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Important Singapore Festivals |
| Singapore
Public Holidays 2010 |
| Date |
Day |
Holiday |
| 01 Jan |
Friday |
New Year's Day |
| 14 Feb |
Sunday |
Chinese New Year |
| 02 Apr |
Friday |
Good Friday |
| 01 May |
Saturday |
Labour Day |
| 28 May |
Friday |
Vesak Day |
| 09 Aug |
Monday |
National Day |
| 10 - 11 Sep |
Fri - Sat |
Hari Raya Aidil Fitri |
| 5 Nov |
Friday |
Deepavali |
| 17 Nov |
Wednesday |
Hari Raya Haji |
| 25 Dec |
Saturday |
Christmas Day |
| Important
Singapore Festivals & Events March
& April 2010 |
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March Festivals |
| Ollie
And The Slurge |
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Dates
: March 02 - March 19 , 2010
Place : Alliance Francaise, Singapore
Description: An original, fun, family musical for all
ages, with wonderful puppets and live music!Ollie & The
Slurge manages to tackle two important issues - Bullying and
how to care for our precious environment – through laughter,
and a tear or two.
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| Kumar:
Stripped Bare & Standing Up |
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Dates
: March 04 - March 07, 2010
Place : Esplanade Theatre , Singapore
Description: The outrageously funny Kumar sold out
his 5-show run at the Esplanade last year before the shows
even started and when he finally hit the stage, everyone was
squealing with laughter! Uncontrollable madness! After 17
years in the "funny-biz", Kumar, the undisputed
Drag-Queen of local comedy stripped off more than just the
skin-tight panty hose and turned his "no-holds-barred"
wicked sense of humour onto himself. Nothing is sacred as
he shares the hilarious (yet moving) stories of his growing
up years with his Dad, how he was discovered in a dress after
Boom Boom Room and his many escapades during Basic Military
Training. There is nothing basic about this show which incorporates
a wonderful "mini-docu" and culminates in Kumar
showing off his dancing skills with Singapore's best known
tabla-man, Maniam.
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| Kitaro
Love & Peace Planet Music Tour |
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Dates
: March 09 , 2010
Place :Singapore Indoor Stadium , Singapore .
Description: Kitaro is universally acknowledged as
the founding architect of new age music. His various sound
collaborations and resonant, multi-textured compositions truly
defy the constraints of any genre. The Grammy and Golden Globe
Award-Winning Kitaro has achieved global acclaim over a more
than three decade long career with a signature sound and a
pioneering fusion of cultures, techniques and spheres of consciousness
that are truly his own.
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| Singapore's
Best Dance Crew |
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Dates
: March 12 - March 13 , 2010
Place :Jurong Point , Singapore .
Description: Join in this search for the next National
Champions to represent Singapore at the World Hip Hop Dance
Championships 2010 in USA.
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| Breakout
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Dates
: March 12 - March 14, 2010
Place : Esplanade Theatre, Singapore
Description: Sold out in Feb 2009, “BREAKOUT” is making
their comeback in Singapore with a bigger better version incorporating
hotter dance moves that sizzle! "BREAKOUT" is a
new concept B-Boy (break-dancing boy) show created by Yegam
and Sevensense Inc of Korea. Established in 2003 and based
in Seoul, Korea, Yegam and Sevensense Inc is one of the first
production companies specializing in Comic Martial Arts Performance
in Asia, designed to appeal to people of all ages and international
cultures. From the producers of “Jump”, "BREAKOUT"
is a newly designed nonverbal dynamic comedy performance mixed
with extreme break-dancing, based on a story of prisoners
breaking out of prison and finding shelter with some nuns
and nurses in a convent. Featuring a cast of top quality performers
including some of Korea's leading B-Boys, "BREAKOUT"
mixes the hottest B-Boy dance moves with stunning gymnastics,
martial arts and hilarious visual comedy.
