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Welcome to March 2024! If you’ve been having trouble filling your days with fun, look no further than this guide for exciting events this March. With events spanning cuisines, interests, and genres, there’s no way you’ll be bored this month. Are you ready? Time to strap in and prepare yourself for the onslaught of events coming your way!
Sneaker Con 2024
Calling all sneakerheads, your time has come! Sneaker Con SEA is back for its second year; this time, it’s making its way to Resorts World Sentosa. For two days, sneaker enthusiasts all across South East Asia will have the chance to buy, trade and sell some of the coolest and most sought-after kicks on the scene.
Sneaker Con SEA is a one-stop event for everything streetwear. With trading pits, a brand alley and even a rundown skate area — this convention is the epitome of street culture! Plus, the event will feature special guests and insightful conversations surrounding sneaker trends, all the more reason for any hobbyist or enthusiast to head on down to Sneaker Con 2024!
🗓️Date: 2 and 3 March 2024
📍Location: Resorts World Convention Centre, 8 Sentosa Gateway, 098269
💲Price:
- S$52 (General Admission)
- S$72 (Premium Admission)
- S$282 (VVIP Admission)
If you’re interested in learning more about Sneaker Con SEA, check out their official website and the full details of everything you can expect to see at the event! Or, if you already like what you’ve read and want to secure your tickets, check out the official ticketing website right here.
Kampong Glam Ramadan Bazaar
To all our foodies, March is a month full of culinary festivals with a range of cuisines and styles – there won’t be a day in March for you to go hungry! The first food festival waiting to grace us in March is the Kampong Glam Ramadan Bazaar! We’re all familiar with the concept of bazaars popping up around Ramadan, and this is no different!
Open from 2pm to 11pm daily for just over a month, the streets of Kampong Glam will be taken over by a wave of delicious and innovative food and beverage options. With more than 80 stores to choose from, this is a bazaar that will keep you coming back for more!
🗓️Date: 2 March to 5 April 2024
📍Location: Kampong Glam
💲Price: Free admission
⏰Opening Hours: 2pm to 11pm
Grab a group of friends and start devising a plan to divide and conquer your way through the Kampong Glam Ramadan Bazaar and eat to your heart’s content! Make sure to visit the official Kampong Gelam website as well as their socials on Facebook and Instagram to keep updated.
Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaar
Now, this is another bazaar that is no stranger to many of us. Over the years, the Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaar has become a staple during the Ramadan season; there’s something to look forward to in Geylang Serai Bazaar almost every year. Besides the multitude of food and beverage options, the vibes and the atmosphere every year are always full of electricity!
If you thought the Kampong Glam Ramadan Bazaar was big, wait until you hear what the Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaar has in store for us! This year, there will be around 500 stalls, 150 of which are Halal food and beverage stalls – you’ll literally be spoilt for choice!
This year’s edition of the event will run for over a month, from morning to night, spoiling us with mouth-watering and affordable food all day!
🗓️Date: 8 March to 10 April 2024
📍Location: Geylang Serai
💲Price: Free admission
⏰Opening Hours: 10am to 12am
We’re already so excited to head over to the Geylang Serai Bazaar. Stay updated in the leadup to the bazaar by following their socials on Facebook and Instagram.
Five Footway Festival 2024
Besides the Ramadan bazaars this month, we will also have the chance to drop by the Five Footway Festival 2024! The festival aims to encourage us to reminisce about the good old days of Chinatown with a myriad of different activities, ranging from exciting games to delicious food!
You can even participate in workshops dedicated to old traditions! The one that stands out to us the most is a workshop on learning dialect idioms through the unlikely medium of colouring. Here, participants will receive a booklet of images which depict different idioms across the dialect groups! If that doesn’t appeal to you, have no fear! There are tons of other activities to choose from, like old-school traditional games, Hokkien puppet shows, and various opera performances.
🗓️Date: 9 March to 17 March 2024
📍Location: Chinatown Singapore
💲Price: Free admission/Ticketed programmes
Five Foot Way Festival is an amazingly fun way to connect with our roots and explore a version of Chinatown that has long been forgotten. Not to mention, that this is a great family outing idea, with something for everyone to enjoy! For a complete list of all the fun-filled workshops you can experience, visit the official website here!
Latinada Street Food and Music Festival
The last food festival to see us off in March is the Latinada Street Food and Music Festival! If you’ve always wanted to have authentic Latin food in Singapore, this is your chance. With 10 chefs hailing from Latin America and nine DJs supplying the atmosphere, you’re in for an experience like no other.
In celebration of Latin culture, this event extends beyond the boundaries of food and also focuses on the ambience, thus the DJs! Going to the Latinada Street Food and Music Festival is like taking a flight out of Singapore and straight to Latin America. With tons of food and alcohol options, you’re in for a ball of a time!
🗓️Date: 23 March to 24 March 2024
📍Location: CANCHITA @ Dempsey Hill, Dempsey Rd, #9A 9B, Singapore 247698
💲Price:
- S$30 (Adults)
- S$10 (Kids below 12 years of age)
One important thing to note is that entry to the festival is capped at 500 per day, so don’t stew on your decision! While tickets can be bought at the door, we suggest purchasing your tickets online, given the limited capacity!
Chingay @ Heartlands
Didn’t get the chance to go down to the F1 Pit to catch the full-scale Chingay Parade? No worries, because Chingay is coming right down to our heartlands!
This year’s theme — Blossom — signals the growth and transformation we’ve made as individuals and as a community. This colourful spectacle is now coming to our heartlands to spread joy for those who missed it at the F1 Pit, and I assure you, you won’t want to miss it a second time!
