Things to do

Singapore in 2027: what's coming

Edited by Jamie 15 October 2026

The 2027 diary is filling up faster than your leave balance.

Every January Singapore makes the same promise to itself: this is the year we finally do the things on the list. 2027 is making that easier than usual. The calendar is already filling with stadium nights, a fifth ART SG, a Grand Prix weekend and a set of long weekends that look as if somebody planned them for the travel-minded.

It is also a year of goodbyes and comebacks. The giant pandas are due to go home. The Singapore City Gallery shuts for a refit. The Science Centre is counting down to a new Zaha Hadid building by Jurong Lake, and the National Gallery's big Southeast Asia room is due back by the end of the year. Hotels are arriving on Orchard Road, and a five-minute train to Johor Bahru is close enough to taste.

What follows sorts the firm from the hopeful. Each pick is labelled confirmed (dates published by the organiser or the government), expected (officially targeted, but no fixed day) or rumoured / not yet (talked about, sometimes for 2027, but don't build a holiday around it). We'll keep updating as dates land.

Valid Sunday 11 October 2026 – Friday 31 December 2027 · Refreshed monthly

The roundup

1. 2027 public holidays and long weekends
Full year · Confirmed
The Ministry of Manpower published the list in June, and it is generous with long weekends. Chinese New Year falls on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 February, and the Ministry of Manpower says Monday 8 February is a public holiday if your rest day falls on 7 February, so most people get three days. New Year's Day and Good Friday (26 March) are Fridays; Hari Raya Haji (17 May) and National Day (9 August) are Mondays. Deepavali is Thursday 28 October, which makes the Friday the most valuable leave day of the final quarter. Labour Day and Christmas fall on Saturdays, with no substitute day listed.
2. ART SG and S.E.A. Focus
22–24 January 2027 · Marina Bay · Confirmed
The fifth ART SG runs at Marina Bay Sands from 22 to 24 January, with a VIP preview on 21 January, and S.E.A. Focus sits under the same roof for a second year, which makes for a tidy one-venue day of looking at art. Both anchor the 15th Singapore Art Week, whose full dates are still to be confirmed. The satellite shows are lining up: Pinaree Sanpitak's ten-day piece at 72-13 on Mohamed Sultan Road, billed by Danamic as a show where dinner is the artwork, runs from 21 to 30 January.
3. Last calls: Louvre treasures and Fan Chang Tien
Until 24 and 31 January 2027 · Civic District · Confirmed
January is when two of this season's best shows bow out. The Asian Civilisations Museum's Crosscurrents, 100 Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman pieces lent while the Louvre's Islamic galleries are shut, closes on 24 January. Over at the National Gallery, the Fan Chang Tien ink retrospective ends on 31 January. Put both in the diary before the Art Week crowds arrive.

