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 13 June 2022 to 19 June 2022.
Monday – 13 June 2022
A Guitarist Meets An Artist – An Exchange
Description: What happens when a guitarist meets an artist? For this eXchAnge, Isuru and Menaka will explore how a musical instrument can shape art through a live performance. Setting a soundscape with excerpts of Isuru’s latest album Third Culture, which features Hindustani and Carnatic guitar, Menaka will respond by capturing the sonic vibe through her paintings. But this isn’t just a communication between two people— you are also invited to join on stage to create a piece of live art!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Three’s a Crowd
Description: Learn about the harmful effects of drugs and how to stand firm against the temptation of drugs through this fun and interactive skit!
Central Narcotics Bureau has launched a new interactive preventive drug education skit for children aged 7-12.
Category: Drama
Location: Sengkang Public Library
Time: 1500 – 1530
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 14 June 2022
The Being: Dua Diriku
Description: As an extension of The Being: Katanya Dia Aku Adalah (2021), this performance journeys through acceptance and solace. The Being: Dua Diriku summons the process of healing in the wake of grief and pain.
The performance will showcase an exchange of artistic philosophies and the creation process of NAMIE and Muhd Sharul Mohd, whose background is in music and dance respectively.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Game Club!
Description: You asked for a June holiday activity for gaming, and Feedbackmon has heard your cries.
Come by Jurong West Public Library’s Programme Zone (Level 1) on 14 June to play games such as trivia, Gartic Phone, Jackbox party games, and more!
This programme is recommended for children, tweens, and teens!
Please bring along your own mobile device with a Wireless@SG connection for the session.
Category: Games
Location: Jurong West Public Library
Time: 1500 – 1700
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 15 June 2022
Common Thread: Words and Music
Description: This show will showcase original experimentations in a half-spoken, half-sung style—featuring compositions made over the last two years. Expect poem-songs about people who have come and gone in the pandemic, love and other missed connections
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 16 June 2022
The Daydreamer
Description: To dream is to live our lives through our fantasies, to be free and to not be bound by the limitations of our world. Some dreams come to us in our sleep, with thoughts we never thought we would ever imagine. Some come to us while we trudge through the mundane parts of our days, longing for those magical things that we don’t have the power to reach at this point in our lives.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Friday – 17 June 2022
Dialogue
Description: Singapore’s top jazz drummers Darren Moore and Aaron James Lee share the stage in a rare drum set duo concert. Both musicians will use Carnatic Indian rhythms as a starting point to engage in an improvised dialogue that explores rhythmic concepts from the Carnatic tradition, jazz and beyond. Don’t miss this opportunity to witness two of Singapore’s most creative drummers in action.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
ANTARMUKA
Description: Electric duo ANTARMUKA, is helmed by Syafiq Halid and Rosemainy Buang. Formed in Singapura on the foundation of a decade-long friendship, ANTARMUKA experiments with finding the balance between analog sensibilities and the digital world. In 2022, the duo released their first single KRANK. This rendition will be a collaborative performance with percussionist Riduan Zalani.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1945 – 2030 | 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).
Registration will open on 10 Jun 2022 and closes on 08 Jun 2022 at 12pm or earlier, depending on the availability of tickets.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: The URA Centre Atrium
Time: 0930 – 1130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Majulah Weekender Cinema
Description: In partnership with the National Youth Council, Majulah Weekender Season 2 is an 8-part online video series that highlights music as a storytelling device. It features the pairing of local producers and artists taking over Zendyll Studios over the weekend to create original tracks and remixes.
Note: The whole series is available online. But you can watch it in the theatres for free with free aircon.
Category: Film
Location: The Cathay
Time: 1900 – 2100
Booking Requirement: Yes, first come, first served
Further Details: Website
HABA Learning Program
Description: HABA learning programme is a game curriculum from Germany. It is a modern, holistic and research-based guide to using board games in teaching through play! Children ages 4+ to 7 are suitable to join the programme to learn about different soft skills as they engage in fun HABA board games and activities! They get to move around, think creatively and build up on their critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Category: Workshop
Location: Toa Payoh Public Library
Time: 1100 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 18 June 2022
Musical Duos of Shakuhachi and Di Xiao
Description: The shakuhachi (尺八) is a Japanese end-blown flute associated with the komuso monks of Zen Buddhism, who played the instrument as a form of meditation. The Chinese xiao (簫) is an end-blown flute that appeared during the Han dynasty, possibly originating from the Qiang people of southwestern China.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1715 – 1745 | 1815 – 1845 | 1915 – 1945
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
MOTUS.SG
Description: This performance aims to provide the audience with an idea on how Brazilian instruments can be fused together with familiar ethnic instruments like kompang, jidur, dhol and bian gu.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1945 – 2030 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
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.
