Our Tampines Hub (OTH) is giving XinYao two weekends in November 2026. The first is XinYao Stories & Memories on Sunday, 15 November, followed by a XinYao and MinGe concert on Saturday, 21 November. If XinYao is a word you’ve mostly heard from your parents’ car radio, the Sunday stage puts a 2026 student competition winner on the same bill as veteran Li Fei Hui, which makes it an easy first listen.
OTH calls XinYao “this uniquely Singaporean music movement.” The hub describes itself as Singapore’s largest integrated lifestyle hub, and it closes the month with a Jubilant Deepavali Concert on Sunday, 22 November, so the Tampines calendar is fuller than usual right now.
A Sunday of Songs and Stories
XinYao Stories & Memories (《欢聚。新谣时光》) runs from 12pm to 8pm across Central Plaza and Festive Walk West. OTH bills it as a day for discovering the stories, memories and cultural influences behind the genre. The stage opens with yIN Harmony from 2.30pm to 3.15pm, then hands over to The Crescendos from 4pm to 4.45pm.
Every set runs 45 minutes with a 45-minute gap before the next one. That rhythm leaves plenty of room to wander the booths between acts rather than guarding a spot all afternoon.
If you can only make one slot, aim for 5.30pm to 6.15pm. That’s when TCR Young Artistes 弹唱人新声代 take over, including Apple Pi, winner of the Group Singing Category at the Ministry of Education’s (MOE) annual Xin Kong Xia XinYao Singing and Songwriting Competition 2026. Apple Pi won the Group Singing Category of the MOE competition. Stay on, and Li Fei Hui 黎沸挥 closes the day from 7pm to 7.45pm, a tidy bookend with the newest voices just before an established one.
Homework You’ll Want to Do
Off the stage, a heritage display pairs XinYao memorabilia with content developed with Broadrick Secondary School. According to OTH, it offers insights into the movement’s history and cultural significance. Having a secondary school help tell the story suits a day that’s all about handing songs to the next generation.
Then there are the interactive games. Complete every game booth and you stand a chance to win S$10 in NTUC vouchers (from the National Trades Union Congress), a decent excuse to do the full loop between sets!
Saturday Night: XinYao Meets MinGe
Songs That Bring Us Together: XinYao & MinGe Concert (《欢聚》新谣与民歌演唱会) moves to Festive Plaza on Saturday, 21 November, from 7pm to 9.30pm. MinGe is Taiwan’s campus folk song movement. OTH’s listing credits it with an influential role in shaping XinYao in its early years, so this is the night to hear the two side by side and work out who borrowed what.
The established line-up lists six names: Wan Fang (万芳), Li Fei Hui (黎沸挥), Pan Ying (潘盈), Deng Shu Xian (邓淑娴), Xu Nan Sheng (许南盛) and Hong Shao Xuan (洪劭轩). OTH notes that the line-up is accurate as of the listing’s release, so check the hub’s own channels before heading down.
Local up-and-comers Esther & Wendy join Apple Pi on the younger end of the bill. That makes Apple Pi and Li Fei Hui the two acts playing both XinYao dates, and that overlap is useful if you can only spare one weekend.
Weighing the two? Saturday is the bigger night, with six established artists plus two rising acts packed into two and a half hours. Sunday is the gentler option, spread across eight hours with games and history between the sets.
Emcees Lee Lian (蔡礼莲) and Das DD host the evening, guiding the crowd through a bill that runs from Taiwan’s folk songs to competition winners from 2026.
Can’t get near the stage? The concert will be livestreamed on screens across OTH, including Hawker Centre @ Our Tampines Hub and Central Plaza. Dinner and the show can happen at the same table!
Deepavali Lights Up Festive Plaza
The next evening, Festive Plaza switches to the Jubilant Deepavali Concert on Sunday, 22 November, from 6pm to 9.30pm. It’s organised by the Tampines Central Community Club (CC) Indian Activities Executive Committee (IAEC) and OTH. Indian traditional and contemporary dance groups perform, including groups made up of Tampines residents, alongside artistes Crystal Priya, Vijayan, Maragatam, Rico Chandra and Sivakami.
Emcee and singer Ram Patpanav hosts. SIT Nritya, a student dance group at the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) that focuses mainly on Indian dance, gives a special performance. The concert is free to attend, and you don’t need to register beforehand, so it’s an easy one to round off the weekend with.
Your November at OTH
XinYao Stories & Memories
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 15 November 2026
⏰ Time: 12pm to 8pm (stage sets from 2.30pm)
📍 Location: Central Plaza and Festive Walk West, Our Tampines Hub
🎤 Pick: Apple Pi with TCR Young Artistes, 5.30pm to 6.15pm
🎁 Prizes: Complete all game booths for a chance to win S$10 in NTUC vouchers
Songs That Bring Us Together: XinYao & MinGe Concert
🗓️ Date: Saturday, 21 November 2026
⏰ Time: 7pm to 9.30pm
📍 Location: Festive Plaza, Our Tampines Hub
📺 Livestream: Screens across OTH, including Hawker Centre @ Our Tampines Hub and Central Plaza
Jubilant Deepavali Concert
🗓️ Date: Sunday, 22 November 2026
⏰ Time: 6pm to 9.30pm
📍 Location: Festive Plaza, Our Tampines Hub
🎟️ Entry: Free, no pre-registration required
XinYao began as music by young Singaporeans, and these two weekends hand it back to them, with Apple Pi’s 5.30pm Sunday set as the friendliest way in and Saturday’s packed Festive Plaza bill as the deep end. Mark Sunday, 15 November for the sing-along, Saturday, 21 November for the big concert, and stay on for the Deepavali dancers on Sunday, 22 November. For line-up updates and everything else happening at the hub, follow Our Tampines Hub on Facebook at @OurTampinesHub and on Instagram at @ourtampineshub!
Visuals courtesy of Our Tampines Hub.
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