Where To Go This Weekend – 17 July 2010

What To Do and Where To Go?

Hurray……..Weekend is here again!   This weekend seems to be a bit busy with so many good activities happening at the same time.   I have handpicked some best exciting pro-family activities for you and your family.  Hopefully you will enjoy the recommendations and will save you from cracking your brain of where to bring your family to during this weekend.   All activities provide opportunities for family bonding, fun and what’s more….. MOST activities are FREE!   

 

Singapore Garden Festival (SGF)

For: Plant & Floral Lovers, Whole Family  Editor’s Choice

The Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) is the only show in the world to gather the world’s top award-winning garden and floral designers under one roof !!!

The Singapore Garden Festival returns for the 3rd year and will be even more spectacular with garden and floral displays that will capture the hearts of floral and garden lovers.

Highlights of the Singapore Garden Festival:

• Best of Show Designer Gardens will feature spectacular creations by local designers and top award-winning designers from renowned garden shows around the world.
• Floral Windows of the World will showcase stunning cut-flower displays by floral designers from Singapore and abroad.
• Singapore Orchid Show, an exquisite display of Southeast Asia’s rich and diverse heritage of orchids.
• Garden Fiesta, including fringe activities such as talks, demonstrations and other exhibits catering to the public, families, serious gardeners as well as hobbyists
• Vibrant Marketplace, offering a wide array of plants, gardening and landscape products and services, and arts and crafts for sale under one roof.

Venue:  Suntec Convention Centre

When: 15 July 2010 (Thursday) – 22 July, 2010 (Thursday)

Time: 10am – 10pm

Admission: Adult Ticket: (weekday:$8, weekend:$12), Concession Ticket (Child, Student, Senior Citizen): (weekday: $5. weekend: $8), Family Ticket (2 Adults and 3 Children): (weekday: $18, weekend: $36)

Official Website:  Singapore Garden Festival

 

It’s The Sayang Sixties, Baby and Peranakan Puppet Show! 

For: Whole Family 

Held in conjunction with the The Night Festival you’ll be transported back to the 1960s at this year’s Sayang Sixties, Baby!  Come down and enjoy FREE late night activities amid the Peranakan galleries and their special exhibition, Ramayana Revisited: A Tale of Love & Adventure.  There will be late night activities like performances by acts Lunar Node, The Pinholes and Vanessa Fernandez.

Do not miss out the New World Peranakan Puppet Show while you are there.  The Show is a kaleidoscope of action, songs and colourful characters which takes you on a trip down memory lane.   No registration required but limited seating.  I guess you could still stand and watch.  Spaces are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors will open 15-minutes before each performance. 

Venue:  Peranakan Museum, 39 Armenian Street.  Puppet Show at the Ixora Room.

When: 16 July 2010 (Friday)

Time: 6pm – 2am.  Puppet Shows: 6.30pm, 8.30pm and 9.30pm

Admission:  FREE from 6pm until 2am !!! 

 

Singapore Youth Festival 2010 Choral Presentation

For: Whole Family 

The Singapore Youth Festival 2010 Choral Presentation highlights six outstanding local school choirs  performances from the recent SYF Central Judging, presented by Ai Tong School, CHIJ Primary (Toa Payoh), Junyuan Primary School, Pei Chun Public School, Raffles Girls’ Primary School and St. Andrews’ Junior School.  It will feature a wide range of children’s choral repertoire, from Asia to Africa, the standard Classics to newly composed works. The Hong Kong Children’s Choir, the guest choir of the Presentation, will showcase songs from their local culture. The finale will be the combined singing of all performers from the seven choirs under the baton of HKCC conductor, Kathy Fok.

Venue:  7 Shenton Way, Singapore Conference Hall

When: 16 July 2010 (Friday)

Time: 7.30pm

Admission:  $4 (Exclude Booking Fee)

 

200 Artworks 25 Years Exhibition

For: Art & Cultural,  Whole Family 

This is a rare chance to get a close look at the works of the biggest and most influential names in the art world including Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor.  Art lovers will not want to miss this big event and the last weekend to catch it before it is gone!

Venue:  41 Robertson Quay, Singapore Tyler Print Institute

When: till 17 July 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 10am-6pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

Official Website:  STPI

 

The Mega Flea Market 2
For: Whole Family 
The Mega Flea Market is back with more vendors and expecting more people (20,000) to the event. There is also a section for people to play games and board games. The place would be turned into a carnival-lookalike and more lively and happening than before!

Watch out for other events in other halls such as Home Ideas 2010 (12pm –10pm Hall 6A ) and Malaysia Fresh Fruits Fiesta 2010 and 9th Halal Food Expo (Hall 4A 10am – 10pm) and ZAK Salaam India 2010 (Hall 5A 10am – 8pm).

