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 6 June 2022 to 12 June 2022.
Monday – 6 June 2022
Robin Curtis
Description: This high energy, fun and nerve-racking comedy juggling show combines impressive and technically difficult juggling tricks with a few acrobatic stunts— all with lots of fun, excitement, and laughter. The show includes five-ball juggling, handstands, backflips and a stacked Rola-Bola balance finale whilst juggling three knives. All of this is guaranteed to create great entertainment, enjoyment for all ages, and leave the audience gasping for laughter.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Le Petit Bar
Description: Le Petit Bar is a show with circus and juggling tricks centred on things you would find in a bar. Watch as the performer does tricks with whiskey on the rocks. Also on the menu are wine and wine bottles capable of multiplying themselves.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 2030 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
June Holidays Children’s Special
Description: Come and join us for our June Holiday’s Children’s Special Storytelling and craft.
Bond with your little one while learning how to make Trophy for Dad.
This is a parent-child programme, suitable for children 4-6 years old.
Category: Storytelling & Crafts
Location: Tampines Regional Library
Time: 1500 – 1600
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 7 June 2022
Robin Curtis
Description: This high energy, fun and nerve-racking comedy juggling show combines impressive and technically difficult juggling tricks with a few acrobatic stunts— all with lots of fun, excitement, and laughter. The show includes five-ball juggling, handstands, backflips and a stacked Rola-Bola balance finale whilst juggling three knives. All of this is guaranteed to create great entertainment, enjoyment for all ages, and leave the audience gasping for laughter.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Le Petit Bar
Description: Le Petit Bar is a show with circus and juggling tricks centred on things you would find in a bar. Watch as the performer does tricks with whiskey on the rocks. Also on the menu are wine and wine bottles capable of multiplying themselves.
Category: Dance
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 2030 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 8 June 2022
FLIP TEHBLE!
Description: TEH Trio is back again for some fun, laughter, joy and yummy teh! Joining the trio is their all-time favourite tuba enhancement Tan Yao Cong, who once again agreed to help out despite the harsh environment in the deep unknown, as some may call “the low range”. Come chill with the group as they entertain the audience with a show that guarantees they’ll leave craving for more!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2030 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 9 June 2022
Mina Kaye: The Award Winning…Who?
Description: Join Mina Kaye for a good LOL session as she spills a torrent of hilarious truths about her career in the musical theatre industry, her post-partum journey back to it, and then some. Accompanied by long-time friend and fabulous maestro Joanne Ho, Mina will serenade your funny bones with some uproarious (and obscure) tunes in musical theatre!
Category: Music & Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2030 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Ang Moh Pai
Description: Written by Candice de Rozario and directed by Isabella Chiam with input from the cast and featuring a brand-new addition of ScRach MarcS, this tongue-in-cheek performance is an “ang-moh-pai” tribute to the immense popularity of a certain local art form famous for its over-the-top costumes, cheeky banter and boisterous musical numbers.
Category: Music & Drama
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2015 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Ready Set Grow
Description: Where does our food come from? How can we reduce our environmental footprint? Join us at the Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden to learn about growing your own food.
Suitable for children in K1 to P4
Category: Workshop
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens, Visitor Services Desk at Jacob Ballas Childrens Garden
Time: 1000 – 1030 | 1030 – 1100 | 1130 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3
Friday – 10 June 2022
FLIP TEHBLE!
Description: TEH Trio is back again for some fun, laughter, joy and yummy teh! Joining the trio is their all-time favourite tuba enhancement Tan Yao Cong, who once again agreed to help out despite the harsh environment in the deep unknown, as some may call “the low range”. Come chill with the group as they entertain the audience with a show that guarantees they’ll leave craving for more!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1930 – 2000 | 2100 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Even More Annoying!
Description: The Annoying Brothers are a circus comedy street performing duo in Singapore. Formed in 2014, they aim to push the boundaries of how a circus show is presented in Singapore.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2145 – 2215
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Ang Moh Pai
Description: Written by Candice de Rozario and directed by Isabella Chiam with input from the cast and featuring a brand-new addition of ScRach MarcS, this tongue-in-cheek performance is an “ang-moh-pai” tribute to the immense popularity of a certain local art form famous for its over-the-top costumes, cheeky banter and boisterous musical numbers.
