The Singapore Arts Festival is organised by the National Arts Council as a national celebration of the arts to position Singapore as a global city for the arts. Since 1977, the Festival has evolved and established itself as the leading and largest performing arts platform in Singapore with signature focus on theatre, dance and music.

The Festival sees a broad and inclusive programme ranging from premier classics to contemporary creations, while it continues its strategic role as a global connector in the international festival circuit, a champion of Singapore arts and artists, and a national platform for the people to engage in the arts.

Over the last three decades, the Festival has played a symbiotic and catalytic role in the development of the artistic and cultural life of Singapore. It has helped to transform the city’s cultural landscape, turning it into one of Asia’s major cultural capitals today. It has influenced local artists as well as increasing public awareness and demand for the arts, spawning new cultural platforms, events, and movements that help underpin the lively cultural scene in Singapore.
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The Singapore Arts Festival 2009 concluded successfully on 14 June 2009 after presenting more than 600 performances and activities. Apart from ticketed performances, the Festival Outreach programmes brought the arts to places where people lived, worked, commuted, learned, ate, relaxed and played. More than 2,500 local and international artists inspired and entertained festival audiences and participants, who numbered more than 800,000. The Singapore Arts Festival 2009 achieved the highest attendance rates since 1986.

Look out for the Singapore Arts Festival 2010, taking place from 14 May to 13 June 2010!