Singapore Night Festival: 3 Showstopper events not to be missed

Sonia Lourdes

25 Aug 2016

updated the Thursday, August 25, 2016

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Singapore Night Festival
Who: Invasion | Close-Act (Netherlands)
Where: Front Lawn, National Museum of Singapore
When: 26 and 27 August 2016 | 9.45pm – 10.15pm, 11.30pm – 12am
Looking for a bit of magic to spice up your night? Invasion is a grand moving spectacle that will immerse its street audience in a gloriously mystical atmosphere. Watch as a mythical world comes to life before your very eyes with massive creatures that rove among the public - you might even catch a glimpse of a prehistoric bird flying overhead. These magical creatures might awe, captivate, and even frighten. Will you dare approach this Invasion?
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Singapore Night Festival
Who: SUAVECICLO | VJ SUAVE (Brazil)
Where: Various (Roving performance)
When: 26 and 27 August 2016 | 7.30pm – 2am
7.30pm – 8.15 pm: National Museum of Singapore to PoMo
9.00 pm – 9.45 pm: PoMo to National Design Centre
10.45 pm – 11.30pm: National Design Centre to NMS Mainground
Want a little fun? You're sure to be mesmerised by the interesting characters that run and fly across buildings and open spaces during this quirky little display. Combining animated stories with real life, you'll be witness to a tricycle that beams animated stories while traversing open spaces. Interactivity is the name of the game here, as you watch your surroundings, from trees to buildings to sidewalks, change all around you.
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Singapore Night Festival
Who: HOUSE OF CURIOSITIES | Sweet Tooth by CAKE (Singapore)
Where: Cathay Green (field opposite The Cathay)
When: 19, 20, 26, 27 August 2016 | 6pm – 8pm, 8.30pm – 10.30pm, 11pm – 1am
"Professor Chambers is a celebrated explorer and inventor. With his son Christopher, he builds a time machine that takes them on an expedition to find crystal caves in the subterranean depths. On the journey back, a monstrous octopus attacks them, injures Christopher and escapes. The devious octopus is a man-made contraption, but who is behind it?"
Based on the storyline of The Mechanical Heart, this event tells the exciting story of adventure, curious man-made machines and the inventive spirit of the human heart.

Deciding on what to do over the weekend? Head on down to Singapore Night Festival before it ends!

Back on our shores for the ninth time, the Singapore Night Festival is back to showcase talented art pieces and spectacular performances by local and international artists. Themed Inventions and Innovations, the festival seeks to showcase the groundbreaking and unconventional.

Festival goers can look forward to beautiful light art, as well as participate in various intriguing activities laid out by the event organisers. Also, Singaporeans and PRs can head on over to the surrounding Museums for free! Why not take this opportunity to organise an artsy weekend with your friends and family? This coming weekend marks the final few days of the Singapore Night Festival, so don’t miss your chance.

Supported by over 70 partners and spanned out over five zones, this is definitely a visual feast not to be missed. You don’t have to be well-versed in the arts scene to appreciate what these visual spectacles have to offer – there will definitely be something for your eyes to be dazzled by. See you this weekend at the Singapore Night Festival!

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