Lifelong Learning in SG *Updated May 2026*
Do you live in Singapore? Do you want to upgrade your skills or immerse yourself in arts and culture? Look no further than these links below. (Disclaimer: Some activities may require payment and/or registration.)
Limited-time Events
- Jan - Feb - 🖼 Singapore Art Festival
- 🖼 Objectifs
- 17 Jan - 2 Feb 2025 - 📝 VERSE at The Arts House @ the Old Parliament
(Free & ticketed) - 🎨 22-31 Jan 2026 - Singapore Art Week
- 17 Jan - 6 Feb 2025 - 🖼💡Light To Night Festival
- 📚 Nanyang CET Academy - Make The Move Event (until Mar 2024)
- 🖼 Singapore Night Festival
- 🐕🐈🪴 Pets and Plants Extravaganza @ Guoco Tower 27 April - 3 May 2026
- 1 May 2026 - 🎶 VOS - SingNation
- 2-3 May 2026, 11am - 7pm - Star Wars Day @ National Library
- 10 May 2026, 6pm - 🎹🎺🎻🎶 SSO's Mother's Day Concert (1h)
- 1-24 May 2026 - 🪭 Singapore Heritage Fest
- May - Jun 2025 - 🔦iLight Singapore (Free)
- 5 - 28 Jun 2026 - 🎵 Gastrobeats 🎶 (Free general entry)
- NParks Rockestra Concert in the Park (Jun and Sep/Oct)
- SG60 Youth It's Giving Fest (12-13 Jul 2025)
- Jul - Aug - 📚🧳 Skillsfuture Festival 2025
- Jul/Aug - 🌺 Singapore Garden Festival (SGF) and https://www.nparks.gov.sg/sbg/whats-happening/calendar-of-events/
🗓️: Sat 4 July to Sun 12 July 2026
⏱️: SGF: 10am to 10pm (Last entry at 9.30pm)
⏱️: Flower Dome: 9am to 9pm (Last entry at 8.30pm)
⏱️: MarketPlace: 10am to 8pm (Free admission)
📍: Gardens by the Bay
- 🏛 Istana Open House
- 25 October 2025 - Marina Bay Sands "Ready for Life" Festival (9am-6pm)
- Oct - Singapore Biennale
Ongoing Programmes
Disclaimer: All museums require admission fees for non-SG citizens.
- 🎭🎶 Esplanade Programmes
- 🏝 Sentosa Events
- 🎶 Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Concerts
- 🌊 Singapore River
- 📚 National Library Board (NLB) Events (Calendar of Events)
- 📹 📚 NLB eWebinars
- 📹 💼 My Careers Future Virtual Seminars
- 📚 ISEAS - Upcoming Events
- 🖼 National Museum Singapore
- 🖼 Asian Civilisations Museum
- 🖼 Peranakan Museum
- 🖼 National Gallery
- Light To Night Art Festival (Jan - Feb)
- 🏛 Children's Museum Singapore
- 🎨 Singapore Art Museum (SAM) Events
- 🎨 The Everyday Museum
- 🎨 Design Singapore Events
- 🎨 Gajah Gallery
- 🎨 Visual Arts Centre
- 🎨 Cuturi Gallery
- 🎨 Arts Events
- 🎨 Art:Dis
- 💞👯 Catch.sg (Curated events for the youths)
- 🏛 NUS Museums
- 🪭 Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC)
- 🪭 Malay Heritage Centre
- 🪭 Indian Heritage Centre
- 🪭 Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
- 🪭 Peranakan culture: Rumah Bebe and Rumah Kim Choo
- 🪭 Alliance Française de Singapour
- 👩🏫 NUS Alumni Events
- 👩🏫 NTU Alumni Events
- 🏤 Temasek Shophouse Events
- 🫂 OnePA (Passion Card members only)
- 🫂 SAFRA Events
- 👟 The Kallang
- 🏃♂️ Free Mall Workouts (no registration required)
- 🏃♂️ DIY Park Trails in Singapore
- 🏃♂️ SCAPE
- 🧘🏻 Wellness Programmes
- 🌻 NParks Tours/Events
