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 5 September 2022 to 11 September 2022.
Monday – 5 September 2022
No Activities
Tuesday – 6 September 2022
No Activities
Wednesday – 7 September 2022
Trash to Treasure
Description: As part of the Earth Heroes series, this programme involves the upcycling of various household materials that may otherwise be thrown away. In this instalment, you will design and create a DIY upcycled fridge magnet using decoupage techniques, repurposing the lids from old glass jars to make these beautiful decorative items.
This programme is suitable for those aged 7-12.
Category: Workshop
Location: Bedok Public Library
Time: 1600 – 1700
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Kampong Gelam Heritage Walk
Description: Friends of the Museums together with the Malay Heritage Foundation walking tour of Kampong Gelam historic precinct.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Malay Heritage Centre
Time: 1030 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 8 September 2022
Renewable Resource and Recycling Talk
Description: Learn all about renewable resources and how to recycle right! Stand a chance to win attractive recycled and/or upcycled prizes during the quiz!
This programme is suitable for tweens aged 10-13.
Category: Talk
Location: Jurong Regional Library
Time: 1430 – 1530
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Friday – 9 September 2022
Melodies of the Moon
Description: Immerse yourself in the beautiful melodies of familiar classic moon-themed tunes including Blooming Flowers on a Full Moon Night and Beautiful Clouds Chasing the Moon, presented by the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Chinese Chamber Ensemble.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045 | 2115 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Dancing in Rhythms
Description: Music and dance are an integral part of the Chinese ethnic groups’ way of life. On the eve of the festivity, let us welcome the Mid-Autumn Festival with rhythm and dance!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2015 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
San Chun Long Puppet Troupe
Description: Enjoy a traditional puppet performance by the San Chun Long Puppet Troupe, as they perform classic excerpts with their valuable rod puppets, passed down from generation to generation.
Category: Theatre
Location: Esplanade Forecourt Garden
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015 | 2045 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Lantern Riddles
Description: Lantern riddles have been a time-honored way of marking the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, the Riddle Association brings you, this fun, ancient tradition which will cover everything from poems, trivia and folklore to historical events and even social issues. Master basic riddle-solving techniques and pit your wits against fellow riddle enthusiasts live at Esplanade!
Category: Games
Location: Esplanade Waterfront Canopy
Time: 1930 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
The Adventures of Bini the Horseshoe Crab
Description: Follow Bini on her amazing adventure through the mangrove in search of her parents and learn more about the wonderful biodiversity that lives in our City in Nature. Participants will also get the opportunity to make their very own badges to bring home.
Suitable for children in K1 to P2.
Category: Storytelling
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens, Gallop Extension
Time: 1100 – 1130
Booking Requirement: Yes
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 settled along the original water front that ran along today’s Telok Ayer Street.
This is part of the series of monthly Chinatown tours conducted by URA’s volunteer guides from the Friends of the Museums.
Admission is free but PRE-REGISTRATION is required.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: The URA Centre Atrium
Time: 0930 – 1130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 10 September 2022
Laugh Out Loud: A Crosstalk Showcase
Description: Fill your belly with laughter as the adept performers from Young People’s Performing Arts Ensemble present a selection of witty repartee and rhythmic recitations!
Category: Theatre
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1400 – 1430 | 1500 – 1530 | 1600 – 1630
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Nanyin Fusion: Rendezvous
Description: Rendezvous is the encounter of Eastern and Western cultures, a fusion of traditional and contemporary. It is where Siong Leng musicians explore the many possibilities for the development of nanyin and its strong vitality, necessary to keep up with the times.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1930 – 2000 | 2030 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
An Evening of Cantonese Opera
Description: On the night of the full moon, Chinese Theatre Circle presents classic Cantonese opera excerpts from Illusive Dreams and General Di Qing’s Escape. This performance is put together by Gary Ong, May Choong, Ian Kwok and Nancy Lee.
Category: Theatre
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2015 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Performing Grief
Description: The three female characters in The Studios 2022: Berak express their individual forms of grief in immensely different yet familiar ways.
