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 30 May 2022 to 5 June 2022.
Monday – 30 May 2022
#hashcovers
Description: Taking it offline, Hashy Yusof performs covers of songs she grew up listening to till now.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 31 May 2022
Shirlyn + The UnXpected
Description: Growing up in different eras, join Shirlyn, Greg and CY as they cover a wide range of the songs they grew up with, spanning from the ‘70s to 2000’s.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 1 June 2022
What Glows in the Deep Dark Sea?
Description: Are you ready to meet some strange but fascinating deep-sea creatures? Join us as we learn about the different creatures that exist in deep oceans today. Discover why and how these animals glow in the deep sea through interactive activities and hands-on learning.
This is a parent-child programme and is suitable for children aged 4-6 years old.
Category: Workshop
Location: Bedok Public Library
Time: 1500 – 1600
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Adventure with Smiley!
Description: An interactive and engaging financial literacy program curated specially for children aged 4-7! Smiley will introduce kids to value of money, savings, banking and how they can take little steps towards sustainability through short animated scenes. Printable worksheet and currencies will be available for them to continue their learnings with parents at home.
Category: Workshop
Location: Woodlands Regional Library
Time: 1100 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Melodies of the Seasons – RGSCO Live!
Description: Catch RGS Chinese Orchestra live in concert with tunes from different seasons.
Category: Music
Location: Raffles Girls’ School
Time: 1930 – 2100
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 2 June 2022
Science Explorers! Fun with Popsicle Sticks
Description: Potential energy is the tension created between two objects when they are compressed or stretched. Like our emotions, if we bottle them up, it can lead to a rather unfriendly explosion. Let’s learn how to handle potential energy with care so we can explode in fun at our own time as well as learn to build a robotic arm with popsicle sticks that extends to grab some little toys home! This programme is for children aged 4-6 years old.
Category: Workshop
Location: Jurong Regional Library
Time: 1100 – 1230
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Friday – 3 June 2022
Last Man Standing
Description: Have you ever wanted to run away to join the circus? Well here is your chance! Join us during Flipside to watch four aspiring circus artists compete for a spot in the newly formed local acrobatic circus troupe, Circus of Altrades. From chairstacking, contortion, tumbling to group acrobatics, you will surely be left on the edge of your seat wanting more!
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1930 – 2000
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Kopitiam
Description: Kopitiam is a story about love and separation, remembering the past and moving on. Set in a small coffee shop run by an old couple, this whimsical puppet performance asks what it means to lose a part of ourselves and how we deal with loss and change.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 2100 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Me, My Monsters, My Friends
Description: Join Alina on her journey from self-doubt to self-acceptance, as she faces her fears and anxieties with the help of her unusual friends. Featuring a variety of circus acts from fire spinning and juggling to acrobatics, this circus piece is a timely reminder to appreciate the people who care for us.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2000 | 2200 – 2230
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Aerial Open Stage 2022
Description: Launched at Flipside 2019, Aerial Open Stage (AOS) is an annual platform dedicated to featuring aerial arts practitioners in Singapore. Many of these practitioners perform regularly, choreographing and competing in Singapore and regional competitions, but rarely getting the opportunity to perform for the public and at heights beyond what is possible in studios.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 2045 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
IMPULSE
Description: Two hemispheres. Two bodies in balance. A floating ladder between them.
Impulse is a physical theatre performance that embodies the breathtaking dynamic movement that occurs when opposing forces collide.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Forecourt Garden
Time: 2030 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Chinatown Heritage Walks – Telok Ayer Heritage Trail
Description: Experience the oldest part of Chinatown, which is traditionally associated with the Hokkien and also the South Indian Muslim community, who
Category: Guided Tour
Location: URA Centre Atrium
Time: 0930 – 1130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 4 June 2022
Fight Club (Jugglers Only!)
Description: Presented for the first time as part of Flipside 2022, catch 12 of Singapore’s best jugglers as they duke it out against each other to emerge victors of combat juggling.
Is offence the best defence? Will guile triumph over skill? Watch these strategies play out in this unique event with exciting and colourful commentary!
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1430 – 1500 | 1600 – 1630
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Last Man Standing
Description: Have you ever wanted to run away to join the circus? Well here is your chance! Join us during Flipside to watch four aspiring circus artists compete for a spot in the newly formed local acrobatic circus troupe, Circus of Altrades. From chairstacking, contortion, tumbling to group acrobatics, you will surely be left on the edge of your seat wanting more!
