your heart singing along, including some good ol’ jazz standards and Christmas numbers!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Walking tour of historic Kampong Gelam
Description: Friends of the Museums together with the Malay Heritage Foundation walking tour of Kampong Gelam historic precinct.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: In front of Permata Restaurant entrance in Sultan Gate
Time: 1030 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 15 December 2022
Wan Hua & Chee Hang
Description: Lift your Christmas spirits with Wan Hua and Chee Hang for a night of festive music on the erhu and piano! The pair will perform your favorite Chinese and Western tunes, including selections from Tchaikovsky’s popular ballet, The Nutcracker.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Friday – 16 December 2022
A Festive Evening with Owen Li
Description: Owen Li returns to the Esplanade Concourse stage to perform a selection of his favourite songs with a holiday twist, celebrating 2022 with a night of community and collaboration.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
The Esquires
Description: Beloved Singapore rock ‘n’ roll group The Esquires reunite at Esplanade Outdoor Theatre after eight years! The band will showcase a mix of evergreen classic chart toppers from the ’70s to ’80s! Don’t miss out on the chance to be entertained by these seasoned performers this holiday.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2015 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Chinatown Heritage Walks – Tanjong Pagar Heritage Trail
Description: Experience Tanjong Pagar’s rich history and architectural gems.
This is part of the series of monthly Chinatown tours conducted by URA’s volunteer guides from the Friends of the Museums (FOM).
Category: Guided Tour
Location: The URA Centre Atrium
Time: 0930 – 1130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Storytelling with SADeaf | The Mousedeer and Crocodile & The Little Mermaid
Description: Come and join The Singapore Association for the Deaf as they reenact The Mousedeer and the Crocodile and The Little Mermaid using the Singapore Sign Language.
Category: Storytelling
Location: library@harbourfront
Time: 1400 – 1500
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 17 December 2022
A Christmas Wonderland
Description: RINES and Signifique return to Esplanade Concourse this merry season for another collaborative singing and signing performance! Be charmed by RINES as she croons a few popular Christmas tunes, and learn to sign some of these songs with James Ong from The Singapore Association of the Deaf.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1800 – 1830 | 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
A Tribute to The Thunderbirds
Description: Join Melissa Fitzgerald and Harris Hamzah for a night as they lead a tribute to Singapore’s ’60s favourites, The Thunderbirds.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2015 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
A Plastic Bottle’s Journey
Description: Join us to learn about the life of plastic bottles and turn them into beautiful artworks! This session is suitable for chlidren aged 4-6.
Category: Workshop
Location: Bishan Public Librar
Time: 1500 – 1600
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Fort Siloso Day Tour
Description: Built in the late 19th century as an important installation for protecting our coastline, Fort Siloso is now home to a wealth of WWII memorabilia, including the largest collection of coastal guns in Singapore. Come and explore the fortified military structures and tunnels with our passionate guides, as they journey with you back in time with stories of yesteryears. Conclude your tour at the newly revamped Surrender Chambers, where you will be guided through six interactive zones, from the Japanese invasion till their eventual surrender at the end of WWII.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Fort Siloso Skywalk Lobby
Time: 1500 – 1630
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
MoneySense for Your Child
Description: This complimentary workshop aims to teach participants the importance of inculcating good financial habits from young. It covers ways that can help to give children money sense such as teaching and modelling healthy financial habits and budgeting.
Suitable for parents with children ages 7-12.
Category: Talk
Location: The LLiBrary
Time: 1400 – 1600
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Thematic Gardens Tour
Description: Learn about the rich history of the Horthouse, our themed gardens, the events that take place in HortPark and more, in our thematic gardens tour!
Category: Guided Tour
Location: HortPark
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Edibles Discovery Tour
Description: Excite your taste buds as we discover the various edibles that can be grown in your backyard and balcony spaces. Learn about heirloom edibles used in cooking and sustainable gardening practices.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: HortPark
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Tour of Gallop Extension
Description: Join us for a guided walk through the Gallop Extension of the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Recommended for ages 6 and above. Please note that dogs are not allowed on this tour.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Time: 0900 – 1030
Booking Requirement: Registration is required 15 minutes prior on a first-come-first-served basis at Visitor Services @ Gallop.
Further Details: Website
Guided Walk of Heritage Trees in Changi
Description: Approximately 2 km long, this refreshed guided walk will take you to the Heritage Trees and other plant species nestled among lush greenery in the Changi area, many of which are native to Singapore and have interesting historical stories.
This guided walk is suitable for adults and children above eight years old.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Changi Point Ferry Terminal
Time: 0900 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Basics of Growing Tillandsia
Description: Tillandsias are air plants that you can easily grow at home and don’t require soil. Join Mr Kevin Cheong to learn the basics of growing this fuss-free plant.
Category: Talk
Location: HortPark
Time: 0930 – 1030
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Story Telling By The National Library Board
Description: Join NLB’s Junior Reading Ambassadors for a skit performance of No Dinner! The Story of the Old Woman and the Pumpkin! Find out how an old lady tricks her way through a forest full of predators to visit her granddaughter, then dresses up as a pumpkin for her return trip to get through the forest unscathed again. Kids will enjoy the creativity and ingenuity shown in this dramatisation of the children’s book by Jessica Souhami.
