Overview

Singapore, a young cosmopolitan city situated at the confluence of the East and West is set to embrace the arts of the world. The arts scene in Singapore has grown rapidly over the last ten years, thriving today with more than 5,000 ticketed performances annually. It is a key platform for Asian talents and an important stop for world-class arts and entertainment performances. The local arts scene is also a vibrant hotbed for experimentation where traditional and the contemporary co-exist and fuse in fresh and exciting forms.

Arts Festival

Singapore's arts calendar offers myriad events that appeal to people from all walks of life. Major events include Prudential Children First!, Singapore International Festival for Children and Womad. Recent infrastructure developments like Arts House at the Old Parliament and the purpose-built Esplanade, theatres on the bay further contributed to the vibrancy of the arts scene. The Esplanade with its state-of-the-art staging facilities now enables Singapore to play host to some of the region's best known international artists, companies and mega world premieres. Its own arts events like the Hua Yi, Kalaa Utsavam (Indian festival of Arts) and Pesta Raya (Malay festival of Arts) have added a new dimension to arts programming.

The National Arts Council is one of the main organiser of arts events. Major flagship arts events like the Singapore Arts Festival, a leading international arts festival in the region, Singapore Writer's Festival and Seni Singapore Art, provide a platform for new artistic expressions have been instrumental in positioning Singapore as a vibrant global arts city. We also manage the busking scheme to provide a platform to showcase local artistic talents and to enliven the streetscape.

Festival and Events Organised by the Council:

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