Category: Theatre
Location: library@esplanade
Time: 1500 – 1600
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Where is the Moon?
Description: A non-verbal movement piece that explores the concept of time through each phase of the moon. This performance is followed by a craft activity which participants can bring home.
Admission is free and for PIP’s club members.
Category: Theatre
Location: PIP’s PLAYbox
Time: 1145 – 1215 | 1430 – 1500 | 1645 – 1715
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Sin Hoe Ping Puppet Troupe
Description: Catch Sin Hoe Ping as they showcase their masterful manipulation of string puppets while singing and speaking.
Category: Theatre
Location: Esplanade Forecourt Garden
Time: 1830 – 1900 | 2000 – 2030 | 2100 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Lantern Riddles
Description: Lantern riddles have been a time-honored way of marking the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, the Riddle Association brings you, this fun, ancient tradition which will cover everything from poems, trivia and folklore to historical events and even social issues. Master basic riddle-solving techniques and pit your wits against fellow riddle enthusiasts live at Esplanade!
Category: Games
Location: Esplanade Waterfront Canopy
Time: 1930 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Retirement Planning for Pre-Retirees
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 you healthcare needs through insurance. Know how you can plan ahead with CPF nominations and the Lasting Power of Attorney.
Category: Talk
Location: Lifelong Learning Institute
Time: 1400 – 1600
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
ScamWatch: Loan & Investment Scams
Description: While there are many types of scams, they all share one thing in common – Scammers often offer false information or attractive deals to trick you into giving away your money or personal details. At this talk, meet police officers from Bedok Neighbourhood Police Centre and find out more about loan and investment scams. Spot the signs and protect yourself!
It is suitable for those aged 50 and above.
Category: Talk
Location: Bedok Public Library
Time: 1100 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Say No to Food Waste
Description: “Say No to Food Waste” is a brand new educational programme for children presented by CapitaLand volunteers. Expect fun and games as participants learn about food waste, how it is formed, the resources required to produce food and how to play a more active role in reducing food waste. This session will focus on how we can save food in different scenarios.
This session is for children 5-9 years old.
Category: Talk
Location: library@harbourfront
Time: 1400 – 1500
Booking Requirement: Yes
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: Registration is required 15 minutes prior on a first-come-first-served basis at Visitor Services @ Tyersall Gate
Further Details: Website
Rain Forest Tour
Description: Discover the enchantment of our tropical rain forest with our volunteer guides in this one-hour tour.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Registration is required 15 minutes before the tour at the Visitor Centre, Nassim Gate.
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, Visitor Centre
Time: 0930 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 11 September 2022
Xiqu Fusion: Teochew Opera Reimagined
Description: Teochew Opera cross paths with electronica in this exciting collaboration between homegrown Teochew opera artist Tan Wei Tian and Singaporean electronic music producer evanturetime.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1500 – 1530 | 1600 – 1630
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
When Chang E Meets Donald Duck
Description: What happens when Chang E, a character from an Eastern folktale meets Donald Duck, a character from a Western cartoon? Come watch this theatrical radio play by father-daughter duo Patrick and Jo Kwek to find out!
Category: Theatre
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
WonderFULL Getai Night
Description: Enjoy a splendid moonlit night of getai with a traditional twist! Hosted by Hao Hao, Lin Ru Ping and Xu Qiong Fang, this evening’s performance will feature popular getai artists Coco Xian, Xie Sheng Zhi, Mai Hui, Lin Liying and Angel Law belting familiar evergreen hits and folk songs. Be treated to a Hokkien opera special with guest performers Danson Ong and Chua Xin En. This is one performance you won’t want to miss.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2200
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Where is the Moon?
Description: A non-verbal movement piece that explores the concept of time through each phase of the moon. This performance is followed by a craft activity which participants can bring home.
Admission is free and for PIP’s club members.
