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 28 November 2022 to 4 December 2022.
Monday – 28 November 2022
Game Odyssey!
Description: Following their well-received performance at In Youthful Company 2022, the trio of Li Jiaqi, Natasha Lee and Damian Teo (known as Online Party Request) return to Esplanade with colleagues from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Smart Nation Grandparents’ Day
Description: Ever wished Ah Gong or Ah Ma can be more tech-savvy, maybe even do online shopping together? Ever wished you can talk to your grandkids about what’s trending on social media? Calling all grandparents, parents and grandkids – join us at this event to learn about the fun you can have with tech!
From learning how to buy online groceries on the NTUC app (say bye bye to carrying heavy groceries!), use Google Photos to make albums and videos for sharing, and meeting LOVOT, the cute companion robot – there is something for everyone (even the young kiddos!). Come show your love and bring your grandparents along to jalan jalan lah 😉
Category: Workshop
Location: Central Public Library
Time: 0900 – 1700
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 29 November 2022
Frission
Description: Reminisce fond memories with the smooth a capella arrangements of Frission, with a repertoire of songs from popular television shows on Nickelodeon and NBC. Expect a repertoire of modern hits as well from Singapore and beyond, covering genres such as pop, funk, evergreen classics and more.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
NAFA Chinese Concerto Competition 2022/2023 Finals
Description: Catch our Chinese instrumentalists in action as they compete in the NAFA Chinese Concerto Competition 2022/2023, and who would stand a chance to perform with the NAFA Chinese Orchestra.
Category: Music
Location: Lee Foundation Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 30 November 2022
NOW SHOWING: Diabetic Duo
Description: Expect covers of well-loved songs from a vibrant range of television shows such as Friends and How I Met Your Mother, musicals and musical shows, as well as films from the likes of Disney (Moana, High School Musical), Nickelodeon, Pixar, and more!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
NAFA Concerto Competition 2022/2023 Finals
Description: Western instrumentalists from the NAFA School of Music will compete in the NAFA Concerto Competition 2022/2023 Finals. Finalists stand a chance to perform with the NAFA Orchestra, or as part of a solo presentation in 2023.
Category: Music
Location: Lee Foundation Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
MoneySense Annual Campaign 2022
Description: Learn how to prepare yourself for a comfortable retirement. Understand the basics of retirement planning and factors you need to consider when planning your retirement. Learn how to build your retirement fund through CPF and investing and protect your healthcare needs through insurance. Know how you can plan ahead with CPF nominations and the Lasting Power of Attorney.
Category: Talk
Location: Woodlands Regional Library
Time: 1400 – 1600
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Bees and Pollination
Description: Join us on site at the Jurong Lake Gardens to learn more about bees through a fun series of minigames!
This session is curated for children between the ages of 5 to 10 years old. Younger children are also welcome to join with a guardian.
Category: Games
Location: Jurong Lake Garden
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 1 December 2022
A Festival Of Song 2022
Description: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is proud to present the 10th edition of Voices – A Festival of Song, a celebration of vocal music to be held from 1 – 4 Dec 2022
Esplanade Waterfront Canopy
Keep Calm and Karaoke On – 1800 – 2300
Esplanade Concourse
A Cappella Showcase #1 – 1900 – 1945
A Cappella Showcase #2 – 2015 – 2100
A Cappella Showcase #3 – 2130 – 2215
Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
The Showstoppers Musical Theatre Ensemble – 1930 – 2015
There’s No Place Like Home – 2045 – 2130
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Fascinating Creatures of Singapore Botanic Gardens
Description: Learn more about the fascinating biodiversity of our local flora and fauna and the habitats they live in during this interactive programme. Children will have the opportunity to roleplay as different animals and plants found within the Botanic Gardens and learn more about them and their symbiotic relationships.
Category: Games
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Time: 1000 – 1030 | 1100 – 1130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: 1000 – 1030 | 1100 – 1130
Going Green Workshop: Train Upcycling
Description: Did you know that old trains that have since retired from service can be reused and recycled too? Learn how LTA’s train engineers are upcycling and extending the life span of our old rolling stock in various ways in this interactive workshop. Participants will also get to be part of a hands-on session to brainstorm creative ways to upcycle our old trains using real train parts!
This physical workshop is fun for participants aged 9 to 14.
Also available on 8 December 2022.