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1930 – 2000
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Kopitiam
Description: Kopitiam is a story about love and separation, remembering the past and moving on. Set in a small coffee shop run by an old couple, this whimsical puppet performance asks what it means to lose a part of ourselves and how we deal with loss and change.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 2100 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Me, My Monsters, My Friends
Description: Join Alina on her journey from self-doubt to self-acceptance, as she faces her fears and anxieties with the help of her unusual friends. Featuring a variety of circus acts from fire spinning and juggling to acrobatics, this circus piece is a timely reminder to appreciate the people who care for us.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2130 – 2200
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Aerial Open Stage 2022
Description: Launched at Flipside 2019, Aerial Open Stage (AOS) is an annual platform dedicated to featuring aerial arts practitioners in Singapore. Many of these practitioners perform regularly, choreographing and competing in Singapore and regional competitions, but rarely getting the opportunity to perform for the public and at heights beyond what is possible in studios.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Circus 101
Description: Have a go at plate spinning, diabolo, hooping or pick up juggling at this circus sharing session. The activity is open to anyone young at heart, with no experience required.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Courtyard
Time: 1730 – 1900
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
IMPULSE
Description: Two hemispheres. Two bodies in balance. A floating ladder between them.
Impulse is a physical theatre performance that embodies the breathtaking dynamic movement that occurs when opposing forces collide.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Forecourt Garden
Time: 1730 – 1800 | 2030 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
A Weekend at the Opera
Description: This June, Gardens by the Bay is staging its first-ever opera performance. Soprano Marcella di Garbo and baritone Lorenzo Barbieri will perform a fine selection of Italy’s most beloved art songs. Be carried away by the notes of famous composers such as Puccini and Mozart, played by Maestro Manuel Cini at the piano. This performance of operatic love arias brings together a unique blend of sound, scents and sights to enchant audience of all ages.
Category: Music
Location: Flower Field Hall
Time: 1500 – 1530 | 1700 – 1730 | 1930 – 2000
Booking Requirement: Yes
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
Booking Requirement: Limited slots available on first-come-first-serve basis. Registration is required 15 minutes before the session starts.
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 first-come-first-serve basis. Registration is required 15 minutes before the session starts.
Further Details: Website
Notes of Nature 2022 @ Jurong Lake Gardens
Description: Soak in the healing powers of nature and recharge with uplifting beats. Sustainability and music comes together in this hour long concert, with upbeat percussions by MOTUS using recycled materials together with dynamic local duo Jack & Rai. Bring along your own picnic mats to Wave Plaza and enjoy the concert!
Category: Music
Location: Wave Plaza, Jurong Lake Gardens
Time: 1800 – 1900
Booking Requirement: No
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).
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!
Category: Talk
Location: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Wetland Centre
Time: 0900 – 1100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 5 June 2022
Fight Club (Jugglers Only!)
Description: Presented for the first time as part of Flipside 2022, catch 12 of Singapore’s best jugglers as they duke it out against each other to emerge victors of combat juggling.
Is offence the best defence? Will guile triumph over skill? Watch these strategies play out in this unique event with exciting and colourful commentary!
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1430 – 1500 | 1600 – 1630
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Last Man Standing
Description: Have you ever wanted to run away to join the circus? Well here is your chance! Join us during Flipside to watch four aspiring circus artists compete for a spot in the newly formed local acrobatic circus troupe, Circus of Altrades. From chairstacking, contortion, tumbling to group acrobatics, you will surely be left on the edge of your seat wanting more!
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1930 – 2000
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Kopitiam
Description: Kopitiam is a story about love and separation, remembering the past and moving on. Set in a small coffee shop run by an old couple, this whimsical puppet performance asks what it means to lose a part of ourselves and how we deal with loss and change.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 2100 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Me, My Monsters, My Friends
Description: Join Alina on her journey from self-doubt to self-acceptance, as she faces her fears and anxieties with the help of her unusual friends. Featuring a variety of circus acts from fire spinning and juggling to acrobatics, this circus piece is a timely reminder to appreciate the people who care for us.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2130 – 2200
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Aerial Open Stage 2022
Description: Launched at Flipside 2019, Aerial Open Stage (AOS) is an annual platform dedicated to featuring aerial arts practitioners in Singapore. Many of these practitioners perform regularly, choreographing and competing in Singapore and regional competitions, but rarely getting the opportunity to perform for the public and at heights beyond what is possible in studios.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
IMPULSE
Description: Two hemispheres. Two bodies in balance. A floating ladder between them.
