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 19 December 2022 to 25 December 2022.
Monday – 19 December 2022
Nuradee
Description: Let Nuradee take you on a journey of poetic lyricism in an alluring and intimate acoustic set of their hit songs Tekad, Gurindam Pusaka and more!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Global Engine Market Outlook 2023
Description: Moomoo SG invites you to our exclusive Lunch & Learn seminar with CSOP Asset Management this 19th December 2022!
Join us for this exclusive talk with Adrian Chew, Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing Strategy (S.E.A.) and Bruce Zhang, CFA, Portfolio Manager (SG) from CSOP Asset Management on 19th December 2022, where we explore the global engine market outlook in 2023 and discover opportunities in this field.
Complimentary lunch buffet will be provided.
- Registration: 11:30am
- ^Seminar: 11:50 am
- *Lunch & Networking: 1pm
Category: Talk
Location: Social Lab SG
Time: 1130 – 1330
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 20 December 2022
Jean & Jean
Description: What happens when you put a group of musicians with the same name on stage? Well, you get Jean-iuses! 2018 saw three Jeans— Jean Tan, Jean Goh and Jean Low take the stage—and continues expanding the Jean-pool with the addition of Jeanly!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
The REITs Market Outlook for 2023
Description: Moomoo SG invites you to our exclusive Lunch & Learn seminar with UOB Asset Management this 20th December 2022!
Explore APAC’s market outlook in the REITs space as we unpack the past, present and future of the REITs market and where the possible opportunities and risks are with experts from UOB Asset Management.
Complimentary lunch buffet will be provided.
- Registration: 10:30am
- ^Seminar: 10:50 am
- *Lunch & Networking: 12pm
Category: Talk
Location: Qanvast @ OUE Downtown 2
Time: 1030 – 1330
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 21 December 2022
Debra Khng
Description: Get up close and personal with singer-songwriter Debra Khng in this intimate set of unreleased originals, joined by guitar maestro Paul Danial. They will showcase their body of work, lovingly produced over the last few years, in a stripped-down performance of poetry and soul.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 22 December 2022
Here We Come A Carolling!
Description: Join the Chorus at the Esplanade Concourse for a merry night of caroling, as they share the wondrous gift of music and love in the spirit of giving.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Friday – 23 December 2022
Kode Hidup
Description: Celebrate the past and embrace the future with Rifa’ah’s music at Kode Hidup, journeying through 25 years of music that shaped him.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Rhythm is Our Business
Description: Swing by for an evening of jazz music and dance as Sinclair Ang & Rhythmakers x Jazz Inc bring together dancers from different disciplines to the same stage, in a unique performance specially curated for Come Together.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2015 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 24 December 2022
Christmas with Ernesto and Greg
Description: Spend the most wonderful time of the year with veteran musicians Ernesto Valerio and Greg Anderson, who will serenade you with our favourite holiday classics.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1945 | 2015 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
An Elfie Guide to Surviving the FOMO Season
Description: It’s the most wonderful time of the year again—but not so wonderful for those who miss out on the festivities because they are hard at work. I mean, they feel totally fine, but they just. can’t. go. do.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1845 – 1930 | 2015 – 2100 | 2145 – 2230
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Learning Forest Tour
Description: The Learning Forest features a network of boardwalks and elevated walkways that allow visitors to explore habitats ranging from a freshwater forest wetland to a lowland rainforest.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Limited slots available. Registration is required 15 minutes before the session starts at Visitor Services, Tyersall Gate, on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Further Details: Website
Heritage Tour
Description: For over 150 years, Singapore Botanic Gardens has been the birth place of South East Asia’s rubber and orchid industries. A walk through the re-developed Tanglin / Heritage Core of the Gardens will evoke memories of bygone days where ladies stroll through the Gardens with the parasols and long skirts.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Limited slots available. Registration is required 15 minutes before the session starts at Visitor Services, Tanglin Gate, on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Further Details: Website
Race Against Time – Science behind a Botanic Garden Tour
Description: This session introduces the research facilities at the Singapore Botanic Gardens such as the Library of Botany & Horticulture, Orchid & Micro-propagation laboratory and the Herbarium.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Time: 1000 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Limited slots available. Registration is required 15 minutes before the session starts at Visitor Services, Tanglin Gate, on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 25 December 2022
Christmas with Ernesto and Greg
Description: Spend the most wonderful time of the year with veteran musicians Ernesto Valerio and Greg Anderson, who will serenade you with our favourite holiday classics.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1945 | 2015 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
East meets West on Christmas
Description: Music brings people together beyond borders. Behold the beauty of the East and West, unified on one stage to celebrate the holiday season with a beacon of hope. Blending Native American and Asian influences, the diversity brings sounds of joy, peace and faith.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1900 – 1945 | 2030 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
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
Children’s Museum Singapore
Description: Let’s “Start With Wonder” at Children’s Museum Singapore. We are the first museum in Singapore dedicated to children 12 years old and below! We believe in sparking wonder and the power of play in a safe environment.
Adults are unable to visit without a child accompanying them.
Admission is free until 31 March 2023
Category: Museum
Location: Children’s Museum Singapore
Date: Till 31 March 2023 (Closed on Mondays)
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
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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