I will be highlighting events and activities to do in Singapore next week that are absolutely free. We do not have to spend money to enjoy ourselves. 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 2 May 2022 to 8 May 2022.
Monday – 2 May 2022
The Women In Our Lives
Description: Performing songs across genres, ranging from the 1960s to early 2000s that were originally performed or made famous by women, join Ivan Choong as he unpacks life’s lessons learnt from one of, or the most important person in our lives.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Romito Mendoza
Description: Join Romito Mendoza as he brings you a wide range of contemporary and classic songs.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1830 – 1915 | 2000 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 3 May 2022
Love Song To Our Children
Description: What kind of love songs would you sing to your children? What stories do you want them to take away from our music? Join singer-songwriter and first-time mother OHMYMEITING as she takes you on a journey of love and exploration of the songs we grew up with.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
The Open Button Project
Description: The Open Button Project takes you down memory lane with some of the most infectious rock n’ roll songs of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, with a sprinkle of modern classics.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1830 – 1915 | 2000 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 4 May 2022
My Favourite Hokkien Hits
Description: Journey through Anderene Choo’s growing years with her rendition of Hokkien classics to current top hits. With JeeYon on guitar and Matthew Siew on piano, get ready to sing-along to songs from Jody Chiang, Huang Yee-Ling, He Yi-Hang, Lee E-Jun and more.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 5 May 2022
The First Time I Heard this Song
Description: Expect a little something for everyone. From blues to grunge, country to punk. Think Green Day meets The Beatles. There were plenty of first in my life and these are some of the songs that remind me of them.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Friday – 6 May 2022
Uberjam Acoustic
Description: Revel in the songs from ABBA, The Beatles, CCR, Bee Gees , Bread and many more.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Songs I Wish I Grew Up With
Description: A throwback to some of the best English and Mando tunes from the perspective of a jiak kantang (someone who is deemed too westernised or one who speaks fluently in English and are weak in their Mother Tongue) Singaporean born in the ‘90s. Join Deborah and her band as they perform classic English hits from the likes of Toto, Stevie Wonder, Mr Big, as well as Mandarin hits from Jay Chou, A-Mei, and David Tao to name a few.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1830 – 1900 | 2000 – 2030 | 2130 – 2200
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
PLAWK 4 Mental Wellness @ Fengshan
Description: PLAWK – PICK LITTER AS WE WALK. It’s healthy and good for mental wellbeing and the environment. Join us as we raise funds by PLAWKING!
Spread the word among your contacts and join us as we do our part to clean up our environment, while raising funds to train and support caregivers of persons with mental health issues.
Gloves and garbage bags will be provided. You may wish to bring your own tongs though.
Category: Volunteer
Location: Wawawa restaurant at Bedok Reservoir
Time: 1700 – 1900
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
MS Dance – MARVEL
Description: Join us as our middle school students dance through the MARVEL Cinematic Universe. Come cheer on your favorite superheroes!
Category: Dance
Location: Singapore American School
Time: 1630
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Film Friday! Double Bill
Description: There will be a screening of two films.
Intelligent Trees – 1800 – 2000
Trees talk, know family ties, and care for their young? Is this too fantastic to be true? Scientist Suzanne Simard (The University of British Columbia, Canada) and German forester and author Peter Wohlleben have been investigating and observing the communication between trees over decades. And their findings are most astounding.
The Last Forest – 2030 – 2200
The film “The Last Forest” is a documentary feature that aims to introduce these characters and this conflict through the observation of the Yanomami’s everyday life. It is from the interaction with them, from the desire of listening and understanding them in their own terms, that our film is born.
Category: Film
Location: STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery
Time: 1800 – 2200
Booking Requirement: No (But there will be a limit of 40 pax)
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 7 May 2022
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. Few mangroves are left in Singapore, one of which is at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Visitor Centre
Time: 0930 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Croc & Friends at Main Bridge
Description: Learn all about the Estuarine Crocodiles that bask in the Reserve with our volunteer Bernard, who has a keen interest in our reptilian friends!
Drop by to have a chat with Bernard anytime within the 2 hour period that he is stationed at the Main Bridge. You can learn fascinating information about the characteristics and behaviour of crocodiles and their neighbours as they go about their daily business.
