The Indian Inks x MasaLAH Deepavali Bazaar opens at lyf Farrer Park on Saturday, 31 October 2026. It brings more than 30 homegrown Singapore Indian brands together across two weekends and closes on Saturday, 7 November, the day before Deepavali on 8 November.
If you’ve ever found a brilliant local label only through a friend’s Instagram story, this bazaar was built for you. Expect fashion, accessories and festive gifts on the tables. There’s also live henna, an on-site nail artist and a photobooth that prints your face onto a thermal receipt.
Spice, Plus a Little Singlish
The bazaar is the public debut of MasaLAH, a new Singapore Indian lifestyle and community platform started by three young professionals raised within Singapore’s Indian community. The name mashes masala, the spice mix at the heart of Indian cooking, with the Singlish lah (the sentence-ender every Singaporean drops without thinking). Indian at heart, unmistakably Singaporean: it’s a name that explains itself.
The founders noticed that many talented Indian-owned businesses and creatives were being discovered only by chance, through word of mouth or a lucky scroll. MasaLAH wants to give namma (Tamil for “our”) community a proper home for its local businesses, food, culture and stories that rarely reach mainstream media. This bazaar is its first major public event, and the team plans more for 2027.
The pop-up itself has a head start. Shereen Begum, who started henna and jagua studio Indian Inks in 2022, launched it at lyf Farrer Park in 2024 with about 12 brands, and it passed 20 in 2025, according to The Straits Times. She told the paper the idea came from selling at other pop-ups that nobody promoted properly: “A lot of people don’t really know about the pop-ups unless there is someone actively trying to market them.”
Time Your Henna for 8 November
Indian Inks handles the henna, and there’s one detail worth knowing before you sit down. Henna generally lasts seven to 10 days, while jagua, which leaves a blue-black stain, can last 10 to 30 days, according to The Straits Times. Indian Inks offers both, so you can match the ink to your calendar.
Want your design still crisp for Deepavali open houses on 8 November? Go on the second weekend. The Friday, 6 November session runs from 5pm to 11pm, which makes it an easy after-work detour, and Saturday, 7 November runs from 12pm to 10pm.
Heading down on the opening weekend instead? Pick jagua, since its longer lifespan comfortably covers the week-plus gap before the big day.
With the on-site nail artist there too, you can leave with henna on one hand and fresh nails on the other.
Chai You Can Hug
For a gift, look for Tuni, a homegrown brand turning everyday Indian favourites into plush collectibles. Its first plushies are shaped like cups of chai and filter kaapi (South Indian filter coffee). Co-founder M. Shruthi told The Straits Times they are “a homage to tea and filter coffee that we grew up with”.
Receipts Worth Keeping
Hey Clique runs a self-service photobooth that prints your photos onto thermal receipt paper, the same curly paper you collect at a supermarket checkout. The Straits Times reports the shots can be turned into magnets or keychains.
Fashion, Jewellery and Festive Bakes
Fashion rules the floor here, with The Straits Times putting the mix at roughly 40% clothing, 30% jewellery and 30% food and skincare. Many sellers run home-based businesses, and some are taking a booth for the first time.
Those first-timers are the best reason to go, because their pieces won’t be hanging in any mall. Begum’s pitch to shoppers is refreshingly direct. She told The Straits Times that people are used to bigger brands but should “give local vendors a chance”, because local products are good too.
If you liked the culture and lifestyle stalls at Geylang Serai Ramadan Bazaar, think of this as the smaller, more personal Deepavali cousin.
For something sweet, Chutney Bakes brings Deepavali cookies, jars of festive treats and an eggless Nutella tart.
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 31 October; Sunday, 1 November; Friday, 6 November; and Saturday, 7 November 2026
⏰ Time: 12pm to 10pm on 31 October, 1 November and 7 November; 5pm to 11pm on 6 November
📍 Location: lyf Farrer Park, 2 Perumal Road, #01-01, Singapore 218773
Check Indian Inks’ links page for updates before you go, then swing by Farrer Park from 31 October and give a brand you’d never have found otherwise its first sale from you!
Photos and Visuals courtesy of Indian Inks and MasaLAH.
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