Venue:  Singapore Expo hall 6

When: Jul 16, 2010 (Friday) – Jul 18, 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 10am to 10pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

Official Website:  Tcartel

 

MCYS Family Life Workshops – PARENTING WITH CONFIDENCE 5

For: couples with primary school children

During this workshop, you will learn tips such as sex education to your children that will help to boost your confidence as a parent. 

Venue:  Safra Jurong, Evergreen Room 2, 333 Boon Lay Way

When: Jul 17, 2010 (Saturday)

Time: 1pm to 5pm

Admission:  Member:$6, Non Member:$8

Contacts: Shirleen Quek (6686 4303) Email: qshirleen@safra.sg

 

 

Big Carnival @ Marina Bay

For: Whole Family  Editor’s Choice

To celebrate the official opening of the Marina Bay Promenade, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), is organizing a weekend filled with fun and exciting activities on 17 and 18 July 2010 at Marina Bay.  Expect more than 80,000 Singaporeans and visitors will gather at Marina Bay to participate in games and water activities, and watch performances while enjoying the newly completed waterfront promenade.

For the first time ever, a movie screening will be held at The Promontory @ Marina Bay (next to NTUC Centre), offering a unique entertainment experience by the waterfront. “Avatar” will be screened under a huge marquee specially erected for the screening on Saturday, 17 July, at 8.30pm.

The Big Carnival @ Marina Bay is held in conjunction with The New Paper Big Walk @ Marina Bay on 18 July 2010. For the first time, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will flag off The New Paper Big Walk@Marina Bay at 7.30am on Sunday, 18 July 2010 at the Singapore Flyer.

Various events and activities will be held at different locations around Marina Bay including the Promontory@Marina Bay, the waterfront promenade along Marina Boulevard, and in the waters of Marina Bay.  Street entertainers, energetic performances and the chance to explore the new waterfront promenade complete this world of experiences as Marina Bay comes to life. Everyone’s invited!

See more Big Carnival @ Marina Bay programme details here for many other great programmes such as the Children’s Art Competition with great prizes to be won!

Venue:  Marina Bay waterfront promenade

When: Jul 17, 2010 (Saturday) – Jul 18, 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 17 July, (11.30am – 11pm), 18 July (9.00am – 10pm)

Admission:  FREE !!!

Official Website:  Big Carnival @ Marina Bay 

 

Youth Olympic Sports Carnival

For: Whole Family

Time for family sports! There will be 8 sports stations for boxing, table tennis, basketball, handball, fencing, and more for everyone in the family to have hands-on opportunities to try the different sports that will be played during 2010 Singapore Youth Olympic Games. There will also be a boxing demonstration on both days from 4pm to 5pm.   Coloring activities will be at 3pm and 6pm where your kids’ creativity be rewarded with Eco Bags.

Venue:  City Square Mall, Fountain Square Basement 1

When: Jul 17, 2010 (Saturday) – Jul 18, 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 12pm – 8pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

Official Website:  City Square Mall

 

Cai Guo-Qiang: Head On

For: Arts and Cultural, Whole Family

Cai Guo-Qiang is a renowned China artist who was the Director of Visual and Special Effects for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Cai Guo-Qiang will exhibit three of his groundbreaking works—renown installation Head On which consists of 99 life-sized wolf , Illusion II a two-channel video installation that also documents the explosive project of the same title; and Vortex, a gunpowder drawing depicting hundreds of thousands of wolves chasing one another in a circular motion.

Venue:  National Museum of Singapore

When: Jul 2, 2010  – Aug 31, 2010

Time: 10am – 6pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

ICON de Martell Cordon Bleu Photography Exhibition

For: Arts & Cultural, Whole Family

This is the last weekend for you to catch the works of photographers Sherman Ong, Francis Ng and Jing Quek who have been shortlisted for first-of-its-kind juried award aimed at recognizing the artistic achievements of photographers in Singapore.

Venue:  LASALLE College of the Arts, 1 McNally Street.

When: till July 17, 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 12pm – 7pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

Official Website: LASALLE College of the Arts

 

John Little Sales

For: Whole Family

Grasp hold of this opportunity to find huge discounts for fashion clothes, bags, shoes, snacks, sweater, toys, beddings and many more which could be bought at quite cheap prices.   

A definite saving and have fun bargain hunting.

 

Venue:  Singapore Expo hall 3

When: Jul 16, 2010 (Friday) – Jul 18, 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 10am to 10pm

Admission:  FREE !!!

 

 

Wishing You A Happy Weekend