Also available on 11/6.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Fort Siloso Skywalk Lobby
Time: 1500 – 1630
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
My Holland Village Heritage Tour
Description: My Holland Village traces the evolution of Singapore’s first satellite town from a rubber plantation in the 1870s to a bustling military village in the 1930s and a renowned expatriate centre and tourist attraction in the 2000s.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Holland Village MRT Station
Time: 0830 – 1130
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, Visitor Services Centre
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, Visitor Services Centre
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, Gallop Extension
Time: 0900 – 1030
Booking Requirement: Limited slots available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Registration is required 15 minutes prior on a first-come-first-served basis at Visitor Services @ Gallop.
Further Details: Website
Designing a Therapeutic Garden
Description: Learn about the design features of therapeutic gardens, and the process of designing for specific user groups, including those with dementia and users with special needs.
Category: Talk
Location: HortPark, Fruit Room
Time: 0930 – 1030
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Plant Clinic
Description: Having trouble with your plant? Meet our Plant Health Specialists to discuss the plant health issues that may be bothering your plants. The clinic will also feature exhibits of common plant diseases and pests, as well as various soil types highlighting their differences in colours and textures.
Feel free to bring along your plants or some photos for an assessment at the clinic!
Category: Talk
Location: HortPark, Flower Room
Time: 0930 – 1500
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
What’s in my mud?
Description: Join us for an interesting guided walk featuring our lesser known creatures of the mudflats in Sungei Buloh.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Visitor Centre
Time: 0930 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Reading The News
Description: Learn about the importance of news and information literacy in this fun and interactive tour and workshop at the National Library.
In this programme, families with children will learn about the importance of news and information literacy by going through The News Gallery: Beyond Headlines exhibition and interactive games hosted by our engaging facilitators.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: National Library Building
Time: 1630 – 1730
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Nature Cleanup @ Pulau Ubin
Description: WE ARE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO DO REGULAR CLEANUPS ON PULAU UBIN EVERY MONTH. OUR AIM IS TO MAKE PULAU UBIN A CLEANER ISLAND AND A BETTER PLACE FOR THE WILDLIFE.
Note: You will need to pay for the bumboat ride for both directions.
Category: Volunteer
Location: Pulau Ubin
Time: 1300 – 1430
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Greening CCK park
Description: Join us for a morning of family friendly activities at Choa Chu Kang Park
Learn more about the naturalistic charm of Choa Chu Kang park as we bring you for a nature photo walk, storytelling and crafting with Park Kaki. Turn back time as we walk among the remnants of old plantations and explore the forest with its rich biodiversity. Hear the story about the last tiger in Choa Chu Kang and make your own keychain charm inspired by the sights and sounds of nature.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Choa Chu Kang Park
Time: 0800 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Grow Herbs with Us
Description: Have you ever wanted to learn how to grow your own herbs? This is your chance! Join us at Jurong Regional Library to learn about how to grow herbs, maintain them, and how to use them in your daily life! This is a hand ons tutorial and learning led by NParks. Please bring your own soil (and a little more to share) if you have it.
Category: Workshop
Location: Jurong Regional Library
Time: 1500 – 1630
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 19 June 2022
What Can You Be? the world is your oyster
Description: What do you want to be when you grow up? The world is your oyster! You can be anything your heart desires. Dip your toes into a few possible occupations at our mini “job fair”. Who knows, it might be something that’s already familiar to you!
Brocolily will bring all the parents and children to a little “job fair”. Get ready to sing, move along and be introduced to a handful of occupations that may pique their interests for their future! All original catchy tunes with easy-to-follow movements.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1715 – 1745 | 1815 – 1845 | 1915 – 1945
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Love. Land. Life.
Description: Was there a song your mother would sing? A place etched in your memory? Or perhaps a rite of passage you are encountering or leaving behind? These are our shared experiences. Moments in time that we all encounter in some form or other. Same same, and not all that different.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1945 – 2030 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
All About Seas and Oceans
Description: Find out more about the importance of Seas and Oceans and how we can play a part in protecting them in this storytelling and activity session for children aged 4-6. This is a parent-accompanied programme. Registration is required for this programme.
Category: Drama
Location: Jurong Regional Library
Time: 1400 – 1500
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Pesta Ubin
Description: Come join us as we take you around Ubin to share about the biodiversity that calls Ubin home, as well as how civil society fought for the conservation of Chek Jawa 20 years ago. We’ll also touch on the various land-uses at Ubin over time, and the future of Ubin according to the latest land use plans.