4. Chinese New Year long weekend
6–8 February 2027 · Chinatown · Confirmed
With the holiday landing on 6 and 7 February and the Monday off as well, this is the first proper three-day break of the year. Chinatown will be at full volume in the run-up, so do the festive shopping on a weeknight before the weekend crowds, then decide whether you're staying for the reunion dinners or escaping the city altogether.
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5. YOASOBI at the National Stadium
Saturday 20 February 2027 · Kallang · Confirmed
Singapore is the only Southeast Asian stop on the tour, which tends to make tickets vanish. Tickets went on sale in August; check the official ticketing page for what is left. Read the seating map before you click, because the category numbers and prices don't line up neatly.
6. Floral Fantasy's Disney garden
Until 14 March 2027 · Marina Bay · Confirmed
The Gardens' little upside-down flower room is dressed as Disney Garden of Wonder until 14 March, with character topiaries from Elsa to Woody. If you have a small Disney fan in the house, this is a short, cool, air-conditioned win, and the deadline is the reason to go in the first quarter rather than 'sometime'.
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7. Sacred Caves: Dunhuang at ACM
Until 7 March 2027 · Civic District · Confirmed
Four life-size replicas of the Mogao Caves stay at the Asian Civilisations Museum until 7 March. It is the closest most of us will get to the Silk Road's painted grottoes without a long trip to the Gobi, and the one January-to-March show we'd move other plans for. Pair it with Crosscurrents in the same building before that closes on 24 January.
8. Pop after Pop at the National Gallery
Until 4 April 2027 · Civic District · Confirmed
Warhol, Lichtenstein and Kruger beside Ming Wong, FX Harsono and Manit Sriwanichpoom: the Gallery's first show with the Guggenheim bills itself as Southeast Asia's largest Pop Art group exhibition, with more than 200 works. It opens on 11 December 2026, so it straddles the new year and closes on 4 April. Leave time for the corridors, because it spreads into the public spaces.
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9. Bruno Mars, four nights at Kallang
13, 14, 17 and 18 April 2027 · Kallang · Confirmed
The Romantic Tour plays four nights at the National Stadium in April, with Anderson .Paak on the bill. Tickets were sold through Ticketmaster Singapore only, so check there for what remains and avoid resale sites. If you missed the sale, that official page is the only place worth checking.
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10. The Hari Singapore
Spring 2027 · Orchard · Expected
The Harilela family's design-led hotel label has only two other addresses, London and Hong Kong. Its third is a conversion of the former Holiday Inn Singapore Orchard City Centre, with interiors by Tara Bernerd, 326 rooms and a rooftop pool, announced for spring 2027. For non-guests, the restaurant and bar are what will matter, and their names are the detail to watch for.
11. NoMad Singapore
Late 2026 into 2027 · Orchard · Expected
Hilton says NoMad's first Asia-Pacific hotel opens on Orchard Road in late 2026, but the bars are what will make it a 2027 story. The line-up includes NoMad Grill, a cabaret-inspired cocktail bar called The Tropicana Club and a soft-serve counter that turns into a bar at night. If the opening drifts, as openings do, expect the first proper nights out in the new year.
12. The RTS Link to Johor Bahru
Target end-2026; could slip into 2027 · Kranji · Expected
A five-minute ride from Woodlands North to Bukit Chagar, with Singapore and Malaysian immigration cleared once, at the station you leave from. Both governments are targeting the end of 2026, though it could run into early 2027, and official fares had not been published when we checked. If it opens on time, it changes the maths of a JB lunch for good.
13. Singapore City Gallery closes for a refit
Partial closure from 1 December 2026; full closure from 1 May 2027 · Chinatown · Confirmed
URA's free gallery, home of the big island model and its three-minute projection show, goes into partial closure from 1 December 2026 to 30 April 2027, then shuts completely from 1 May. The refreshed version is expected in the fourth quarter of 2027. If you have never stood over the model, go before December.
14. Goodbye to Kai Kai and Jia Jia
During 2027; date not announced · Mandai · Confirmed
Singapore's giant pandas arrived at River Wonders in 2012 on a ten-year loan, later extended, and The Star reports they are set to return to China in 2027. No departure date has been published. If the pair are part of your family's Singapore story, don't leave the farewell visit to the last minute.
Book on Klook for Goodbye to Kai Kai and Jia Jia (opens in a new tab)
15. Labrador's Berlayar Creek boardwalk reopens
From April 2027 (works until 31 March) · Labrador · Expected
NParks lists the mangrove boardwalk at Labrador Nature Reserve as closed for improvement works until 31 March 2027. Until then the Keppel Coastal Trail is the better route; from April, the creek walk is due back for a proper coastal loop.
16. Rail Corridor's southern stretch
Expected by 31 July 2027 · Bukit Timah · Expected
The section between Henderson Road and Spooner Road is fully closed while the trail is rebuilt, and NParks expects it to reopen by 31 July 2027. When it does, the rebuilt southern trail is due to run continuously again from Jalan Kilang Barat, which reopened in March 2026. That makes it the walk to save for the second half of the year.
17. National Day and NS Square
9 August 2027 · Marina Bay · Expected
National Day is Monday 9 August, which gives you a long weekend. NS Square on Marina Bay is due in 2027, built to host future National Day celebrations. Whether the 2027 parade is held there hasn't been announced, so treat any 'first parade at NS Square' talk as speculation for now.
18. Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix
8–10 October 2027 · Marina Bay · Confirmed
The 2027 calendar puts the Marina Bay night race on 8 to 10 October, round 18 of 24, Fact Magazine reported in September. Check the official race site for tickets. Locals who don't care about cars should note the weekend anyway: a street circuit means road closures around the bay, and restaurant bookings nearby get competitive.
19. Deepavali long weekend
28 October 2027 · Little India · Confirmed
Deepavali falls on Thursday 28 October 2027. Take the Friday and you have four days, which makes it the most valuable single day of leave in the final quarter. Little India's light-up runs through the weeks before the festival every year; watch for the 2027 programme nearer the time.
20. The new Science Centre at Jurong Lake
Expected Q4 2027 · Jurong · Expected
Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects with Architects 61 on a 7.4-hectare waterfront site in Jurong Lake Gardens, the new Science Centre is expected to open in the fourth quarter of 2027, timed for the institution's 50th anniversary. The old building in Jurong East keeps going until then, so there's time for one last visit to the original.
Book on Klook for The new Science Centre at Jurong Lake (opens in a new tab)
21. National Gallery's Southeast Asia gallery returns
Expected late 2027 · Civic District · Expected
The UOB Southeast Asia Gallery, the long sweep through the region's modern art, closed in April 2026 for its first major renewal since 2015. The Gallery says it will reopen in late 2027. It is the big museum reopening of the year, and the one to save a full day for once the date is set.
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22. What replaces Open Farm Community?
Tender award indicated for 31 January 2027 · Dempsey · Rumoured
Open Farm Community closed in January 2026, and in July the Singapore Land Authority put its Minden Road site out to tender for 'experiential F&B and/or urban farming concepts', with an indicative award date of 31 January 2027. The winner hasn't been named. Watch this one if you like your lunch with a vegetable patch attached.
23. A longer revamp for Changi Village Hawker Centre?
Talked about for December 2027; unconfirmed · Changi · Rumoured
Changi Village Hawker Centre's two-week closure in October 2026 was for repairs and new ceiling fans. Talk of a longer upgrade from December 2027 has come from stallholders rather than any official notice, so treat it as a rumour. Until something is announced, keep the nasi lemak run in your plans.
24. Super Nintendo World (not this year)
No date; early 2030s per master plan · Sentosa · Rumoured
Construction began in February 2025, but no opening date has been announced, and July's Greater Sentosa Master Plan places the new Sentosa developments, Super Nintendo World among them, from the early 2030s. Anyone promising Mario in 2027 is guessing.
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25. Jurong Region Line (not this year)
2028–2029 per LTA · Jurong · Rumoured
Older articles sometimes pencilled in 2027. LTA's own page now lists the first two stages, Choa Chu Kang to Boon Lay and Tawas, and Tengah to Pandan Reservoir, for 2028, with the NTU extension in 2029. The west gets its new line, just not in 2027.