Our favourite Singapore Night Festival (SNF) is back and the theme for this year is Inventions and Innovation – be prepared for performances and light art where science fiction and fantasy intertwine. Looking forward to this weekend but have no idea where to get started? Here’s the ultimate SNF guide you need for the first weekend!

Gear up

SNF regulars should know this already but in case this year’s your first time attending, do note that like all festivals, it is going to be crowded and it really doesn’t help that our weather is so warm and humid. So be a festival pro by bringing these necessities on top of your regular items!

TIP: Bring a portable charger if you’re planning to play Pokémon Go.

Know where to go

Get yourself acquainted with the whole area before heading down this weekend so that you wouldn’t be looking at the map trying to figure out how to get one point to another all the time – missing performances as a result.

TIP: You can head down to the SNF website, register an account, mark the programmes you wish to go for as your favourites and you’d have all the information you need at your finger tips OR just bookmark this page.

Highlights

Too many things going on and have no idea which performance to go for or what activities to do? We sieve out the highlights for you so that you don’t have to. 

ZONE 1: KEYFRAMES by Groupe LAPS from France
19 – 27 Aug
7.30pm – 11.00pm (Sun – Thu), 7.30pm – 2.00am (Fri & Sat)
National Museum of Singapore, Façade
Free Admission

LED figures will be taking over the National Museum of Singapore’s façade at this year’s SNF! Seat back and relax at the lawn as KEYFRAMES offers narration in the city where bodies and their movements tell of urban stories.

ZONE 1: The Wheel House by Acrojou from UK
19 & 20 Aug
8:00pm – 8:25pm, 9:25pm – 9:50pm, 10:50pm – 11:15pm
National Museum of Singapore, Mainground
Free Admission

A “tender, post-apocalyptic love story”, The Wheel House is a unique, rolling acrobatic theatre show, which unfolds inside and around a stunning circular home as it travels with the audience walking alongside.

ZONE 2: The Siege by FightSaber from Singapore
19 & 20 Aug
9: 30pm – 10:00pm, 11:30pm – 12:00am
Armenian Street, Main Stage
Free Admission

Star Wars enthusiasts should totally catch FightSaber’s performances where the performers fight it out with lightsabers. Their choreography is inspired not only by the films but also Chinese martial arts and western action films as well. 

ZONE 3: House of Curiosities by Sweet Tooth from Singapore
19 & 20 Aug, 26 & 27 Aug
6.00pm – 8.00pm, 8.30pm – 10.30pm, 11.00pm – 1.00am
Cathay Green, Field opposite The Cathay
$16 (Adults) | $13 (Concession*) 
*Students (full time, with valid student pass), NSF (with valid 11B pass)

The House of Curiosities is a story of adventure, curious man-made machines and the wonderful capacity of the human mind and spirit to discover and invent. Professor Chambers is a celebrated explorer and inventor. With his son Christopher, he builds a time machine that takes them on an expedition to find crystal caves in the subterranean depths. Find out more about their exhilarating adventure and catching them in person this weekend! Get your tickets here.

ZONE 4: Festive Village
19 & 20 Aug, 26 & 27 Aug
6.00pm – 1.00am
SMU, Festival Village
Free Admission

Everyone’s favourite part of SNF is definitely the Festive Village where food, music and shopping come together, making the festive atmosphere infectious. Foodies, do look out for cake donut balls by Sofnade, Spanish food by Sensus, bacon bombs by Swag, churros by Loco Loco, tacos, burgers, ice cream, satay and so much more! Performances by our local acts like Stopgap and HubbaBubbas plus late night shopping!

TIP: Head down early for the food before the crowd comes ’cause the queues do get scarily long plus the more popular vendors may sell out before the night ends!

ZONE 5: Light Force, Light Falls by GSM Project from Singapore
19 – 27 Aug
7.30pm – 11.00pm (Sun – Thu), 7.30pm – 2.00am (Fri & Sat)
National Design Centre, Water Feature
Free Admission

Play on a series of drums to illuminate a waterfall and experience the shimmering light effects created as multi-coloured reflections and refractions dance across the water surface. Collaborate and improvise to collectively create a dynamic light performance.

We want to see #SGNightFest through your eyes, tag us on Instagram @TeenageMagazine! For festival programmes, detailed guides and more information, visit NightFest.sg