Category: Workshop
Location: SG Mobility Gallery 1
Time: 1500 – 1700
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Friday – 2 December 2022
A Festival Of Song 2022
Description: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is proud to present the 10th edition of Voices – A Festival of Song, a celebration of vocal music to be held from 1 – 4 Dec 2022
Esplanade Courtyard
Jason Yu – 1830 – 1915
Amanda Ong – 2015 – 2035 | 2130 – 2150
Esplanade Concourse
Close Harmony Showcase – 1845 – 1915
Close Harmoney Showcase – 2015 – 2100
Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Voice of Indonesia – 1930 – 2015 | 2045 – 2130
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
From Seed to Tree
Description: Want to learn more about how seeds grow into trees? Join us on site at the Jurong Lake Gardens to find out how! You will not only learn about the seeds of some common fruit trees in Singapore, but also learn how to make your very own cardboard reindeer for the year end celebrations!
This session is curated for children aged 5 and above. Younger children are also welcome to join with a guardian
Category: Workshop
Location: Jurong Lake Gardens
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
CCKPL: Unplugged
Description: Want to take a break and unwind over some tabletop games?
During Unplugged, set aside your digital devices and enjoy quality time with your friends and family. Have fun in this Unplugged session and be introduced to a variety of games, for you to kick back and have a good time!
This programme is recommended for children and teens to attend with friends and family.
Category: Games
Location: Choa Chu Kang Public Library
Time: 1500 – 1700
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 3 December 2022
A Festival Of Song 2022
Description: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is proud to present the 10th edition of Voices – A Festival of Song, a celebration of vocal music to be held from 1 – 4 Dec 2022
Esplanade Courtyard
RENE – 1830 – 2115
Dominic Chin – 2015 – 2035 | 2130 – 2150
Esplanade B2 Carpark Foyer
Motets and Madrigals – 1830 – 1900 | 1930 – 2000 | 2030 – 2100
Esplanade Concourse
Voices Festival Choir Showcase – 1700 – 1730
The ACJC Alumni Choir – 1800 – 1830
ALLCAPS in Harmony – 1900 – 1930
To the Next Ten – 2100 – 2130
SCS Potpourri – 2000 – 2030
Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Pop & Rock Anthem Singalong – 1930 – 2015 | 2045 – 2130
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Booking Requirement: No
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.
For Parents of Sec School Goers Aged 13-16
Category: Workshop
Location: The LLibrary, Lifelong Learning Institute
Time: 1400 – 1630
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Food Waste Recycling for Kids
Description: What can we do with all the food waste that we end up with? Learn about recycling and its importance in reducing food waste through games and videos, in CapitaLand’s Environmental Education Programme.
This interactive session is suitable for children aged 5-9 years old. Parents are also welcome to attend.
This programme is held in partnership with CapitaLand Hope Foundation (CHF), CapitaLand Group’s philanthropic arm. CapitaLand reinforces its sustainability commitment by deepening CHF’s community support for environmental causes.
Category: Sustainability
Location: Bishan Public Library
Time: 1400 – 1500
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Run For Inclusion 2022
Description: Run For Inclusion will be a rallying call for Singaporeans to come together and show their support towards integrating people with special needs.
For such an event to be possible, we would need the help of volunteers as marshalls, logistics set up and administrative roles.
Category: Volunteer
Location: Singapore Turf Club
Time: 1600 – 2000
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Mangrove Guided Walk at Pasir Ris Park
Description: Led by our experienced guides, this guided walk allows you to get up close with the local residents of the mangrove while walking on the boardwalk.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Pasir Ris Park
Time: 0830 – 1000 | 0900 – 1030
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: 0830 – 1000 | 0900 – 1030
Ecolife at Coney Island Park
Description: The 80-hectare Coney Island Park houses a wide variety of habitats, including coastal forests, grasslands, mangroves and Casuarina woodlands. It is home to a wide variety of fauna and flora, some of which are critically endangered. Come follow our volunteer guides to find out more and learn about the interesting history of the island!
This walk is not recommended for young children without supervision. Participants are advised to wear comfortable walking shoes and exercise caution when walking.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Coney Island Park
Time: 0830 – 1000 | 0900 – 1030
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: 0830 – 1000 | 0900 – 1030
Healing Garden Tour
Description: The Healing Garden showcases over 400 varieties of plants used medicinally. It is laid out thematically relating to component parts of the body such as head, respiratory and reproductive systems.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Limited slots available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Registration is required (Visitor Services Desk, Nassim Gate) 15min before the scheduled tour.