For those of you who’ve caught the full-scale Chingay Parade before, you know that one of the highlights of the parade is the majestic floats designed by very talented artists. Well, those are coming to the heartlands too! Can you believe that?
| Date, Day | Heartlands | Caravan Route | |
| Start Point | End Point | ||
| 1 March 2024, Friday | Holland-Bukit Timah GRC & Bukit Panjang SMC | From 5:30pm: Ghim Moh Road From 7:30pm: Petir Road (In front of Petir Park) | Senja-Cashew CC |
| 2 March 2024, Saturday | Marine Parade GRC & MacPherson SMC and Mountbatten SMC | From 4pm:In front of Braddell Heights CC Basketball Court and Sports Arena | Large Floats: In front of Blk 311, along Eunos Link Community Floats: Carpark in front of Blk 311, Ubi Ave 1 |
| 3 March 2024, Sunday | Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC & Punggol West SMC | From 5pm:Carpark opposite Downtown East (Pasir Ris Close) | One Punggol |
| 9 March 2024, Saturday | West Coast GRC & Pioneer SMC | From 5pm:Carpark in front of Telok Blangah CC | Along Jurong West Street 91, beside Blk 953 |
Don’t miss out on your chance to catch Chingay @ Heartlands! Make sure to check out the official Chingay Parade website for more details on the showcases! If you’d like to know more about the floats appearing at the events, check out our feature on Hoo Jian Li and Lim Jia Ren, the brains behind one of the community floats.
Sakura 2024 @ Gardens by the Bay
Who said you have to travel to Japan to experience the cherry blossoms? This March, Gardens by the Bay is giving us the chance to bask in the beauty of cherry blossoms to welcome the Sakura season with Sakura 2024!
Located in the Flower Dome, a wondrous display of cherry blossom trees will take over and paint the dome in soft pink and white! It’ll also boast over 20 varieties of cherry blossoms. The event will be decorated with Japanese-inspired architecture and filled with Japanese foods, games and programs – leaving you wondering how you got transported to Japan!
🗓️Date: 22 March to 21 April 2024
📍Location: Flower Dome, Gardens by the Bay, 18 Marina Gardens Dr, Singapore 018953
💲Price: S$12 (Standard Entry Ticket)
⏰Opening Hours: 9am to 9pm
Given the beauty of cherry blossom trees, we foresee tickets for this exhibition selling out quickly. So, head over to the official Gardens by the Bay official website to secure your chance to experience this gorgeous event!
IT Show
The IT Show is back again! This year, there are over 500 brands to explore, ranging from gadgets to home appliances, all at unbelievable prices!
This edition of the IT Show brings back many features that we all know and love. With its signature instant lucky dip, there’s no way you’re leaving empty-handed. On top of that, you can stand a chance to redeem a S$10 Challenger voucher with a minimum spend of S$500 (limited to 250 redemptions per day). If you have any old electronics lying around your house, you can take this chance to trade them in at the upcoming IT Show as well!
🗓️Date: 14 March to 17 March 2024
📍Location: Suntec Singapore, Level 4, 3 Temasek Blvd, Singapore 038983
💲Price: Free admission
⏰Opening Hours: 12pm to 9pm
Guess it’s time to upgrade that gear you’ve wanted for a while now. For more information on the IT Show, head on over to their official website!
PetExpo
PetExpo is celebrating its tenth anniversary this March with the Singapore Expo, and it’s inviting you to join in the fun! For two days, you can browse over 200 brands, participate in activities and programs with your pets, and join in on plenty of workshops!
Like our colleagues with pets, they only want the best for their furkids. They are constantly looking for the safest brands of treats and researching how to keep their furkids happy and healthy. Thanks to the upcoming PetExpo, We can do just that, all in one place! With informative talks on topics like basic pet first aid and cooking for your pets, there’s so much to learn and experience at PetExpo! So, don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to learn from professionals and other pet owners!
🗓️Date: 15 March to 17 March 2024
📍Location: Singapore Expo Hall 5B and 6, 1 Expo Dr, Singapore 486150
💲Price:
- S$5 (1-day pass)
- S$12 (3-day pass)
In conjunction with their 10th anniversary, PetExpo is providing free entry to Pioneer and Merdeka Generation card holders! Children also get complimentary entry. So, what are you waiting for? Get your tickets online on the official PetExpo website now!
Armenian Street Party
Get ready to party down at the Armenian Street Party event as the area transforms into a multi-sensory experience, taking you down the culinary world of the Peranakans.
As part of Armenian Street Party, Peranakan Pasar showcases the diverse cooking and dining culture of the Peranakan communities. Get to try traditional and modern flavours as well as craft food-themed textiles and jewellery as you experience the local culture. Visitors can also check out the outdoor performances and interactive artworks available at the night market!
🗓️Date: 8 to 10 March (Peranakan Pasar), 8 to 31 March 2024 (Armenian Street Party)
📍Location: Armenian Street and Peranakan Museum
💲Price: Free admission to the museum and most activities
Make sure to check out Peranakan Museum’s website or follow their socials on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date on Armenian Street Party: Peranakan Pasar!
Like any of the selections we have for you this month, or should we include others in this list or the next? Let us know at [email protected], or slide into our DMs on Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok. See you next month!
Visuals of Kampong Glam by Toni Pomar from Unsplash. Additional visuals courtesy of LATINADA, PetExpo, and Peranakan Museum.
