Gigs, comedy & theatre in Singapore: October and November
BIGBANG, MCR and Guns N' Roses, Trevor Noah and Dara O Briain, Cats and Monkey Goes West: the live calendar to the end of November. Book the stadium nights first.
- Where: Across Singapore
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Arts & Culture
Exhibitions, performances and a closer look at the city’s creative side.
Guides & stories
Typical spend per person, in Singapore dollars.
The best exhibitions to see in Singapore: October and November
Dunhuang's painted caves, the Louvre's Islamic treasures, two Nanyang rediscoveries and a museum that wants your voice. Start at the Asian Civilisations Museum.
- Where: Across Singapore
A Civic District afternoon where the buildings talk back
ACM is the anchor while the National Gallery’s big regional gallery is shut; pick the Gallery for its history or the children’s show. Then lunch at Violet Oon’s National Kitchen.
- Where: Across Singapore
One museum, properly: a culture day without the checklist
Pick one museum and give it the afternoon: Natural History for the kids, ACM for a first visit, the Gem Museum as the wildcard. The National Gallery’s big regional gallery is shut until late 2027.
- Where: Across Singapore
A date with something to talk about
Friday-late Peranakan Museum, then one bar chosen by mood: fermentation at Native, a hushed 40-seat Tokyo lounge at Live Twice or vinyl at Offtrack. Book the museum; skip the restaurant.
- Where: Across Singapore
A rainy day with a point: indoor plans worth getting wet for
ACM for the shipwreck and a late Friday, Future World for children (book it), River Wonders if it has to be animals. Five indoor plans with a point, not rooms to wait out the weather in.
- Where: Across Singapore
A solo afternoon worth keeping
A 9th-century shipwreck's cargo, a free gem museum you register for and an orchid garden with its own mist house. Four places where being alone is the point, not the compromise.
- Where: Across Singapore
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Photo: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsPottery or bouldering? Pick your kind of concentration
A beginner pottery class lets you talk while you work; a bouldering intro makes you go quiet for a few minutes at a time. Pick the kind of concentration your group can manage, and book one, not both.
- Where: Across Singapore
Marina Bay is far more interesting up close
Flower Dome for plants until 9 November, Cloud Forest for dinosaur fans, Future World on a wet day, the Supertree show for free. Pick one subject; the skyline photo can wait.
- Where: Across Singapore
Three small museums, three big questions about Singapore
A balsa-wood model of the city centre, a stepwell in Little India and the hill where the Malay Regiment held out in 1942. Pick one question, and see the City Gallery before it closes for its revamp.
- Where: Across Singapore
Smaller museums, bigger questions: three specialists worth asking
Gem Museum on a weekday, Natural History at the weekend with children, Hell’s Museum for teenagers and adults. Three specialists, one question each, and none of them a walk-in.
- Where: Across Singapore
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Museums worth your attention
One museum given proper attention beats three at a jog. Regional art, natural history or something smaller: pick the subject you care about, then check what's on.
- 5 picks
Smaller museums
Specialist museums that take an hour rather than a day, and give back more if you arrive with a question and are willing to ask it.
- 3 picks
Small museums, big stories
Three small museums, three ways into Singapore: how it was planned, who came and what the war left. Start with the story you know least about.
- 3 picks