- 🌻 NParks: Gardeners' Day Out
- 🌻 Gardens by the Bay Nature & Sustainability Tours
- 🩺HealthHub Events (Requires Health Promotion Board account or SingPass for registration)
- 🩺 National University Cancer Institute Singapore
- 💎💍 Free Gems & Jewellery Jamming Sessions @ JDMIS
- 🛍🛒 Suntec City Events
- 🛍🛒 Singapore Expo
- 🛍🛒 Capitaland Malls
- 🛍🛒 Bugis Night Lights
- 🛍🛒 Frasers Experience
- ⛺ Peatix Events
- 🟠 Eventbrite
- 🧡 Meetup (Interest group activities)
- 🏕 Expat Living Events
- 🏖 Sentosa Events
- 🎹🎵 Temasek Foundation Community Pianos
- 🏦 UOB and Art
- 🛠🧰 Repair Kopitiam
Virtual Freebies
- 📰 National Day Parade Coupons [Limited Annual Promotion] [NEW]
- 📰 Our Tampines Hub NDP Coupons [NEW]
- 💰 COVID-19 Support Grants for Singapore Citizens/PRs
- 💰 Credit Counselling Singapore - Online Talks
- 📚 NLB's Libby App
- 📚 SPH Newspapers
- 📺 National Film Board of Canada
- 📺 Films For Action | 100 Documentaries
- 🎭🎶 Esplanade Performances on Youtube (May 2020)
- 🎭🎶 Singapore Biennale 2019 on Facebook
- 🎭🎶 Broadway: Living Room Concerts
- 🖼 Google Arts and Culture
- 🖼 Virtual Museum Tours
- 🪭🎎Japanese Film Festival 2024 (Annually in May-June)
- 🎭🎶 The Metropolitan Opera: Night Streams
💻 Useful Websites
- Singapore Govt Directory
- List of trusted government and organisation websites
- Skillsfuture SG & Workforce SG
- GoWhere
- Support Go Where? (MSF and NCSS services)
- Arts Everywhere
- Catch.sg (Arts & Culture)
- Budget Meals Go Where
- Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) (Extended to cover all Singaporeans since 2019)
- Health Hub
- MindSG (Mental Health Awareness)
- Families For Life
- NUS Thought Leadership
- National Youth Council (NYC)
- Youth Action Plan
- Youthopia - Resources
- Contribute
- Ideas
- Reach (Public consultation by Gov Feedback Unit)
- Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY)
- SG Together Movement
- Volunteer
- Donate
🖁 Helplines (Source: The Straits Times, Singapore)
- Institute of Mental Health’s Mental Health Helpline: 6389-2222 (24 hours)
- Samaritans of Singapore: 1800-221-4444 (24 hours) / 1-767 (24 hours)
- Singapore Association for Mental Health: 1800-283-7019
- Silver Ribbon Singapore: 6386-1928
- Tinkle Friend: 1800-274-4788
- Chat, Centre of Excellence for Youth Mental Health: 6493-6500/1
- Women’s Helpline (Aware): 1800-777-5555 (weekdays, 10am to 6pm)
- Aware’s Sexual Assault Care Centre: 6779-0282 (weekdays, 10am to 6pm)
- National Anti-Violence and Sexual Harassment Helpline: 1800-777-0000
- Counselling
- TOUCHline (Counselling): 1800-377-2252
- TOUCH Care Line (for seniors, caregivers): 6804-6555
- Care Corner Counselling Centre: 6353-1180
- Counselling and Care Centre: 6536-6366
Online resources
- mindline.sg
- eC2.sg
- www.tinklefriend.sg
- www.chat.mentalhealth.sg
- carey.carecorner.org.sg (for those aged 13 to 25)
- limitless.sg/talk (for those aged 12 to 25)
