CHIJMES is hosting a cherry blossom viewing party (they have decorated the lawn area with cherry blossoms) with stage performances, games and a flea market.
When: March 21, 22, 28, 29, 2015
Where: CHIJMES (next to City Hall)
Time: evenings
The calendar of events for the festival is available on the CHIJMES website. The program is slightly different for both weekends.
March 22 (Sunday)
7:15 - 7:45pm Japanese Theater
8:00 - 8:30pm Wine Challenge
8:35 - 8:45pm Shishimai (Japanese Lion Dance)
8:50 - 9:15pm Taiko Drumming
March 28 (Saturday)
7:20 - 7:45pm Hula Dance
8:00 - 8:30pm Japanese Dances
8:40 - 9:00pm Ramen Eating Challenge
9:10 - 10:00pm Japanese Live Band Music Performance
March 29 (Sunday)
7:20 - 7:45pm Japanese Dances
8:00 - 8:30pm Ramen Eating Challenge
8:40 - 9:00pm Japanese Live Band Music Performance
The restaurants at CHIJMES are also hosting special deals in conjunction with the Garden Party. More details are available on the CHJIMES website.
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Easter Egg Hunt with Prizes at Sentosa
Firstly, entry to Sentosa is now free till Dec 31, 2015 if you enter on foot. As I have previously explained, there is a series of travelators that will greatly minimize the amount of walking you'll actually have to do to enter Sentosa for free (the distance is also pretty short, ~500m).
The egg hunt is a traditional part of the Easter celebrations. This year, Sentosa is organizing a giant egg hunt that will award prizes to the dedicated early birds. Participants have to download an app, The Great Egg-Venture 2015, to register and begin playing. 100 giant eggs are scattered all over Sentosa and prizes are awarded to the first X participants who find at least 18/28/38/etc eggs (and in increments of 10 thereafter) and take a selfie with the eggs. The prizes start at $20 dining/gift vouchers and scale all the way up overnight stays at some of the Sentosa hotels (the first X people to score Y eggs will win the prizes, so it's better to get a head start). Cash prizes up to $5000 may be won by luck too.
The egg hunt runs from March 21 through April 5, 2015. Good hunting!
For more details, check out the Egg-Venture website.
The egg hunt is a traditional part of the Easter celebrations. This year, Sentosa is organizing a giant egg hunt that will award prizes to the dedicated early birds. Participants have to download an app, The Great Egg-Venture 2015, to register and begin playing. 100 giant eggs are scattered all over Sentosa and prizes are awarded to the first X participants who find at least 18/28/38/etc eggs (and in increments of 10 thereafter) and take a selfie with the eggs. The prizes start at $20 dining/gift vouchers and scale all the way up overnight stays at some of the Sentosa hotels (the first X people to score Y eggs will win the prizes, so it's better to get a head start). Cash prizes up to $5000 may be won by luck too.
The egg hunt runs from March 21 through April 5, 2015. Good hunting!
For more details, check out the Egg-Venture website.
Chingay @ Heartlands 2015
The Chingay Parade this year is being held on a larger than usual scale due to the SG50 celebrations. For the uninitiated, the Chingay is a massive street parade held in celebration of the Chinese New Year.
Each weekend in March, there will be 1-2 Heartlands Chingay Parade. It's not clear whether the program is different from the actual Chingay Parade that was not free and was held Feb 27-28 at the F1 pit building. For the rest of March, there are 2 more parades:
Neighborhood: West Coast GRC & Pioneer
Date: March 21, 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 6 - 10:30pm
Neighborhood: Nee Soon GRC
Date: March 28, 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 6:30 - 10:00pm
The parade routes are available from the official website: Chingay
Each weekend in March, there will be 1-2 Heartlands Chingay Parade. It's not clear whether the program is different from the actual Chingay Parade that was not free and was held Feb 27-28 at the F1 pit building. For the rest of March, there are 2 more parades:
Neighborhood: West Coast GRC & Pioneer
Date: March 21, 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 6 - 10:30pm
Neighborhood: Nee Soon GRC
Date: March 28, 2015 (Saturday)
Time: 6:30 - 10:00pm
The parade routes are available from the official website: Chingay
Yoga In the Gardens 2015
This sounds kind of cool, except you may need to buy or borrow a yoga mat if you don't already own one.
True Yoga is organizing a free morning yoga session at Gardens by the Bay. It's such a cool location that as a non-yoga person I'm tempted to go. I think it would be cool if they could make this a weekly activity. I guess if you don't do yoga, you may be able to stand around to watch the crowd.
Date: May 10, 2015 (Sunday)
Time: 8 - 9am (Goodie bag collection 9 - 10am)
Venue: SuperTree Grove, Gardens by the Bay
Registration required. RSVP by April 30, 2015 at the official website: Yoga in the Gardens
True Yoga is organizing a free morning yoga session at Gardens by the Bay. It's such a cool location that as a non-yoga person I'm tempted to go. I think it would be cool if they could make this a weekly activity. I guess if you don't do yoga, you may be able to stand around to watch the crowd.