Category: Talk
Location: Main Bridge at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Wetland Centre
Time: 0900 – 1100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
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. Spread over 2.5 hectares, this garden is designed as a tranquil retreat with medical plants traditionally used in Southeast Asia as the main focus.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens, Visitor Services Desk at Nassim Gate
Time: 0900 – 1000 | 1000 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Limited slots available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Registration is required 15 minutes before the tour at the Visitor Centre, Nassim Gate. Two sessions are available (9am & 10am).
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 – 1000
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
Haw Par Villa at 85
Description: Hear our speakers Kua Bak Lim, Wong Chung Wan, Jaclyn Chua, and Joshua Ong reflect on the past, present, and future of Haw Par Villa!
Category: Talk
Location: The URA Center
Time: 1230 – 1430
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
PLAWK 4 Mental Wellness @ Henderson/Dawson
Description: PLAWK – PICK LITTER AS WE WALK. It’s healthy and good for mental wellbeing and the environment. Join us as we raise funds by PLAWKING!
Spread the word among your contacts and join us as we do our part to clean up our environment, while raising funds to train and support caregivers of persons with mental health issues.
Gloves and garbage bags will be provided. You may wish to bring your own tongs though.
Category: Volunteer
Location: Queenstown MRT
Time: 1700 – 1900
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Jiggle, Read & Rhyme
Description: Join other parents with young children, and support your child’s early development through an enjoyable 30 minute session with songs, rhymes and stories that come alive. This fun and interactive parent-child programme is FREE!. For toddlers aged 1-3.
All participants including adults should register for 1 ticket. Each ticket admits 1 person only. Parents to register separate tickets for themselves and their children.
Category: Games
Location: Choa Chu Kang Public Library
Time: 1130 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Walk Down Memory Lane
Description: Joe Zane, the inimitable & dynamic vocalist from Joe & The Soul Express makes his debut at Esplanade’s Concourse! Join him in a night of song by John Denver, Stevie Wonder, Al Greene, Bee Gees and more.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1745 – 1815 | 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Veritas
Description: Formed at an after-party in 2012, Veritas’ line up comprises of Joshua Agilan, Nilesh, Shanth, Andy Chong and Zack. Veritas is the resident band at Dhoom Super Band, a production company that produces music videos and organises contemporary Tamil band competitions.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1830 – 1915 | 2000 – 2045 | 2130 – 2215
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 8 May 2022
The Love Jukebox
Description: Relive your jukebox and karaoke days this Mother’s Day! Novo Winds and Music Director Joseph Teo present songs of yesteryear alongside current hits, joined by guest singer, Khim Ng. The afternoon will be filled with an array of music from the likes of Dick Lee, The Carpenters, A-Mei, Stephanie Sun and more!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concert Hall
Time: 1400 – 1500 | 1730 – 1830
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
To Mum with Love
Description: Celebrate Mother’s Day with LimTayPeng and the DJs from 96.3 Hao FM. Collaborating for the second time, join them as they serenade all Mothers with their new release Irreplaceable 《无可取代》.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1830 – 1915 | 2000 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Mothers’ Day Special by Signifique & RINES
Description: Showcasing beauty and versatility of sign language through song-signing.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
The Making of Happier Parenting
Description: Join this panel discussion featuring mothers from various fields in art, tech, and design. Hear their perspectives on the making of happier parenting by living their passion.
Category: Talk
Location: library@orchard
Time: 1130 – 1230
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Free Outdoor Family Yoga in Bishan Park
Description: Kickstart your day with an energising morning outdoor yoga session in the verdant gardens and enjoy the clean air in our lovely Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park at Ficus Green!
Category: Fitness
Location: Ficus Green, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
Time: 0800 – 0900
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Non-Specific Date Activities
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: Art
Location: Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Date: 21 Jan 2022 – 25 Sep 2022
Time: 1000 – 1700
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Guided Tours for The Forest and Its Soul
Description: Join a Guided Tour to explore the exhibition, as well as an exclusive look into STPI’s Creative Workshop. Guided Tours of the gallery and creative workshop is conducted by volunteer docents from Friends of the Museum.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: STPI Creative Workshop and Gallery
Date: 21 April 2022 – 20 May 2022
Time: 1130 – 1215 | 1400 – 1445 | 1800 – 1845
Booking Requirement: Yes
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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