Five things to do in Singapore over the weekend of December 20-22

It's the opening weekend of the Great Circus of Europe at the Bayfront Event Space, and we are SO excited! Head down to the big top for exhilarating performances and spectacular stunts. 

Other highlights this weekend include a special Leica exhibition of photographer Steve McCurry's journey through China, as well as the Really Really Free Market – a community that encourages sharing. 

More details below:  

1. The Music of Star Wars

Photo courtesy: Esplanade
Photo courtesy: Esplanade

Younglings, younglings – gather ‘round. Powerful murmurs in the Force, I sense. Music, great music is coming! Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not crude matter. Join us in this concert, you must. Yes, hrrrm!

When: December 20
Where: Esplanade Concert Hall
Entry: SGD 25-98

2. The Great Circus of Europe

Photo courtesy: Uncle Ringo
Photo courtesy: Uncle Ringo

Enter the Big Top and get up close and personal with acrobatics and gravity defying motorbikes, contortionists and clowns. Soak in the spectacular sights, sounds and the excitement in the air as you witness near-impossible routines and jaw-dropping performances.

When: December 20-22
Where: Bayfront Event Space
Entry: SGD 70-150

3. AIR PLAY – Imaginique, Singapore Children's Festival

Photo courtesy: Esplanade
Photo courtesy: Esplanade

Air Play is the circus-style adventure of two siblings journeying through a surreal world, transforming ordinary objects into those of uncommon beauty. Fabrics dance in the wind, balloons have minds of their own, confetti turns into the night sky and an enormous canopy of hovering silk forever alters their future.

When: December 20-22
Where: Esplanade
Entry: SGD 40-70

4. Exhibition: China by Steve McCurry | Leica SL2

Photo courtesy: Steve McCurry
Photo courtesy: Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry chose China as his first official location to take photographs with the Leica SL2. The photographs convey a sense of naturalness and confidence, as if they were a seamless, uninterrupted flow which continues from Steve’s previous Chinese experience.

When: December 20-22
Where: Leica Galerie Singapore
Entry: Free

5. Singapore Really Really Free Market 65

Photo courtesy: Singapore Really Really Free Market
Photo courtesy: Singapore Really Really Free Market

The Really Really Free Market is a temporary market based on the concept of giving and building a community based on sharing resources, caring for one another and improving the collective lives of all.

Everything is free! Share your stuff (books, CDs, toys, food etc.) or skills (tarot card reading, hair cutting, poetry writing, singing etc.) by giving them to others who need them!

When: December 21
Where: DECK
Entry: Free