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When the Night Comes Alive
Singapore Night Festival & Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival By Ang Xue Er Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival Lanterns, carnivals, stage shows and a bazaar – for a whole month till Sept 28! What more can you ask for? From lantern painting to lantern making and even stage shows, you will be enthralled by the Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival. Get
your whole family to join the Mass Lantern Walk on Sept 6 at 7 pm and allow your kids to show off their creative (handmade) lanterns – or even dress as lanterns themselves! From 11 am daily, shop at the festival carnival, and join one of the Heritage Walking Trails on Sept 6-7 at 2 pm and 5 pm. From 8 pm nightly, be entertained by live shows and gaze at the full moon and the alluring displays around Chinatown.
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Visit www.chinatownfestivals.sg for more information. Singapore Night Festival Were you at Bras Basah when it was buzzing with life over the past two weekends? This year’s Singapore Night Festival glowed to the theme of ‘Bold and Beautiful’ and dazzled spectators with impactful night lights, reminding us to appreciate the simple things
in life that are often neglected. “Earth Harp” was one of the more intriguing performance-installations at the festival. Inspired by the phrase “architecture is frozen music”, musician Willam Close decided to invent larger than life instruments to explore the connections. This year’s Night Festival also enabled our local talents to showcase their work. Missed it? You have got to be there next year!
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Festive Street Bazaar along Pagoda Street, Trengganu Street, Sago Street and Smith Street. Lantern Painting Competition at the Chinatown Mid Autumn Festival 2014. Drum performance by ZinCo at the Singapore Arts Museum. courtesy of Alan Lee
courtesy of Alan Lee
The streets along Chinatown are decorated with 3,100 handcrafted flower lanterns to celebrate the Mid-Autumn festival in Sngapore.
courtesy of Alan Lee
Singapore Art Museum lights up at the Singapore Night Festival with an entertaining drum performance by ZinCo.
William Close strings up his Earth Harp on Aug 22-23 at the National Museum during the Singapore Night Festival.