Category: Music & Drama
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 2015 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Jurong Lake Gardens Online June Holiday Programme (Kahoot)
Description: Join us at Jurong Lake Gardens as we bring you a series of online programmes to learn more about nature during this June holidays.
In this online session, spend 1hr with us for an engaging Kahoot session to learn about Jurong Lake Gardens’ biodiversity and attractions in a fun way!
Parents are encouraged to bring their children to Jurong Lake Gardens before the session so that they would be familiar with the gardens before they play the game.
Do note that children will need to turn on their cameras for the session and that 2 devices are recommended to enjoy playing Kahoot while joining the online session.
This session is curated for children aged 6 to 12, but younger children are welcome to join us with a guardian who can help to facilitate the programme.
Category: Games
Location: Jurong Lake Garden
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
How Do Animals Grow?
Description: Every living things goes through a life cycle and your child may start understanding that as they grow! From cats to butterflies, horses to frogs, this programme aims to bring your child on an investigative journey of the growth, development and needs of familiar and even unfamiliar animals. Come join us in this interactive session as we look at how animals evolve from one stage of life to another, and what they need to survive and grow. Bring home your very own butterfly life cycle craft too!
Category: Workshop
Location: Woodlands Regional Library
Time: 1100 – 1200
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Super Storytastic with the Singapore Police Force
Description: Join our Police Officers from Woodlands Division for a special storytelling session about saving the earth and achieving environmental sustainability together! All participants will receive an exclusive crime prevention collateral.
Category: Storytelling
Location: Woodlands Regional Library
Time: 1930 – 2000
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Chinatown Heritage Walks – Tanjong Pagar Heritage Trail
Description: Experience Tanjong Pagar’s rich history and architectural gems.
This is part of the series of monthly Chinatown tours conducted by URA’s volunteer guides from the Friends of the Museums (FOM).
Category: Guided Tour
Location: URA Centre Atrium
Time: 0930 – 1130
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 11 June 2022
The Annoying Show: Box and Whistle
Description: One half of the Annoying Brothers but not half as annoying, Mr Bee brings a bag full of tricks. Watch as he juggles, manipulates and balances multiple cigar boxes in this circus comedy act.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1430 – 1500
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Flip Slides @ Flipside: A PowerPoint Karaoke Show
Description: PowerPoint Karaoke is an improv comedy show where everything is made up from a series of random PowerPoint slides. This year, look out for Culture X Comedy, a segment featuring artists, musicians, and performers alongside our comedy presenters! No more work-from-home or Zoom presentations—this year, catch PowerPoint Karaoke in-person and live at Flipside!
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1930 – 2000 | 2100 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Circus Alone
Description: A man with a distinctive hairstyle and weird voices breaks onto the stage. His extraordinary one-man circus is the smallest in the world, but also the greatest through the participation of audiences. Let’s get into the world of circus, which is full of discoveries such as juggling, mime, comedy, and circus skills!
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2145 – 2215
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Ang Moh Pai
Description: Written by Candice de Rozario and directed by Isabella Chiam with input from the cast and featuring a brand-new addition of ScRach MarcS, this tongue-in-cheek performance is an “ang-moh-pai” tribute to the immense popularity of a certain local art form famous for its over-the-top costumes, cheeky banter and boisterous musical numbers.
Category: Music & Drama
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 2015 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
GAPS
Description: GAPS is a cheeky presentation by a group of three clowns who represent the misfits of society. They come together to explore their relationships with each other and make sense of the “new normal” that we now live in.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Courtyard
Time: 1730 – 1745 | 1830 – 1845 | 1945 – 2000 | 2115 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Toa Payoh Guitar Club (TPGC) Presents An Afternoon
Description: Formed in 1974, the Toa Payoh Guitar Club (TPGC) is one of the oldest guitar non-profit organizations in Singapore. It has played a leading role since the 1970s in promoting the beauty of the guitar and guitar music to the local community.
