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.