Category: Theatre
Location: PIP’s PLAYbox
Time: 1145 – 1215 | 1430 – 1500 | 1645 – 1715
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Lantern Riddles
Description: Lantern riddles have been a time-honored way of marking the Mid-Autumn Festival. This year, the Riddle Association brings you, this fun, ancient tradition which will cover everything from poems, trivia and folklore to historical events and even social issues. Master basic riddle-solving techniques and pit your wits against fellow riddle enthusiasts live at Esplanade!
Category: Games
Location: Esplanade Waterfront Canopy
Time: 1930 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Sin Ee Lye Heng Teochew Puppet Troupe
Description: Come watch Sin Ee Lye Heng, a family-run Teochew puppet troupe to better understand their craft and be inspired by their passion to preserve this intangible cultural heritage.
Category: Theatre
Location: Esplanade Forecourt Garden
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015 | 2045 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
In Conversation: And So The Conversations Continue…
Description: Join us for an honest, open, and insightful conversation between the writer-performers of Recalling Mother: Her Lines, My Lines, Claire Wong and Noorlinah Mohamed, and you, the audience, as we simply hold space to voice our thoughts and listen to each other.
Category: Theatre
Location: library@esplanade
Time: 1500 – 1630
Booking Requirement: No
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 with your family! Bring your own mats.
Category: Fitness
Location: Ficus Green, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
Time: 0800 – 0900
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Non-Specific Date Activities
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: Every day
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Waves Of Change Festival 2022
Description: The Waves of Change Festival is an annual celebration of the big blue! Organised to inspire love, care and action for the ocean, the 2022 edition features a variety of ocean-related exhibitions created by ocean lovers – from illuminating underwater photography by Singapore’s dive community and captivating short stories by local writers; to multimedia ocean art and entertaining films and discussions.
Highlights
- Films
- Talks
- Workshops
Category: Festival
Location: ArtScience Museum
Date: 10 September 2022 – 9 October 2022
Booking Requirement: Some yes, some no
Further Details: Website
Lights by the Lake 2022 @ Jurong Lake Gardens
Description: As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, join us to celebrate at our annual Lights by The Lake 2022 event held at the Jurong Lake Gardens.
Highlights
Lantern displays | 25 AUG – 18 SEP | 1900 – 2300
Music under the moonlight | 26, 27 AUG, 2, 3, 9, 10 SEP | 1945 – 2015 | 2045 – 2115
Dragonboat Try-Outs | 27, 28 AUG, 3, 4, 10, 11 SEP | 1600 – 1700 | 1700 – 1800
Craft sessions by Coastal Natives | 28 AUG – 11 SEP | Various Timings
Workout by ActiveSG | 25 AUG – 8 SEP | 1900
Category: Festival
Location: Jurong Lake Gardens
Date: 14 July 2022 – 11 September 2022
Booking Requirement: Some yes, some no
Further Details: Website
OBJECTIFS CINEMA: NOW SHOWING
Description: Welcome to Objectifs Cinema: Now Showing, a celebration of the richness and diversity of Southeast Asian short films. It is an exhibition that hopes to gather film lovers of all backgrounds through screenings, talks, sharing sessions, and a film memorabilia showcase. It aims to set the stage for deeper discussions and a broader understanding of short films from the region.
- Alternative Voices | 14 July – 27 July
- Southeast Asia Now | 28 July – 10 August
- Experimental Shorts | 11 August – 24 August
- Shorts From Film Schools | 25 August – 2 September
- Shorts From Film Schools | 3 September – 11 September
Category: Film
Location: 155 Middle Road, Singapore 188977
Date: 14 July 2022 – 11 September 2022
Booking Requirement: Probably no
Further Details: Website
Farm in the Sky! + compost
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 July – October
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
Imaging Paradise
Description: Come ponder the past, present and future of what a modern utopia means to local filmmakers, and how one can better understand, appreciate and preserve our collective memory through film this August in celebration of National Day.
Free tickets available for selected movies
Category: Film
Location: ArtScience Museum
Date: 1 August 2022 – 8 September 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
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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