Singapore
Things to do
Theme parks, hawker food and free gardens, for a spare hour or a whole day. Or choose by the kind of day you’re having.
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All things to do
76 to choose from · showing 1–48
FreeSiloso Beach
Sentosa's liveliest beach, with clubs and kayaks
2 hours·Sentosa·Free
TicketsImages of Singapore LIVE
Included in the Madame Tussauds standard ticket
1.5 hours·Sentosa·From S$38
FreeKampong Lorong Buangkok
Singapore's last mainland kampong, still lived in
45 min·Buangkok·Free
TicketsBlu Jaz Cafe
Live jazz off Bali Lane, no cover some nights
Evening·Kampong Glam·From S$10
FreeTimbre
Local bands and beer at a one-north food park
Evening·Queenstown·Free
TicketsLive Turtle & Tortoise Museum
More than 600 turtles and tortoises, now in Yishun
1.5 hours·Yishun·From S$16
TicketsLive Comedy Night
A stand-up club on Queen Street
2 hours·Bugis·From S$25
TicketsStarts 8 JuneSingapore Open Badminton
World Tour badminton, live in a Kallang hall
Evening·Kallang·From S$35
Nelson Bar Sembawang
Singapore's oldest sailor bar, on the Sembawang Strip
Evening·Sembawang·Free
1918 Heritage Bar
Cocktails in a 1918 mansion on Telok Blangah Hill
Evening·Telok Blangah·Free
Paradise Now Karaoke at SAFRA Choa Chu Kang
Karaoke rooms, darts and live music until 1am
Evening·Choa Chu Kang·From S$26
Maduro Jazz and Whisky Bar
Live jazz and whisky at Sofitel Sentosa
Evening·Sentosa·Free
Opera Livehouse by Ping Sheh
Saturday-night Chinese opera on Smith Street
1 hour·Chinatown·From S$10
Simply Jazz by Tin Box
Live jazz sets at Marina at Keppel Bay
Evening·Harbourfront·Free
The Blackbird
Rock, blues and jazz bands at Gillman Barracks
Evening·Harbourfront·Free
Live Music at Sensoryscape
Free Friday and Saturday acts at Glow Garden
Evening·Sentosa·Free
Le Noir
A bar with a live band every night, no cover
2 hours·Marina Bay·Free
KC Arts Centre, Home of SRT
Evening theatre by Robertson Quay
2 hours·Clarke Quay·About S$48
State Courts Heritage Gallery
A heritage gallery, a Sky Garden and live hearings
1 hour·Outram·Free
FreeLau Pa Sat Hawker Centre
Victorian market hall, with satay grilled on the street
1 hour·Civic District·Free
TicketsMadame Tussauds Singapore
More than 80 wax figures at Imbiah Lookout
1.5 hours·Sentosa·From S$38
FreeCapitol Theatre
A restored 1930s movie palace on Stamford Road
varies·Civic District·Free
FreeChinese Garden
Twin Pagoda and Cloud Pagoda at Jurong Lake
2 hours·Jurong East·Free
FreeHindhede Nature Park
A quarry lookout at the foot of Bukit Timah Hill
1.5 hours·Bukit Timah·Free
FreeThomson Nature Park
Forest trails past an old Hainanese village
2 hours·Central Catchment·Free
FreeTanjong Beach Club
Sentosa's original beach club, on public sand
Half day·Sentosa·Free
TicketsKelong Fishing Trip
Fishing from an offshore kelong, rods included
4 hours·Changi·About S$68
Christmas on A Great Street
Orchard Road's Christmas lights and village
Evening·Orchard·Free
TicketsDates not announcedChingay Parade
Singapore's big street parade at Chinese New Year
3 hours·Citywide·About S$28
TicketsAuld Alliance
A whisky bar with its own bottlings, at the Capitol
2 hours·Civic District·About S$30
FreeAdmiralty Park
Riverside boardwalks in a large north-west park
2 hours·Admiralty·Free
FreePunggol Park
A lake park, older than the waterway
1 hour·Hougang·Free
FreeZhenghua Nature Park
A forest strip along the BKE
2 hours·Bukit Panjang·Free
FreeABC Brickworks Market
Old-school stalls in Bukit Merah
1 hour·Tiong Bahru·Free
FreeChinatown Night Market
Souvenirs and snacks on Pagoda Street after dark
1 hour·Chinatown·Free
TicketsStar Performing Arts Centre
The big hall for musicals and touring acts
3 hours·Buona Vista·About S$68
TicketsMellben Seafood
Heartland white pepper crab in the north-east
2 hours·Ang Mo Kio·From S$85
TicketsBar Stories
Menu-free cocktails, made to order on Haji Lane
2 hours·Kampong Glam·About S$24
FreeHDB Heartland Walk
A void deck, a market and a town park
2 hours·Toa Payoh·Free
TicketsMarina Bay Night Photography Walk
The skyline with someone who knows a tripod
2.5 hours·Marina Bay·About S$65
TicketsSentosa Segway / Electric Ride
A guided glide along the beach path
1 hour·Sentosa·About S$45
FreeBedok Town Park
A neighbourhood park beside Bedok Reservoir
1 hour·Bedok·Free
FreeChinatown Complex Wet Market
The working wet market under Chinatown Complex
45 min·Chinatown·Free
Pay thereGolden Mile Thai Lunch
Thai lunch and fiery som tam around Golden Mile
1 hour·Kallang·About S$12
FreeShunfu Mart
Neighbourhood hawker in Marymount with cult stalls
1 hour·Marymount·Free
FreeSri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple
A Kali temple further up Serangoon Road
25 min·Little India·Free
TicketsSin Huat Eating House
Geylang crab with no menu, so the cook decides
2 hours·Geylang·About S$120
TicketsRed House Seafood
Chilli or pepper crab at Clarke Quay
2 hours·Clarke Quay·About S$90