After the story telling session, join us for a fun craft work session using botanical materials. Materials will be provided.
Open to all ages, children under the age of 13 to be under parental/guardian guidance.
Category: Workshop
Location: HortPark
Time: 1000 – 1045 | 1100 – 1145
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: 1000 – 1045 | 1100 – 1145
Storytelling for children: Roly Poly Pangolin
Description: Listen in to the adventures of Roly Poly the shy pangolin who rolled out of his ball to discover that the world isn’t such a scary place. Immerse yourself in rhyme and rhythm specially narrated by Moonbeam Award author and storyteller, Chen Wei Teng. Children will also be brought to explore Hindhede Nature Park after the storytelling session.
Slots are limited and based on a first-come-first-served basis. Every child will need to have an accompanying parent or guardian.
Category: Workshop
Location: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Time: 1100 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
What’s in my mangrove?
Description: Join us for a guided walk of this unique mangrove wetlands located at the border of freshwater (river) and salt water (sea). Singapore used to have large areas of mangroves, but lost most of them to coastal development.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Time: 0800 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 18 December 2022
A Jazzy Nat King Cole Christmas
Description: Join the Amanda Lee Swingtet to celebrate the legacy of the great jazz pianist and singer Nat King Cole, whose version of The Christmas Song has been immortalised around the world. Known for their fun-loving camaraderie, the group will be sure to put smiles on your faces as they also play special arrangements of holiday swing jazz music this festive season.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1730 – 1800 | 1830 – 1900 | 1930 – 2000
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
John Molina & Krueger
Description: Rewind the clock and be transported to the ’90s and early 2000s with Krueger and John Molina! Join them as they bring you an electrifying rock repertoire at Esplanade Outdoor Theatre.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1900 – 1945 | 2030 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
I’ll be home for Christmas
Description: Follow Ngee Ann Polytechnic Alumni Band as they bring us on a musical discovery across Asia before heading home to celebrate Christmas with familiar tunes.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concert Hall
Time: 1400 – 1500
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Non-Specific Date Activities
Singapore Biennale 2022
Description: Singapore Biennale 2022 is here from 16 October 2022 to 19 March 2023 and will showcase art from a myriad of local and international artists at multiple locations around Singapore. The main location for the arts festival is ticketed and will be at 39 Tanjong Pagar Distripark with over 40 artists showing their art. Tickets are free for children aged 6 and below, persons with disabilities (PWD) and their caretakers, and local/locally-based students and teachers.
However, there are still plenty of free art installations to view at other locations. The amount of art at these free locations can be quite minimal so you should look for things to do and eat in the area besides just going there to view the art.
Category: Festival
Location: Various locations around Singapore
Date: 16 October 2022 – 19 March 2023
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website | My Article
Special Tours at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Description: How did Chinese Singaporeans develop the habit of having kaya toast for breakfast, and what is kopi siudai? Why do Chinese Singaporeans lohei during Chinese New Year and observe Zhongyuan in the seventh lunar month? How did these habits and practices develop, and what are some other Chinese Singaporean customs? Join a tour specially curated for new citizens and non-Singaporeans to better appreciate the distinctiveness of Chinese Singaporean culture. Each session includes a guided tour and short discussion segment.
Tour is free. Suitable for those aged 15 and above. Each participant will also receive a complimentary bottle of Cooling Water from Three Legs brand.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Chinese Culture Centre
Date: 1st Saturday of every month of 2023
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Doesn’t It Feel Like Christmas
Description: We’re decking the cinema halls this holiday season with 12 genres of Christmas films! From musicals to horror to animation to comedy, take a deep dive into the movies that make Christmas the most wonderful time of the year.
Come explore the secret movie sauce that films bring to the holidays and celebrate the happiest season of all with us at ArtScience Museum.
Free Movies
Frozen Sing-Along
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Edward Scissorhands
Gremlins
Category: Film
Location: ArtScience Museum
Date: 5 November 2022 – 6 January 2023
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Singapore Sports Hub – Experience Sports Session
Description: Get ready for new exercise experiences with the refreshed Experience Sports Sessions! The daily free fitness programmes focus on five core aspects – Cardio, Endurance, Flexibility, Strength and Zen.
Join Experience Sports Sessions to work out and keep fit now! Participants are welcome to walk-in and join the free fitness programmes, slots are limited.
Highlights
- Yoga
- Tabata
- HIIT
- Zumba
- Dancing
Visit the website for the latest schedule.
Category: Exercise
Location: Singapore Sports Hub
Date: Everyday
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
SCDF Fire Station Open House
Description: Visitors to our Fire Station can look forward to the following during the guided tour:
- Introduction to the Open House;
- Introduction to Emergency Vehicles and their capabilities;
- Demo on donning the full protective gear;
- Demo on using various equipment/appliances; and
- Photo taking
Category: Exhibition
Location: Various Fire Stations
Date: Saturdays
Time: 0900 – 0950 | 1000 – 1050
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
If you have any free events or activities that you would like included or if there are any new sources of free activities, do drop me an email at consumelesslife@gmail.com.
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