I will be highlighting some weekly events and activities to do in Singapore that is absolutely free. We do not have to spend money to enjoy ourselves.
Please check the respective websites to check for the latest details and availability.
Here is a list of free stuff to do in Singapore for the week of 20 December 2021 to 26 December 2021
Monday – 20 December 2021
Jingle Bell Jazz with The Sunnyside Sounds
Description: Celebrate the most wonderful time of the year with The Sunnyside Sounds (Vivienne, Caleb and Selwyn) ft Jamie on cajon! Bring along your loved ones to enjoy a timeless mix of jazz-infused tunes that celebrate the spirit of Christmas: Love, Joy, Hope and Peace. Listen out for unique renditions of popular hits like All I Want For Christmas Is You, Winter Wonderland, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, What a Wonderful World and many more!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 21 December 2021
Sam Driscoll
Description: Singer-songwriter Sam Driscoll presents new songs that embrace his blues and folks roots, alongside new renditions of old songs, all in anticipation of his upcoming album release.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 22 December 2021
RINES x Kevin B
Description: As the year comes to end, RINES and Kevin B hope to wrap things up with a couple of originals and some timely familiar covers. Look forward to a cozy time as they make sense of the year through their music. Expect to hear stripped down renditions of their originals.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 23 December 2021
Chill Out with A&W
Description: Chill out this evening with Adria and Wei Lun as the duo performs some of their favourite songs, Christmas tunes as well as their originals.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1930 | 2000 – 2030
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Friday – 24 December 2021
Christmas Cheer with Louis Soliano and Friends
Description: Join Cultural Medallion recipient Louis Soliano and his friends for an evening full of merry tunes and soulful renditions of Christmas classics as they spread some festive cheer to friends and loved ones.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1945 | 2015 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
An Elfie Guide to Santa Claus Not Coming to Town
Description: Join the elves of the UCD as they follow the news of the NPWM and try to navigate their way around the GHE, learning more about themselves, their friendships, and the Christmas spirit in the process.
Category: Music & Drama
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2015 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 25 December 2021
Christmas Cheer with Louis Soliano and Friends
Description: Join Cultural Medallion recipient Louis Soliano and his friends for an evening full of merry tunes and soulful renditions of Christmas classics as they spread some festive cheer to friends and loved ones.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1945 | 2015 – 2100
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
A Lyrebirds Christmas
Description: Back for the fourth time as a collective, Lyrebirds will present a repertoire of musical theatre songs, as well as beloved Christmas numbers. Armed with a band this year, they are ready to rock your socks off this Christmas!
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1930 – 2015 | 2100 – 2145
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Heritage Tour
Description: For over 150 years, Singapore Botanic Gardens has been the birth place of South East Asia’s rubber and orchid industries. A walk through the re-developed Tanglin / Heritage Core of the Gardens will evoke memories of bygone days where ladies stroll through the Gardens with the parasols and long skirts. Highlights of the tour include the Bandstand, sculptures in the Gardens, the Heritage Trees, the Main Gate, the Saraca Stream Walk.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens, Visitor Services Desk at Tanglin Gate Botany Centre
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Limited slots. Registration 15 minutes before tour. First-come-first-served.
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. Visitors can learn about freshwater forest wetland ecosystems at the Keppel Discovery Wetlands and walk amongst a collection of some of the tallest tree species in Southeast Asia at the SPH Walk of Giants.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens, Visitor Services at Tyersall Gate
Time: 0900 – 1000
Booking Requirement: Limited slots. Registration 15 minutes before tour. First-come-first-served.
Further Details: Website
Race Against Time – Science behind a Botanic Garden Tour
Description: This session introduces the research facilities at the Singapore Botanic Gardens such as the Library of Botany & Horticulture, Orchid & Micro-propagation laboratory and the Herbarium.
Highlights of this 45-minute tour include a visit to the Herbarium which stores physical records of reference plant materials, some dating as far back as 1790. In addition, learn about our hybridization programme for orchids, a process introduced back in the 1930s by the then Director, R.E Holttum.
Category: Guided Tour
Location: Singapore Botanic Gardens, Visitor Services Desk at Tanglin Gate Botany Centre
Time: 1000 – 1100
Booking Requirement: Limited slots. Registration 15 minutes before tour. First-come-first-served.
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 26 December 2021
THE LITMUS LAB
Description: With their eccentric and eclectic fusion of post-modern bop, R&B, neo-soul and funk, the Litmus Jazz Ensemble act as a mercurial agent of musical volatility in Singapore’s jazz scene. THE LITMUS LAB features audacious and exciting experiments of the band’s repertoire over their debut year, and presents brand new works from their upcoming EP.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1730 – 1800 | 1830 – 1900 | 1930 – 2000
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Summertimes Big Band
Description: Celebrate a swinging Christmas with Summertimes Big Band as they bring you familiar classics and festive favourites. Be infected by the passion, sincerity, friendship and camaraderie of Singapore’s only independent big band and get grooving to the music as energies fly high.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1945 | 2030 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Non-Specific Date Activities
Waterfront Promenade Light Installations And Projections
Description: To add to the festive cheer, part of the Marina Bay waterfront promenade adjacent to Marina Boulevard will also be lit up with special light installations and projections. Each embodying the spirit of creativity and hopefulness, the installations aim to offer visitors an uplifting experience as they walk through a kaleidoscope of colours on a treetop canopy, immerse themselves in a galaxy of stars, pose with an installation comprising lighted inflatable bird structures, or contemplate an abstract clockface projection display.
Category: Light Installations
Location: Marina Bay waterfront promenade adjacent to Marina Boulevard
Date: 1 December 2021 – 31 December 2021
Time: 2000 – 2230
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Changi’s Light-up @ Jurassic Mile
Description: Be dazzled by Changi’s light-up as you seek out the carnivores hiding behind the greenery along the Changi Airport Park Connector.
Category: Light Installations
Location: Jurassic Mile
Time: 29 November 2021 – 19 January 2022
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website | 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.