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| Giselle
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Dates
: March 12 - March 14 , 2010
Place :Victoria Theatre , Singapore
Description: Giselle, a tale of innocence, betrayal
and true love, is one hauntingly beautiful ballet set to choreography
by Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot. Staged by the Company’s
Artistic Director and music by Adophe Adam, this ballet is
emotionally challenging as the story moves between the human
and supernatural worlds. The story begins with the nobleman,
Albrecht falling in love with the beautiful peasant girl Giselle,
despite being betrothed to the Duke’s daughter. When Giselle
discovers his deceit, she becomes distraught and dies of a
broken heart, turning into a Wilis. But as Albrecht repents
and visits her moonlit grave, she forgives and protects him
from the deathly touch of the rest of the Wilis. The passion
of the tale, combined with the beautiful choreography and
touching scores, made this ballet an unforgettable classics
not to be missed!
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| Mosaic
Music Festival |
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Dates
: March 12 - March 21 , 2010
Place :Various venues at Esplanade, Singapore
Description: : In March 2010, Mosaic Music Festival
returns with another tantalising 10-day spread of jazz, world
music, indie-pop, electronica and more. Join in the excitement
as great music - at our Concert Hall, Theatre, Studios and
free-for-all venues, the Outdoor Theatre and The Living Room
- fills the arts centre with a palpable buzz every evening
from 12-21 March 2010.
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| Singapore
Sprint Series - Duathlon |
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Dates
: March 14 , 2010
Place : Mandai , Singapore
Description: Singapore Sprint Series is back after
2 great years! The 3-race series is designed to suit every
level of fitness and skill. Experience the fun, excitement
and health benefits of multi-sports. Complete your first multi-sport
race or compete for the series points.Pick the race of your
choice or go for 2 or 3 races and compete in the series championships.Hesitate
no more. There is a Triathlete in everyone!
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| Liao
Zhai Rocks |
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Dates
: March 25 - April 11 , 2010
Place : Drama Centre Theatre , Singapore
Description: Liao Zhai Rocks! is a spankling new Mandarin
period rock musical inspired by the colourful folk stories
from "The Strange Tales of Liao Zhai The musical follows
an amorous scholar, Sang Xiao, who spurn the love of Ying
Ning, a vixen spirit, for a devious ghost. But when he is
poisoned by his new love and cast into the underworld, it
is the vixen spirit, who driven by true love, embarks on a
perilous journey to save him.
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April Festivals |
| The
World of Ancient Egypt |
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Dates
: December 22 , 2009 - April 04, 2010
Place : National Museum of Singapore ,Singapore
Description: This highly anticipated exhibition will
feature over 230 Egyptian objects and major works from 4500
BCE to 1st century BCE, the artefacts highlight changing Egyptian
funerary customs, political intrigues, and the extraordinary
skills of artists and craftsmen of the day, whose use of a
variety of materials reveal geographical surroundings of royal
workshops and artistic fashions of the period. This collection,
which basically emerged in the 19th and 20th centuries, was
developedby purchases, donations and new acquisitions from
excavations.
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| Good Friday |
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Dates
:April 02 , 2010
Place : Various Venue ,Singapore
Description: Good Friday is the Friday within Holy
Week, and is traditionally a time of fasting and penance,
commemorating the anniversary of Christ's crucifixion and
death. For Christians, Good Friday commemorates not just a
historical event, but the sacrificial death of Christ, which
with the resurrection, comprises the heart of the Christian
faith. The Catholic Catechism states this succinctly.
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| International Tamil Film Awards |
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Dates
: April 03 , 2010
Place : Singapore Expo, The MAX Pavilion ,Singapore
Description: The 3rd time in Singapore, ITFA 2010 promises
a bigger talent pool from the Tamil Film industry.This mega
event will celebrate the best of the Tamil Film Industry with
an expected turnout of 7000 pax.ITFA highlights will include
30 award categories presented to the most celebrated Tamil
movie stars. Expected to join in the celebrations are popular
Tamil movie artists, celebrated movie directors, producers,
music directors, singers, dancers and performers.
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| From The New World (SSO) |
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Dates
: April 03 , 2010
Place : Esplanade Theater on the Bay ,Singapore
Description: Throughout the autumn of 1829 Chopin worked
on both his piano concertos at the same time. The Concerto
in F minor was the first to be completed, and succeeded in
delighting Warsaw audiences with its charm and vitality. Commissioned
by the New York Philharmonic during his stay in America in
the early 1890s, Dvorák’s immortal New World Symphony
was greatly influenced by Native American music, and remains
his most popular symphony.
