A variety of exciting events and festivals
The historic Singapore Grand Prix, one of Asia's most spectacular motorsport events, has been resurrected after an absence of almost 35 years.
What started as a Formula Libre race (where different types of cars are allowed to participate) back in the early 1960s and was stopped in the mid 1970s, is now back in town, big time! The new version, however, is a Formula One Race (with single-seat machines, racing up to 360 km/h) and since it is sponsored by SingTel, it is officially called FORMULA 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix.
Singapore's Grand Prix is actually the world's only Formula-1 night-race.
The Marina Bay Street Circuit (otherwise known as the Singapore Street Circuit) passes through sites around Marina Bay, The Esplanade and the mouth of the Singapore River (near the Fullerton and the Merlion Statue...) and more than 100,000 tickets are issued to spectators.
The event is taking place towards the end of September, and for more information (and tickets), you can simply visit the website of SingTel Singapore Grand Prix
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The M1 Singapore Fringe Festival is a 12-day annual festival of theatre, performance art, film, dance, visual arts, mixed media, music and forum, created and presented by both Singaporean and international artists.
Based on a different theme every year and curated by The Necessary Stage, a local non-profit theatre company, the festival aims to bring the best of contemporary, cutting-edge and socially engaged works to the Singapore audience.
The festival usually takes place around the end of January.
For more details and tickets, visit their website: www.singaporefringe.com
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The Singapore International Film Festival is one of Asia's most reputable platforms for filmmakers, film professionals and filmgoers from all over the world, to launch new works and experience outstanding cinema.
Established in 1987, the 13-day event is held around April/May each year and showcases over 300 new films from over 45 countries. Besides screening award-winning and critically acclaimed films, the festival also features workshops, seminars and exhibitions on filmmaking for film students and the film industry.
For more information about the festival and for tickets, visit their website: www.filmfest.org.sg
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The Great Singapore Sale (often abbreviated as GSS) is an annual shopping event, held between the end of May and the end of July. Although it is called a sale, the Great Singapore Sale is in fact an event that is co-organised by the Singapore Tourism Board and many other retail companies, stores and malls to promote the tourism industry in Singapore.
During this period, the city's shops come up with special deals and irresistible sales, including a wide variety of privileges, specially created for tourists to enjoy the range of exclusive lifestyle promotions. Quite a few shops and malls stay open till late during the "Great sale" (as late as midnight), shopping malls offer themed activities and entertainment to their visitors and restaurants too have special dining offers and food promotions.
Tourists can also apply for a Tourist Privilege Card in any Singapore Visitor Centre to enjoy special discounts on a range of products: fashion apparel, accessories, jewellery, watches, electronic goods, cosmetics and fragrances, children toys, Singapore souvenirs and what not... The card also renders discounts to local attractions, such as Singapore DUCK tours and the Singapore Zoo.
For more details (and coupons), visit the website of the Great Singapore Sale
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The Singapore Food Festival is one of the country's most popular events.
Comprising of weekly core events, themed celebrations, culinary workshops and competitions, this almost one-month-long festival celebrates the local perennial food favorites that have given Singapore an international reputation of a diverse food heaven.
The Food Festival takes place every year, around July.
For more details, please visit www.singaporefoodfestival.com
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Singapore Arts Festival is the country's largest annual cultural event. It takes place around midyear, lasts about a month and incorporates theatre arts, dance, music and visual arts, among other possibilities.
Hundreds of artists from Singapore, Asia and the world are taking part in the festival.
If you are planning to visit Singapore around this time of the year, you'll better visit their website in advance and book tickets: http://www.singaporeartsfest.com
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The Singapore HeritageFest is quite an interesting event, especially for those of you who want to know more about the heritage and the ethnic diversity of this city-state.
Organized by the National Heritage Board, the HeritageFest comprises of interactive exhibitions, live performances, countrywide heritage walks (including visits to places that are not on the usual tourist's track) and so on...
The event is usually held on the second half of July and the Festival's Hub is at Suntec City's Tropics Atrium.
For more details, visit the website of The Singapore HeritageFest
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The Malay Arts Festival is a relatively new festival, organized annually (August) by the Malay heritage center in Istana Kampong Gelam (next to Arab Street). The festival features a variety of Malay arts, including dance, theatre and singing and it is, indeed, one of the key platforms to nurture and promote Malay traditional arts in Singapore.
For more details, please visit www.malayheritage.org.sg
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The Ngee Ann City National Lion Dance Championship is good fun and definitely worth watching if you happen to be in Singapore around the time it takes place.
The championship is held every beginning of September at the Ngee Ann City civic plaza, on Orchard Rd.
For a few consecutive evenings, more than 20 Lion dance teams are competing between themselves in two categories, namely the traditional and free-style.
For more details, please visit www.ngeeanncity.com.sg
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Singapore sun Festival - This internationally recognized festival celebrates the "art of living well" through different fields, like: Gourmet food, Wine, Music, Film and more...
It first came to Singapore in 2007 (after being successfully held in both California/USA and Tuscany/Italy for the last few years) and it will continue to take place, every year, on the second half of October...
For more details, please visit www.singaporesunfestival.com
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ZoukOut is Singapore's favorite dance festival. Held annually, at the beginning of December, on Sentosa's Siloso beach, this incredible beach party attracts something like 20,000 party-goers, many of whom are tourists who come here from as far as Australia, Dubai and the States...
Organized by The Zouk, one of Singapore's hippest and trendiest nightclubs, the party starts at dusk and lasts until the following morning, and you can dance to the sounds of some of the world's leading DJs
For more details and tickets, visit their website: www.zoukout.com
