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. 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!
Here is a list of free stuff to do in Singapore for the week of 31 January 2022 to 6 February 2022.
Monday – 31 January 2022
Naina V
Description: Naina V will perform original songs and covers in the style she enjoys best: acoustic. Supported by guitarist Isuru, she will sing her two singles Play Pause and house of cards, live for the first time, along with unreleased songs never heard before. She will also cover artists that have inspired her through the years, like Alicia Keys, Billie Eilish, Coldplay and more.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1800 – 1830 | 1900 – 1930
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Tuesday – 1 February 2022
Samvadana: Musical Conversations
Description: This performance is an ode to the two major Indian classical music genres—carnatic and hindustani. Expanding on the idea that as that jugalbandhi typically engages with common themes, this musical conversation seeks to explore allied ragas as well as to juxtapose the emotive nuances of specific ragas and manodharma or improvisation elements in the two genres.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Stargaze
Description: Stargaze by Djoko Mangkrengg Performing Arts showcases how music and tradition supports and compliments each other in these troubled times. Delve into a unique mix of modern and traditional Indonesian instruments and let your emotions be captivated by tunes, ranging from traditional pieces to love ballads and to contemporary/pop sound.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2045 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Wednesday – 2 February 2022
Stargaze
Description: Stargaze by Djoko Mangkrengg Performing Arts showcases how music and tradition supports and compliments each other in these troubled times. Delve into a unique mix of modern and traditional Indonesian instruments and let your emotions be captivated by tunes, ranging from traditional pieces to love ballads and to contemporary/pop sound.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2045 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Swar Yuva
Description: Swarhythm Yuva Ensemble is a five-piece band comprising young musicians—Shivdarshan on piano, Shreeranjani on violin and vocals, Kartik on flute and saxophone, Aliraza on tabla and mixed percussions, and Tharun on mridangam. Mentored by tabla artist and Young Artist Award recipient, Nawaz Mirajkar, this youthful and energetic ensemble will perform Mirajkar’s compositions which are a blend of hindustani and western music styles.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Thursday – 3 February 2022
Songs for the Soul
Description: Songs for the Soul is a captivating four-piece ensemble performance, comprising of lively Indian classical tunes. The young, talented budding artists from Rhythms, will proudly showcase four classical pieces accompanied by the violin mridangam and tabla.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Friday – 4 February 2022
Opera Weekend: Heroes, Lovers, Villains and Sidekicks
Description: Join tenors Jonathan Charles Tay and Leslie Tay, along with pianist Pauline Lee and narrator Shridar Mani as they explore the gamut of the tenor repertoire from Monteverdi to Britten.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1940
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
CNY Celebrations with The CO Peeps!
Description: With arrangements by talented young local composers, Wang Chenwei and Sherman Lee, The CO Peeps is sure to bring zest to recognisable classics this festive season.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2045 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Kira Peace Concert
Description: Showcasing Kira Peace’s latest singles and her band Mad Honey.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Annexe Studio
Time: 1930 – 2030
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Digital Cutting Machine Starter Session @Woodlands Regional Library| MakeIT
Description: Join us for a fun and hands-on session at MakeIT with our ScanNCut digital cutting machines*. The ScanNCut is a crafter’s dream. It allows you to cut intricate patterns and shapes from materials such as paper, foam, and vinyl for your own custom projects..
Category: Arts & Craft
Location: Woodlands Regional Library (MakeIT, Level 3)
Time: 1600 – 1900
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Saturday – 5 February 2022
Kira Peace Concert
Description: Showcasing Kira Peace’s latest singles and her band Mad Honey.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Annexe Studio
Time: 1930 – 2030
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Opera Weekend: Opera Arias for Voice and Wind Ensemble
Description: The students of the Vocal and Woodwind Studies of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), School of Music come together to perform a selection of beautiful and familiar opera arias.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Carnatic Tales
Description: Join Carnatic vocalists Sudarshan, Nishanth and Sai Vigneshwar with the support of V Anand on the violin and Sai Akileshwar on the mridangam as they present stories through song.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1845 – 1915 | 1945 – 2015
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Kampong Gelam Heritage Walking Tour
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, Singapore
Time: 1630 – 1800
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Sunday – 6 February 2022
MAD! – Mad About Dance!
Description: Join the PAssionARTS AudioImage Wind Ensemble as they make their return to the Esplanade with MAD! – Mad About Dance!, presenting a programme of foot-tapping dance hits! With a plethora of musical genres and styles, there is bound to be something for everybody: from the great classics such as Fantasia on the Dargason by Gustav Holst to Slavonic Dance No. 8 by Antonin Dvorak as well as Argentinian tango master Astor Piazzola’s Oblivion. Furthermore, expect other dance and dance-inspired music from the Middle East, Malaysia and Japan, among others.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concert Hall
Time: 1400 – 1500
Booking Requirement: Yes (25/1/2022 for Priority Pre-registration for Esplanade&Me members | 26/1/2022 for Public)
Further Details: Website
Opera Weekend: Of Divas, Ladies and Handmaids
Description: Join sopranos Joyce Lee Tung and Renata Hann Sungwon, along with pianist Pauline Lee and narrator Shridar Mani as they map the evolution of the soprano from the renaissance to the present.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Concourse
Time: 1900 – 1940
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Happy Lunisolar Beats
Description: With an emphasis in Chinese culture, music and education, ZingO instils a sense of discipline, innovation and leadership in its drummers. In doing so, ZingO has developed a character of its own — modern yet traditional, as many have described.
Category: Music
Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Time: 1915 – 1945 | 2045 – 2115
Booking Requirement: No
Further Details: Website
Non-Specific Date Activities
ART ENCOUNTERS BY ART OUTREACH: Perpetual Motion by Gerald Leow
Description: Art Encounters, is a travelling artist’s studio and gallery housed in repurposed shipping containers. As part of Singapore Art Week 2022, it travels to the Marina Bay Sands Event Plaza from 8 Jan to 6 Feb 2022 with Perpetual Motion by Gerald Leow.
Younger visitors can find an activity station at the Welcome Gallery, where they can create their own pinwheels that move in the wind like Leow’s work!
Category: Art
Location: Marina Bay Sands Event Plaza (near the Rain Oculus)
Date: 8 January 2022 to 6 February 2022
Time: 1000 – 2200 (Artist present on Saturdays and Sundays, 4pm to 7pm)
Booking Requirement: Yes
Further Details: Website
Light To Night Festival 2022
Description: A marquee event of Singapore Art Week, Light to Night Festival returns in 2022. The 6th edition of the festival features a host of innovative digital and on-site art experiences that are sure to excite and delight more audiences than ever before. Taking place over three weeks with an expanded line-up of programmes and artistic interventions, Light to Night 2022 will focus on the pursuit of new perspectives and states of mind. Audiences are invited to uncover new ways of seeing, thinking and being as they engage with fresh perspectives about the world we live in.
Enjoy free entry to the Gallery and extended opening hours till 10pm on Light to Night Festival weekends (14-16, 21-23 and 28-30 Jan)!
Category: Festival
Location: City Hall Area
Date: 14 January 2022 – 3 February 2022
Time: Generally 1000 – 2200 (check website for more information)
Booking Requirement: Depends
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
ArtScience on Screen: Beyond Earth
Description: Catch films about stories inspired by the vastness and unexplored corners of space, featuring a mix of animated classics, festival picks and artist works from this November to next February.
Category: Film
Location: ArtScience Museum
Date: 25 November 2021 – 27 February 2022
Time: 1030 – 1700
Booking Requirement: Yes (Mix of free and paid admission with online pre-booking)
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.