Singapore City

Singapore’s best bars are shaking things up for the World Class Cocktail Festival. The citywide celebration is back, and it brings together 21 of the island’s most respected cocktail destinations for a limited-time bar-hopping experience.  Expect a cross-section of Singapore’s cocktail scene, from stalwarts like Manhattan and Gibson to free-spirited spots such as Sago House and Night Hawk, before the night lifts skyward at HighHouse and hotel bars including METT Singapore. One thing’s for sure, they’re all pouring exclusive World Class creations for the festival. Photograph: Side Door One standout stop is Side Door, helmed by husband-and-wife bartending champions with serious World Class pedigree. Over at HighHouse, cocktails come with a cool twist: elevated pours served 282 metres above ground, offering one of the city’s highest drinking experiences alongside sweeping skyline views. Photograph: @gluggony/Instagram The festival also turns bar-hopping into a game with its stamp-and-win mechanic. Collect stamps as you explore participating bars and unlock rewards at different milestones, with prizes ranging from dining vouchers to bottles of your favourite spirits: such as Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Don Julio 1942, or Zacapa XO. Pick up stamps as you sip your way through participating bars, and watch the rewards stack up as you hit each milestone. Visit five bars and you’ll unlock a selection of merchandise from World Class brands. Make it to 10 bars and you’ll score a S$50...

It’s time to set sail with Singapore HeritageFest as it returns for its 23rd edition, featuring over 100 islandwide programmes that celebrate our maritime history. This year’s theme, Sail the Currents that Shape Us, explores our nation’s connection to the sea and the communities around it. Discover everything from exhibitions and cultural performances to workshops and guided tours that look at both the future of our ports and the seafaring traditions of the past. Its signature programme, HOMEGROUND, is back at ACM Green every Friday and Saturday throughout the festival duration. The lawn transforms into a vibrant marketplace with retail, food, drinks and family-friendly activities. Look forward to a series of folk art performances, movie screenings, and drop-in sessions where you can learn Indian block printing and calligraphy, and make your own batik carabiners. Elsewhere around the island are maritime-themed music showcases, a bus tour into PSA Singapore’s container terminals, and a behind-the-scenes look at Singapore’s last remaining fishery port. There’s also A Bump Through Time, a theatrical bumboat experience that weaves stories about trade and migration as you ride along the Singapore River. Check out the full festival lineup here, from free events to registered sessions.

This year’s Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA) transforms the city into its playground. The stage isn’t always at your traditional venues like the theatre, but along the green spaces, the Singapore River, and in the heartland. SIFA’s main event is the Festival Village, which stretches from Empress Lawn to Anderson Bridge and features a slew of indoor and outdoor performances, interactive sound installations, parades, and more. Make sure to check out Makan Culture, a mouth-watering interactive show that uses puppets and music to tell stories about our beloved local dishes like rojak, pandan cake and kaya toast. Meanwhile, night owls can look forward to AUTOMATA, a series of free late-night programmes that puts the spotlight on filmmakers, musicians, machinists and more. Elsewhere, SIFA 2026 travels to Nexus at Punggol Digital District to bring Noli Timere. It combines contemporary dance, avant-garde circus and a specially designed net sculpture for a mesmerising aerial performance. SIFA 2026 launches a three-year curatorial arc which begins with Legacy, followed by Roots in 2027 and Renaissance in 2028. Each phase of the trilogy traces Singapore’s performing arts landscape from the past to the future.