Impulse is a physical theatre performance that embodies the breathtaking dynamic movement that occurs when opposing forces collide.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Forecourt Garden
Time: 1730 – 1800
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Circus 101
Description: Have a go at plate spinning, diabolo, hooping or pick up juggling at this circus sharing session. The activity is open to anyone young at heart, with no experience required.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Courtyard
Time: 1730 – 1900
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
#SeasTheDay
Description: Volunteers will head out to the identified hot spots along the beach by foot where they will be provided with the necessary equipment to clear the beaches of man-made marine debris.
Category: Volunteer
Location: Changi Beach | Pasir Ris Park | East Coast Park
Time: 0930 – 1215
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Changi Beach | Pasir Ris Park | East Coast Park
A Weekend at the Opera
Description: This June, Gardens by the Bay is staging its first-ever opera performance. Soprano Marcella di Garbo and baritone Lorenzo Barbieri will perform a fine selection of Italy’s most beloved art songs. Be carried away by the notes of famous composers such as Puccini and Mozart, played by Maestro Manuel Cini at the piano. This performance of operatic love arias brings together a unique blend of sound, scents and sights to enchant audience of all ages.
Category: Music
Location: Flower Field Hall
Time: 1500 – 1530 | 1700 – 1730 | 1930 – 2000
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Celebrating World Environment Day Public Lecture
Description: Join us to learn about the value of mangroves and the importance of protecting nature in face of climate change! In the first activity of the Wonderful Wetlands series, hear from Prof Koh Lian Pin (Director of NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions) and Crystle Wee (Environmental Consultant at DHI) on blue carbon and nature-based solutions. Participants will also get an exclusive chance to experience our pilot, self-guided Augmented Reality Sustainability Tour around Kingfisher Wetlands!
Category: Talk
Location: Flower Field Hall
Time: 1130 – 1230
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Sharing on Food Sustainability
Description: In conjunction with National Family Week, learn from the Sharma family about WHY (it’s important), WHAT (is being done locally) and HOW (people can make more sustainable choices). A communities@libraries initiative not to be missed, with fabulous prizes to be won!
Category: Talk
Location: library@harbourfront
Time: 1400 – 1500
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
My Tiong Bahru Heritage Tour
Description: Take a walk around Singapore’s only conserved housing estate with our volunteer guides to explore the pre-war and post-war architecture and learn about the culture and arts, food and romance, as well as intriguing people and stories associated with this charming and picturesque neighbourhood.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Tiong Bahru Community Centre
Time: 1600 – 1800
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Non-Specific Date Activities
String Art Craft Station
Description: Each string art piece will take approximately 30 minutes to complete. Simple instructions come with each craft set and facilitators from Fann Art Therapie will be at hand to offer advice.
The craft sets are available on a first come, first served basis and the activity must be completed on site. Each participant will be given one set of materials only. However, if the participant is aged 12 and below, the child and accompanying adult will share one craft set.
Materials per session are limited. Once all craft sets for the session have been given out, participation for that session will be closed.
This workshop is recommended for ages 8 years and above. Children aged 8 to 12 years old will require assistance from accompanying adults.
Category: Arts & Crafts
Location: Esplanade Upper Concourse
Date: 4, 5, 11, 12 June 2022 (SAT & SUN)
Time: 1400 – 1530 | 1630 – 1800
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Enchanting Forest
Description: Children’s Season returns to the Indian Heritage Centre! Come down this June school holidays from 28 May to 26 June 2022 as we transform the museum into an Enchanting Forest filled with unique and wild creatures. There are free activity kits and stickers to be given away.
Category: Arts & Crafts
Location: Indian Heritage Centre
Date: 28 May 2022 – 26 June 2022
Time: Various Timeslots
Booking Requirement: Depends
Further Details: Website
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
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
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: Volunteer
Location: Beauty World Centre
Date: Saturdays & Sundays In May 2022
Time: 0700 – 1230 | 1530 – 1930
Booking Requirement: Yes
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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