Happenings this week
We highlight the best our city has to offer and what’s keeping it abuzz. Here are the best things you can do in Singapore this week.
Raffles City’s Beauty Vault
When: Now until 15 June 2025
Where: Raffles City, level three main atrium
Following last year’s successful debut, Raffles City Beauty Vault has returned for its second edition, with 21 brands presenting latest product launches, exclusive masterclasses and personalised experiences. Learn all the nifty beauty tips and tricks, such as fragrance layering, home scent profiling and floral bouquet arrangements. More here.
Crossing Cultures at ACM: Listening Pleasures
When: 13 to 15 June 2025
Where: Asian Civilisations Museum
Over a weekend of intimate gallery gigs and live performances, experience a rich Asian repertoire through new ways of listening, such as a pop-up listening cafe, storytelling sessions and ASMR workshops. Highlights include a secret gig with a surprise lineup (13 June 2025), and an evening of Japanese city pop and jazz fusion with pianist Eric Lee and leading Singapore jazz fusion band MIC (14 June 2025). More here.
Dine in the dark
When: 15 June 2025
Where: Nox – Dine in the Dark
This Father’s Day, treat your dad and the rest of the family to a fun mystery meal, where you will dine in pitch darkness and be waited on by the visually impaired. This unique experience (S$98 a person) comprises 12 dishes enjoyed over three courses, with the option for wine, cocktail or mocktail pairing available at S$48 more. Fathers dine for free with every three paying guests, only this Father’s Day, of course. More here.
iLight Singapore
When: Now until 21 June 2025
Where: Marina Bay and neighbouring precincts
Since its debut in 2010, iLight Singapore has been illuminating the city with light art installations by artists from Singapore and beyond. See the cityscape light up from 7.30pm, and check out the various fringe activities on offer. More here.
Coast to Toast: Chengdu Edition
When: 25 June 2025
Where: HighHouse
As part of HighHouse’s monthly series celebrating Pacific Coast cultures, June’s edition (the Chengdu Edition, to be exact) will see guest bartender John (Bamboo Bar, Chengdu) craft Tiki-style cocktails alongside beats by DJs Shawn and Zushan. Happening on 25 June 2025 from 9pm to 1am.
Elegant Sounds: Music, Craft and the Literati
When: Now until 30 June 2025
Where: Asian Civilisations Museum
The qin, a seven-string, fretless zither-like instrument from China, has been played for centuries and is long associated with scholars and literati. At Elegant Sounds, get to know more about the country’s national treasure, where the significance of the qin is explored through diverse artefacts from the Han Dynasty all the way to the present. Visitors can also try their hand at playing an actual qin and with the help of a tactile digital interactive, watch a master craftsman tell you all about making a qin. More here.
Les Vaches Sont Maigres en Haiti (1973). Photo by STPI/Wifredo Lam Estate
Wifredo Lam: Outside In
When: Now until 13 July 2025
Where: STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery
As Asia’s first solo exhibition dedicated to pioneering artist Wifredo Lam (1902 to 1982), the STPI Annual Special Exhibition will bring together over 60 works from the Wifredo Lam Estate, offering rare insight into the printmaking practice of an artist recognised as one of the most important figures in 20th-century modern art. The exhibition will highlight Lam’s renewed focus on printmaking in his later years, which were often created alongside leading avant-garde poets like Aimé Césaire and Gherasim Luca.
Raffles Courtyard x St Germain
When: Now until 17 July 2025
Where: Raffles Courtyard
For the next couple of months or so, swing by the Raffles Courtyard for six refreshing Southeast Asian-inspired cocktails, each made with hand-picked fresh elderflowers and accentuated by the all-natural St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur. Order by the glass (S$22 or S$15 at happy hour) or one-litre carafe (S$108 or S$88 at happy hour). More here.
Happy Together: Visions of Gladness
When: 8 June to 27 July 2025
Where: Whitestone Gallery
Explore how happiness is expressed, shared and celebrated across cultures. Featuring immersive artworks by five contemporary artists (Goldie Poblador, Krit Ngamsom, Kumari Nahappan, Mulyana and Yuree Kensaku), this exhibition captures the rich emotional landscape of Southeast Asia, revealing happiness not as something that’s short-lived but one that’s shaped by strength found in unity and adversity.
Heman Chong’s first major survey exhibition
When: Now until 17 August 2025
Where: SAM at Tanjong Pagar Distripark
Heman Chong: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness is the first major survey exhibition by the prolific multifaceted artist. Bringing together 50 artworks and new commissions from the early 2000s to the present, the show will examine Chong’s post-conceptual strategies and gestures, expressed through works that work through image, text, performances and situations. More here.
Framed: A Murder Mystery
When: Daily
Where: National Gallery Singapore
Combining the love of video games and real-life immersive experiences, the National Gallery Singapore has collaborated with Hidden on Framed: A Murder Mystery, a fun, new way of discovering art. Available on the phone for solo explorers or otherwise, one will play the accused murderer, solving puzzles and uncovering hidden secrets as they explore the various exhibitions. Tickets are at S$29.90 per participant, inclusive of a general admission pass to the National Gallery itself.
Coming up:
SOS Kumar
When: 17 July to 3 August 2025
Where: Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands
There’s no better way to celebrate Singapore’s 60th than enjoying a night of laughter with local standup comic, Kumar. Together with his fabulous “Gorgeous Riotous Crew” of drag queens and dancers, join him for a wild ride of quirky (and current) affairs and love-hate relationships with cultural icons, told with a brand of humour that’s bold, loud and unapologetically Singaporean. Tickets here.
Fred again..
When: 18 and 19 July 2025
Where: Pasir Panjang Power Station
Fred again.., an English record producer, singer and DJ with the knack for finding beauty and meaning in the ordinary, will soon make his Asia debut this July. Best known for his Actual Life albums and his work for artists like Ed Sheeran and George Ezra, he will begin the tour in Singapore, before moving on to Bangkok, Seoul and Japan. Tickets here.
Camila Cabello: Yours, C tour
When: 12 August 2025
Where: The Star Theatre
Camila Cabello is coming to Singapore as part of her highly anticipated Yours, C tour. Known for her high-energy live performances, the multi-award-winning and Diamond-certified singer-songwriter will bring along a discography of unforgettable smash hits, including Señorita, Bam Bam and Never Be The Same. Fans can also expect her to bring her gloriously chaotic album from 2024 to live. Tickets here.
Featured photo by Raffles Singapore
