Starting a little later than usual due to the downpour, festival goers were certainly not deterred as they streamed into Fort Gate to attend the final day of Neon Lights Festival 2018. As with the previous two days, the festival saw a phenomenal line-up of performers take to the stage to share the good vibes
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On day 2 of Neon Lights Festival 2018, the doors at Fort Gate burst wide open at 2pm for yet another round of incredible music acts from around the world. The day began with Instigator Afrobeat Orchestra headed up the Main Stage, breaking out onto stage with their modern take on the Afrobeat genre and charming audiences
The 2018 edition of Neon Lights opened with a psychedelic rush of colour and plenty of powerful performances on the first day. Held at Fort Canning Park, Singapore’s premier outdoor music and arts festival is easy to find, occupying an extended plot of land at Fort Gate as the park was transformed into the festival grounds,
LONDON – RuPaul’s Drag Race alumni, American Idol and YouTube sensation Todrick Hall is set to take over the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago from 19th November 2018 until the end of the show’s run at the Phoenix Theatre on 5th January 2019. This is a role that Hall is reprising after appearing in the same
Prior to their concert tour to Guangzhou and Hong Kong, the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) will treat our local audiences to their tour programme this December at the Esplanade! Conducted by SNYO Principal Guest Conductor Peter Stark (set to take up an appointment as Special Term Professor to the Zhejiang Conservatory in Hangzhou in
The Singapore Chinese Orchestra returns this November with SCO Young People’s Concert: Voyage to Nanyang V – Balik Kampong. This time around, they’ll be featuring the beloved “Ah De” in this final episode, played by SCO Resident Conductor Quek Ling Kiong as the orchestra takes audiences on a trip down memory lane! Rediscover Singapore’s old days,
Neon Lights 2018 is just about ready to rumble when it rolls back into town this week, and joining the likes of Interpol, YUNA, Caribou, Cigarettes After Sex and Peking Duk, get ready for the final lineup of artists to have officially announced their appearance, with Mantravine, Instigator Afrobeat Orchestra, Preetipls and Subhas, and OrkeStar Trio joining the stellar roster. On Friday, get ready for world electronic group Mantravine,
At the tail end of November, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) presents young South Korean violinist Soyoung Yoon in her Singapore debut. Considered enormously talented, Soyoung won the prestigious Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition at the tender age of 17 and has gone on to win at six more competitions, including the Henryk Wieniawski and David
Taking on the theme of Becoming Real, the inaugural Hong Kong International Black Box Festival has been launched. Co-presented by the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, the festival runs from 11th October to 2nd November 2018, and feature a total of four unconventional theatre productions from around the world, utilising the Black
This November, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) presents a masterful concert featuring cello pieces by Dvořák. Starring the SSO Principal Cello Ng Pei-Sian, get yourself ready for an evening listening to music of magisterial demeanour and melodic magnificence. Conducted by Bulgarian conductor Pavel Baleff, who is also chief conductor of the Philharmonie Baden-Baden and last conducted the SSO