Category: Music
Location: Serangoon Public Library
Time: 1400 – 1430
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, Visitor Centre
Time: 0930 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Yes
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: Botanic Gardens, Nassim Gate
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Yes. Limited slots available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please register 15 minutes before the tour at the Visitor Centre, Nassim Gate.
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: Botanic Gardens, Tyersall Gate
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Yes. Limited slots available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Please register 15 minutes before the tour at the Visitor Centre, Tyersall Gate.
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 12 June 2022
Flip Slides @ Flipside: A PowerPoint Karaoke Show
Description: PowerPoint Karaoke is an improv comedy show where everything is made up from a series of random PowerPoint slides. This year, look out for Culture X Comedy, a segment featuring artists, musicians, and performers alongside our comedy presenters! No more work-from-home or Zoom presentations—this year, catch PowerPoint Karaoke in-person and live at Flipside!
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1430 – 1500 | 1600 – 1630
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Naturally Freaking Talented
Description: As unpredictable as NFT trends, the SABOsTAGE team brings their own meaning to NFTs — Naturally Freaking Talented! Celebrating its 12th year, WaYne Leong, Joanne Ng, Cheryl KJM, Elizabeth Loh and Lewin Bernard are ready to outdo each other in a bid to prove who is the ultimate NFT!
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1930 – 2000 | 2100 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Circus Alone
Description: A man with a distinctive hairstyle and weird voices breaks onto the stage. His extraordinary one-man circus is the smallest in the world, but also the greatest through the participation of audiences. Let’s get into the world of circus, which is full of discoveries such as juggling, mime, comedy, and circus skills!
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2015 – 2045
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Even More Annoying!
Description: The Annoying Brothers are a circus comedy street performing duo in Singapore. Formed in 2014, they aim to push the boundaries of how a circus show is presented in Singapore.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 2130 – 2200
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
GAPS
Description: GAPS is a cheeky presentation by a group of three clowns who represent the misfits of society. They come together to explore their relationships with each other and make sense of the “new normal” that we now live in.
Category: Drama
Location: Esplanade Courtyard
Time: 1730 – 1745 | 1830 – 1845 | 1945 – 2000 | 2115 – 2130
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
West End . Broadway . Esplanade
Description: From the hair-raising The Phantom of the Opera to the rock opera musical Chess, the OBOG Wind Symphony presents a timeless selection of the greatest soundtracks from five well-loved musicals. Feel the full spirit of watching a live Broadway show with the highs and lows of these legendary productions!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concert Hall
Time: 1400 – 1500
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: Exercise
Location: Ficus Green, Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park
Time: 0800 – 0900
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Discover Ways to Care for Our Earth Through Stories and Upcycling
Description: Join us for a day of fun in this storytelling session and workshop, to learn more about sustainability. Bring home your own self-made stationery holder out of recycled materials!
This is suitable for those aged 7 to 10, and their parents.
Category: Workshop
Location: Choa Chu Kang Public Library
Time: 1630 – 1730
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: 11, 12 June 2022 (SAT & SUN)
Time: 1400 – 1530 | 1630 – 1800
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
i Light 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
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: Environment
Location: Beauty World Centre
Date: Saturday and Sundays in June
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Weekend Guided Exhibition Tour for To-Gather, Architecture of Relationships
Description: The Singapore Pavilion is back! Join us on a guided tour where you’ll learn more about Singapore’s participation at the Venice Biennale 2021
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Urban Redevelopment Authority
Date: Saturday in June
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Little Friends of the Force
Description: The Police Heritage Centre will be reopening its doors to children and accompanying adults in the month of June as we celebrate Police Day this year! 3 June is also Police Day, a special occasion for us to celebrate SPF’s achievements and recognise the contributions of Police officers, past and present. We’re happy to commemorate it with our young visitors! For this programme, we have lined up a guided tour of our Centre, child-friendly activities and an engagement session with our friendly police officers for you.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: New Phoenix Park, Police Headquarters
Date: Tuesdays and Fridays in June
Time: 0915 – 1030 | 1115 – 1245
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
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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