Further Details: Website
Tour Of Gallop Extension
Description: Join us for a guided walk through the Gallop Extension of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Visit the OCBC Arboretum and a section of the Mingxin Foundation Rambler’s Ridge. The tour begins at the Visitor Centre at Gallop, and will take you through the OCBC Arboretum, viewing the dipterocarp collection. You will also experience the Mingxin Foundation Rambler’s Ridge, Forest Discovery Centre @ OCBC Arboretum and the Botanical Art Gallery.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Limited slots available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Registration is required (Visitor Services Desk, Gallop Extension) 15min before the scheduled tour.
Further Details: Website
A Twilight Evening with The Lorong Boys and One Dance Asia
Description: Soak in the evening with The Lorong Boys hailed as society’s new revolutionary genre-defying musicians. Their mind-blowing versatility, technique, and talent will keep you on your feet for more!
Category: Dance
Location: Hort Park
Time: 1800 – 1900
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
My Dawson Heritage Tour
Description: My Dawson Heritage Tour explores the history and heritage of Queenstown, Singapore’s first satellite town. Join us as we explore how Queenstown links to different periods throughout Singapore’s history, from it being founded as a port city in 1819, to achieving self-governance in 1959, and to its nation building from the 1960s to the present day.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Queenstown MRT Station
Time: 0830 – 1230
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
What’s in my water?
Description: Join us for an interesting morning walk getting to know the creatures and plants that lives in and around the water edges of Sungei Buloh.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Time: 0930 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 4 December 2022
A Festival Of Song 2022
Description: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is proud to present the 10th edition of Voices – A Festival of Song, a celebration of vocal music to be held from 1 – 4 Dec 2022
Emmanuel & Sons
Italian Songs & Opera Arias on a Fazioli Grand – 1700 – 1730 | 1800 – 1830
Esplanade Courtyard
JARVIS – 1830 – 2115
Aly Koh – 2015 – 2035 | 2130 – 2150
Esplanade B2 Carpark Foyer
Abide With Me – 1830 – 1900 | 1930 – 2000 | 2030 – 2100
Esplanade Concourse
Singalong for Children – 1730 – 1815
KASI – 1900 – 1930
SLO-ATP – 2000 – 2030
Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
MandoPop & Xinyao Singalong – 1930 – 2015 | 2045 – 2130
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Abstract Expression with Weave & Colour Workshop
Description: In this accompanying workshop to CANVAS/S: Textile Art, Tiffany will be sharing about her art practice, some of her previous works and how her background and training in Industrial Design informs her current practice. In this workshop, she will demonstrates how abstract patterns and colours in weaving could evoke emotions and rhythms.
Participants will gain contextual knowledge related to woven art forms and basic weave structures. They will learn how to unpack visual elements in artworks, gain new understanding on the relationship between colour and structure in weaving and have hands-on experience in creating their own woven artwork in this one hour session using paper.
Category: Workshop
Location: Jurong Regional Library
Time: 1000 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
A Twilight Evening with The Lorong Boys and One Dance Asia
Description: Soak in the evening with The Lorong Boys hailed as society’s new revolutionary genre-defying musicians. Their mind-blowing versatility, technique, and talent will keep you on your feet for more!
Category: Dance
Location: Hort Park
Time: 1800 – 1900
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
My Tiong Bahru Heritage Tour
Description: Explore the charming corners, picturesque alleys and great food offerings of Tiong Bahru with our heritage guides! Each of our walks is guided by our passionate and experienced volunteers, some of whom have lived in or around Tiong Bahru for many years. Walk with us and learn more about the rich heritage of Singapore’s oldest public residential estate – from stories of prominent pioneer community leaders such as Tan Tock Seng and Tan Kim Cheng, to residents who were born in the air raid shelter during World War II, to religion and rituals, culture and food, and more.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Tiong Bahru CC
Time: 0930 – 1130 | 1600 – 1800
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: 0930 – 1130 | 1600 – 1800
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
Guided Tour of the Police Heritage Centre
Description: The Police Heritage Centre (PHC) welcomes visitors with a showcase of multifarious exhibits and multimedia displays that highlights the rich history of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) from the colonial times till the present day.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: New Phoenix Park, Police Headquarters
Date: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, from 19 Nov to 17 Dec.
10am: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
2pm: Thursdays and Fridays
Booking Requirement: No
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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