Note: You will need to pay for the bumboat ride for both directions.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Chek Jawa Information Kiosk
Time: 0900 – 1300
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
My Telok Blangah Heritage Tour
Description: My Telok Blangah heritage tour traces the 700-year history of Singapore as a prosperous port city at the southern tip of Peninsula Malaysia, from a trading emporium founded by the legendary Sang Nila Utama in 1299, to a pirate-infested free port established by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819 and a modern metropolis in the 21st century.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Harbourfront MRT
Time: 0830 – 1130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Non-Specific Date Activities
iLight Singapore 2022
Description: First held in 2010, i Light Singapore showcases light art installations created by Singaporean and international artists. These artworks are designed with energy-saving lightings and/or environmentally-friendly materials to encourage festival goers and the general public to adopt sustainable habits in their everyday lives. The Festival also features a diverse range of fringe activities for visitors to enjoy, bringing vibrancy to public spaces in our city centre.
Category: Lighting Festival
Location: Marina Bay
Date: 3 June 2022 – 26 June 2022
Booking Requirement: Some activities require registration
Further Details: Website
Building a Rooftop Farm in the Sky!
Description: Get your hands dirty, build some muscles, meet some new like-minded people while building a rooftop community farm from scratch!
Category: Environment
Location: Beauty World Centre
Date: Saturday and Sundays in June
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Weekend Guided Exhibition Tour for To-Gather, Architecture of Relationships
Description: The Singapore Pavilion is back! Join us on a guided tour where you’ll learn more about Singapore’s participation at the Venice Biennale 2021
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Urban Redevelopment Authority
Date: Saturdays in June
Time: 1230 – 1300 | 1400 – 1430
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Little Friends of the Force
Description: The Police Heritage Centre will be reopening its doors to children and accompanying adults in the month of June as we celebrate Police Day this year! 3 June is also Police Day, a special occasion for us to celebrate SPF’s achievements and recognise the contributions of Police officers, past and present. We’re happy to commemorate it with our young visitors! For this programme, we have lined up a guided tour of our Centre, child-friendly activities and an engagement session with our friendly police officers for you.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: New Phoenix Park, Police Headquarters
Date: Tuesdays and Fridays in June
Time: 0915 – 1030 | 1115 – 1245
Booking Requirement: Yes
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
Singapore Maritime Gallery Physical Tour
Description: Tells the story of Singapore’s transformation from a trading post into a global hub port and leading international maritime centre
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Maritime Gallery
Date: Saturdays In May – June 2022
Time: 1000 – 1100 | 1500 – 1600
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
We Tread in a Garden of Spells
Description: We Tread in a Garden of Spells is a specially curated film programme celebrating humanity’s fundamental connection with the hallowed land beneath our feet.
Free tickets are available on weekdays.
Category: Film
Location: ArtScience Museum
Date: 28 May 2022 – 31 July 2022
Time: Various Timings
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Nian Hua: Of Deities, Guardians and Auspicious Art
Description: Nian Hua: Of Deities, Guardians and Auspicious Art is a collaboration with the Chongqing China Three Gorges Museum and showcases new year prints produced in China from the Qing dynasty to the 1980s. A close examination of the iconography of these prints, which are deeply rooted in popular beliefs and folk customs, provides insights into the rarely-documented attitudes and values of the common people in China.
Free guided tours are available. Check with the front desk.
Category: Exhibition
Location: Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Date: 21 Jan 2022 – 25 Sep 2022
Time: 1000 – 1700
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Change the Present, Save the Oceans
Description: Learn about how Singapore has been working to mitigate the effects of urbanization and climate change, and how everyone has a part to play in building ocean resilience.
Closed on every last Tuesday of the month, except on Public Holidays – the closure day will then take place on the next working day
Category: Exhibition
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens, CDL Green Gallery
Date: 12 April 2022 – 14 August 2022
Time: 0900 – 1800
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Mythology RElooked
Description: Venture into the mystical realm of Chinese mythology through an interactive and immersive art experience in Mythology RElooked! Get your phones ready as you gear up to experience more than 20 art installations and works by local artists through immersive technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and digital reactive media. Are you ready to meet various mythological characters and relive their epic stories in unique and exciting ways?
Category: Exhibition
Location: SCCC Concourse, Level
Date: 14 May 2022 – 31 July 2022
Time: 1000 – 2000
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Life is Sweet: Ang Ku Kueh Girl Exhibition
Description: These illustrations were inspired by Wang Shijia’s reflections on life’s joys and struggles. But don’t mistake Ang Ku Kueh Girl for her creator! Ang Ku Kueh Girl is determined, persistent and a thankful optimist; Shijia aspires to be like her!
Many of these illustrations have been published before. They have since been updated with new details and colours. Shijia also added traditional Chinese motifs to convey her well wishes for visitors.
There are also other free exhibitions and events available at SCCC that you can check out here.
Category: Exhibition
Location: SCCC Auditorium Foyer, Level 9 and 10
Date: 7 January 2021 – 30 June 2022
Time: 0900 – 2200
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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