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| The Bridge Project - The Tempest |
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Dates
: April 04 - April 10 , 2010
Place : Esplanade Theater ,Singapore
Description: The 2nd year of The Bridge Project – The
Tempest promises another stellar transatlantic line-up and
an intriguing pairing of two Shakespeare plays as Mendes and
company explore outcasts, power, and magical lands with their
world premiering productions of the comedy As You Like It
and The Tempest, considered to be Shakespeare’s last play.
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| Home Boxes |
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Dates
: April 08 , 2010
Place : Esplanade Theater on the Bay , Singapore
Description: Boxes, a medium we use to pack our things
and stack them away... and also with them our memories and
unsettled feelings. Putting it all aside, we move on –
out of sight, out of mind. Then one day, we chance upon these
boxes again. The memories and emotions that were so carefully
tucked away surfaces suddenly, uncontrollably. And after some
hesitation, we go through the boxes again.
Through the voices of six actors, a collection of three stories
will unfold as the boxes spill out their contents of long
forgotten dreams, unsettled quarrels, hopes that were dashed
and shattered love.This performance features puppetry, song,
movement, drama and culinary offerings as one complete experience
while we venture on a journey to explore our old stories and
the fragility of our relationships with loved ones
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| A Singaporean in Paris |
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Dates
: April 14 - April 24 , 2010
Place : DBS ARTS CENTRE - Home of the Singapore Repertory
Theatre , Singapore
Description: A Singaporean in Paris is a “juke box
musical” that pays tribute to Singapore artists and French
musical culture.This one-of-a-kind musical revue features
top Singapore artists singing songs from some of the greatest
French songwriters and performers-- Michel Legrand, Charles
Aznavour, and Gilbert Becaud.
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| Lamb Of God - Wrath World Tour Singapore |
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Dates
: April 15 , 2010
Place : D' Marquee , Singapore
Description: Metal Junkies unite! Step inside and feel
the wrath of LAMB OF GOD! LAMC Productions is proud to announce
the Grammy nominated self-described “Pure American Metal”
quintet from Richmond, VA will unleash their brand of Heavy
Metal in Singapore for the very first time on 15 April, 2010
at D’Marquee, Downtown East.
Lamb Of God are touring in support of their vicious new album
Wrath. The album made its debut at Number 2 on the Billboard
200 charts and sold 68,000 copies in the United States in
its first week of release. Lamb of God consists of guitarist
Willie Adler, Willie’s drummer brother Chris Adler, bassist
John Campbell, guitarist Mark Morton and vocalist Randy Blythe.
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| Chicago The Musical |
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Dates
: April 16 - May 09 , 2010
Place : Esplanade Theatre , Singapore
Description: : CHICAGO will return to Singapore from
16 April to 9 May 2010, for a strictly limited season at the
Esplanade Theatre with an all-star cast including the award-winning
Sharon Millerchip (Roxie Hart) and Craig McLachlan (Billy
Flynn).
CHICAGO tells the tale of Roxie Hart, a nightclub dancer who
dreams of heading in Vaudeville, kills her lover, then convinces
her husband to come up with the $5000 to hire Chicago’s shrewdest,
smooth-talking lawyer, Billy Flynn.
CHICAGO has played over 15,000 performances worldwide, has
captivated an estimated 17 million people around the world,
and has been honoured with 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards,
a Grammy® Award and thousands of standing ovations. So
whether you have seen the Academy Award® winning film
and want to experience the show live on stage or whether you
have seen it before and want to recapture the magic, CHICAGO
always delivers with ‘sizzle and timeless class’ .
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| Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble |
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Dates
: April 30 - May 01 , 2010
Place : Esplanade Theater on the Bay , Singapore
Description: Lan Shui,conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, celloThe Silk Road Ensemble.Renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk
Road Ensemble take centrestage with Lan Shui and the SSO in
another not-to-be-missed performance illuminating the musical
and cultural heritage of the Silk Road countries
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Festival
Mosaic
Music Festival
Dates : March
12 - March 21 , 2010
Place :Various
venues at Esplanade, Singapore
Description: In March 2010, Mosaic Music Festival returns
with another tantalising 10-day spread of jazz, world music, indie-pop,
electronica and more. Join in the excitement as great music - at
our Concert Hall, Theatre, Studios and free-for-all venues, the
Outdoor Theatre and The Living Room - fills the arts centre with
a palpable buzz every evening from 12-21 March 2010.
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