Date: May 10, 2015 (Sunday)
Time: 8 - 9am (Goodie bag collection 9 - 10am)
Venue: SuperTree Grove, Gardens by the Bay
Registration required. RSVP by April 30, 2015 at the official website: Yoga in the Gardens
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Singapore International Jazz Festival 2015
The Singapore International Jazz Festival will be held March 5-8 at the Marina Bay Sands. Tickets to the performances start at $125 (the cheapest Gala ticket is $80), but wait! There are free events!
At the Singha Stage at the Marina Bay Sands: For more information about the artistes, click on links (mostly to the Singapore International Jazz Festival site, but also to other sites when the sing-jazz site does not provide information.)
March 6 (Friday)
1pm Felix Phang Project
2pm L.A.B
3pm Leandra Leandra
4pm The Christy Smith Quartet
5pm Qilin
6pm Men In Groove
7pm Singapore Latin Explosion
March 7 (Saturday)
12pm Nicole Duffell
1pm Hector Infanzon
2pm Dasha Logan
3pm Lower Delta Strings
4pm The Jazzmasters
5pm Gugun Blues Shelter
6pm TAJ
7pm J Crew
March 8 (Sunday)
12pm Jazz Academy Ensemble
1pm Jazz Academy Big Band
2pm Vac Nita Aartsen
3pm Wei Xiang Project
4pm Melissa Tham and Christy Quartet
5pm Luca Ciarla & Chris Jarrett Quintet
6pm Funkimunkees
7pm Johnny James
Original Link: Singapore International Jazz festival
At the Singha Stage at the Marina Bay Sands: For more information about the artistes, click on links (mostly to the Singapore International Jazz Festival site, but also to other sites when the sing-jazz site does not provide information.)
March 6 (Friday)
1pm Felix Phang Project
2pm L.A.B
3pm Leandra Leandra
4pm The Christy Smith Quartet
5pm Qilin
6pm Men In Groove
7pm Singapore Latin Explosion
March 7 (Saturday)
12pm Nicole Duffell
1pm Hector Infanzon
2pm Dasha Logan
3pm Lower Delta Strings
4pm The Jazzmasters
5pm Gugun Blues Shelter
6pm TAJ
7pm J Crew
March 8 (Sunday)
12pm Jazz Academy Ensemble
1pm Jazz Academy Big Band
2pm Vac Nita Aartsen
3pm Wei Xiang Project
4pm Melissa Tham and Christy Quartet
5pm Luca Ciarla & Chris Jarrett Quintet
6pm Funkimunkees
7pm Johnny James
Original Link: Singapore International Jazz festival
To look out for: Fashion Steps Out
Once a year (since the first event in 2010), Orchard Road gets turned into a giant runway for a free outdoor fashion show. I'm looking forward to this, but it looks like the official website still hasn't been updated from 2014. All that is available on the internet right now is that the Fashion Steps Out will happen for 6 weeks some time April - May 2015. I hope the organizers release information soon.
Huayi Festival Free Events at the Esplanade: Sunday, March 1
At the Concourse
Who: Yang Xiuting and Mandy Tan
What: Keychain making workshop for kids 6 years and younger. (A goat keychain, using shrinking art method..whatever that is...it's free!)
When: 1:30pm; 3:30pm; 5:30pm (Repeated from Saturday, Feb 28)
Who: Singapore I-Lien Drama Society
What: Discussion about Chinese New Year customs, accompanied by songs
When: 3pm; 4pm; 5pm
Singer-Songwriter triple bill
First: Cheng Jin An @ 7:15pm
Second: Jacky Chew & Juno Lin @ 8:30pm
Third: MuTouRen @ 9:45pm
At the library@Esplanade
Who: Dr. Kang Ger-Wen
What: Talk explaining the Chinese character for goat (In Mandarin only)
When: 3pm
At the Outdoor Theater
Who: Zhong Jin Ling, Vanessa Voon, Jayden Chew, Huang Xiu Ping and Huang Hao Fen
What: Getai Performance
When: 7:30pm
Who: Yang Xiuting and Mandy Tan
What: Keychain making workshop for kids 6 years and younger. (A goat keychain, using shrinking art method..whatever that is...it's free!)
When: 1:30pm; 3:30pm; 5:30pm (Repeated from Saturday, Feb 28)
Who: Singapore I-Lien Drama Society
What: Discussion about Chinese New Year customs, accompanied by songs
When: 3pm; 4pm; 5pm
Singer-Songwriter triple bill
First: Cheng Jin An @ 7:15pm
Second: Jacky Chew & Juno Lin @ 8:30pm
Third: MuTouRen @ 9:45pm
At the library@Esplanade
Who: Dr. Kang Ger-Wen
What: Talk explaining the Chinese character for goat (In Mandarin only)
When: 3pm
At the Outdoor Theater
Who: Zhong Jin Ling, Vanessa Voon, Jayden Chew, Huang Xiu Ping and Huang Hao Fen
What: Getai Performance
When: 7:30pm
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