This weekend, watch as Singapore's downtown area transforms into a light-filled wonderland as the Singapore Night Festival returns. Just nearby at Esplanade, the largest local music festival Baybeats is rocking, so you'll be spoilt for choice when it comes to getting your music and arts fix.
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Reimagine the night at Singapore Night Festival 2019 as the Bras Basah.Bugis district transforms into an ethereal wonderland.
Look forward to an exciting line-up of arts, heritage and cultural experiences brought together by partners and stakeholders in the district.
When: August 23-25
Where: Bras Basah.Bugis district
Entry: Free
Sri Krishna Janmashtami (birth of Lord Krishna) is celebrated gorgeously in Sri Krishna Mandir on Janmashtami day. Hundreds of visitors and guests flood the venue, with a variety of cultural programmes are scheduled to entertain the guests.
A maha-arati is performed at midnight and Sri Sri Radha Madana Mohan will give darshana. The devotees will then honor anukalpa-prasada (Ekadasi Prasada) after midnight.
When: August 24
Where: International Sri Krishna Mandir Singapore
Entry: Free
3. The World's Loneliest Bookstore
The World's Loneliest Bookstore explores the implications of a post-apocalyptic world. If the world was reduced to its minimum viable population, would there still be a need for books? Would anyone want to visit a bookstore while facing the issue of just surviving? Would this make it the world's loneliest bookstore in existence?
Secondhand books will be on sale, and there will be art installations all around.
When: August 23-25
Where: Centre 42
Entry: Free
The biggest music festival of its kind in Singapore and the region, Baybeats presents a fist-pumping line-up showcasing prominent Singapore and international acts.
This year, rock out to an eclectic array of sounds from indie rock to hip hop and more. Six bands from the Baybeats Budding Bands mentorship programme will also be making their debut.
When: August 23-25
Where: Esplanade
Entry: Free
5. Go from Wet Market to Table with Pamelia Chia
What are some lesser-known stories of Singapore’s wet markets? Will they become extinct? How can next-generation market vendors attract the crowds?
Meet the author of Wet Market to Table, chef Pamelia Chia at the Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop as she explores one of Singapore’s icons ‑ the wet market.
When: August 24
Where: Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop
Entry: Free