Singapore · 2026
Public holidays, festivals, concerts, food events, arts and sports — curated from Singapore's most authoritative sources. Navigate by month. Filter by category. Plan properly.
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The next four months at a glance: Ghost Month closes 10 Sep · MOE September school break 5–13 Sep · Mid-Autumn Friday 25 Sep (peak weekend) · F1 Sprint weekend 9–11 Oct · Deepavali Sunday 8 Nov (Mon 9 Nov observed) · Orchard Christmas light-up from mid-November · Singapore year-end school holidays from 21 Nov.
Quietest window of the season: early October, between Mid-Autumn and F1. Full crowd calendar and how to avoid the crush →
The honest version — which festivals are worth restructuring a trip for, and which are simply pleasant if you happen to be here.
| When | What | Worth planning around? |
|---|---|---|
| Jan–Feb | Chinese New Year — Chinatown light-up, reunion dinners, lion dances | Yes, both ways. Electric build-up; then two days where much of the city genuinely closes. Plan meals ahead. |
| Feb–Mar | Thaipusam · Ramadan begins (bazaars at Geylang Serai) | Thaipusam is extraordinary and free. Ramadan bazaars = the year's best street food. |
| Mar–Apr | Hari Raya Puasa · Good Friday · arts season | Hari Raya: Geylang Serai at night is a genuine highlight. |
| May–Jun | Vesak Day · Dragon Boat Festival · Great Singapore Sale season | Pleasant, not trip-defining. School holidays: book attractions ahead. |
| Jul–Aug | National Day (9 Aug) · Hungry Ghost Festival | NDP rehearsals are free and spectacular from the waterfront. Ghost month is the most unfiltered culture on offer. |
| Sep | Mid-Autumn (25 Sep 2026; 15 Sep 2027) · F1 build-up | Yes. Lanterns at Gardens + Chinatown. The 2026 guide — note Sun Yat Sen Hall is closed until 2027. |
| Oct | F1 Singapore GP (9–11 Oct 2026; roads shut 7–13 Oct) · Deepavali build-up | Yes, decisively. Fans: the calendar's best night race. Non-fans: hotels spike, roads close — the rest of the island is at its quietest. |
| Nov | Deepavali — Little India becomes a river of light | Yes for the light-up weeks; the switch-on crowds are an event themselves. |
| Dec | Christmas on Orchard Road · year-end festivity · wettest stretch | Lovely, crowded, rainy. Book early; pack the umbrella doctrine. |
Singapore's events calendar runs year-round — the city-state has no off-season, and its festival and event infrastructure spans cultural holidays, food festivals, sporting events, professional conferences, and arts programming across every month of the year.
Q1 highlights: Chinese New Year (February) transforms Chinatown and the River Hongbao site at Marina Bay. The Chingay Parade — Singapore's largest street performance — follows shortly after. For professionals, the first quarter brings the Singapore Airshow (biennial, February, Changi Exhibition Centre) and a dense conference calendar.
Q2–Q3: Vesak Day (May), Hari Raya Aidilfitri (dates vary by lunar calendar — approximately March–April 2026), and National Day on 9 August anchor the mid-year calendar. The National Day Parade at the Padang or Marina Bay is the most-attended annual event in Singapore. The Great Singapore Sale runs through June–July.
Q4: The Singapore FinTech Festival (November) is one of Asia's largest professional events. Deepavali in October–November lights up Little India's Race Course Road. The F1 Singapore Grand Prix (October 2026: 9–11 October, the first Sprint weekend in Singapore's F1 history) dominates the Marina Bay precinct for the race weekend. Christmas light-up on Orchard Road runs from November through December.
Event dates are confirmed annually — public holidays follow a fixed calendar while lunar-calendar events (Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Vesak) shift each year. Check the Singapore Tourism Board's events calendar for the current year's confirmed dates.
Public holidays below are the gazetted dates published by Singapore's Ministry of Manpower on 18 June 2026. The lunar festivals that are not public holidays are dated by the Chinese calendar. Anyone planning a 2027 trip can book against these now.
| Date | What | What it means for a visitor |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Jan | New Year's Day | Public holiday. Quiet city, everything open by the 2nd |
| Sat 6 – Mon 8 Feb | Chinese New Year | Three days, not two. The second day falls on a Sunday, so Monday 8 February is gazetted in lieu. Reunion dinner is Friday 5 February. Hawker stalls and small shops shut for several days — plan meals ahead or travel another week |
| Wed 10 Mar | Hari Raya Puasa | Public holiday. The Geylang Serai bazaar runs for the weeks of Ramadan before it and is the best night market of the year |
| Fri 26 Mar | Good Friday | Public holiday, long weekend |
| Sat 1 May | Labour Day | Public holiday |
| Mon 17 May | Hari Raya Haji | Public holiday, long weekend |
| Thu 20 May | Vesak Day | Public holiday. Temples are busy and beautiful from early morning |
| Wed 9 Jun | Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu) | Not a public holiday. Races at Bedok Reservoir and Kallang; rice dumplings everywhere for a fortnight |
| Early Aug – early Sep | Hungry Ghost Month | Nothing closes. Getai stages in heartland carparks — the most unfiltered culture on offer, and free |
| Mon 9 Aug | National Day | Public holiday. The free rehearsals in the weeks before are spectacular from the waterfront |
| Wed 15 Sep | Mid-Autumn Festival | Not a public holiday. Lanterns at Gardens by the Bay and the Chinatown light-up; mooncakes appear from early August |
| Thu 28 Oct | Deepavali | Public holiday. Little India's light-up runs for weeks beforehand and is worth the crowds |
| Sat 25 Dec | Christmas Day | Public holiday and the peak of the year. Book flights and hotels by September |
The 2027 Singapore Grand Prix date had not been published when this page was last checked on 30 September 2026; it has fallen in late September or early October every year since 2008.
The scheduling truth nobody publishes: Singapore has something on every single week of the year, so "when should I visit for the festivals?" is the wrong question. The better one is: what do you want your evenings to feel like? Lantern-lit and gentle (September), roaring and expensive (October), or quiet and cheap (the fortnight after Chinese New Year, the island's best-kept secret for value).
This calendar covers recurring annual events. For live ticket sales, one-off events and this week's listings, check these nine authoritative sources directly.
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