5 Things To Do In Singapore This Week: 18th February To 24th February 2019
PUBLISHED February 17th, 2019 06:00 am
This week, Chinese New Year may be over, but the feasting certainly continues with the Michelin Guide Street Food Festival and Humpback’s first-ever Oyster Festival. On the artistic front, immerse yourself in the performative work of Nurul Huda in the third installation of Women in War. Parties aplenty are also active with the likes of Darker Than Wax at BREW, or Hong Kong talent YoungQueenz at Phuture.
Humpback’s First Annual Oyster Festival
Love oysters? Get ready, because the shellfish pros at Humpback are hosting their first ever festival highlighting the bivalves that we know and love. Get your fill of happy-hour priced fresh Pacific Northwest (varieties include Hama Hama, Blue Pool, and Disco Hama) oysters all night as well as classic oyster dishes like Oyster Po Boys and Oyster Rockefellers. Wash everything down with and Four Pillars Gin cocktails and we’re sure you’ll go home happy.
Humpback’s First Annual Oyster Festival! will be held from 20 February to 21 February 2019 at Humpback, 20 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore 089834, from 5pm – 11pm. For more details, check out the event page here.
Michelin Guide Street Food Festival 2019
Get ready your wallets and electric fans – the Michelin Guide Street Food Festival is back in town for its third edition. From the coal-fired barbeque goodness of Burnt Ends to the heartwarming Haig Road Putu Piring, feast on the best that Singapore’s Michelin awardees of 2018 have to offer. Other award-winning vendors include Rolina Singapore Traditional Hainanese Curry Puff, Pondok Makan Indonesia, and Ji Ji Wanton Noodle Specialist. If you are feeling kanchiong and want to get a foot in the door, VIP tickets even offer portions from every single stall, topped off with a lovely glass of bubbly.
The Michelin Guide Street Food Festival 2019 will be held from 22 February to 24 February 2019 at Resorts World Sentosa from 5pm – 730pm and 8pm – 1030pm. Purchase tickets here. For more details, check out the event page here.
Women in War (Phase 3) Performative Art
Emerging from the Objectifs Artist Studio residency programme, educator and image-maker Nurul Huda Rashid’s third instalment in a four-part project that identifies women as the subject matter in war and conflict photography manifests in Women in War (Phase 3). The programme starts with a 30 minute performance-meditation entitled “Notes to Her” and will be followed with a sharing of how bodily representations of women are mapped and traced in images of war to identify the various forms in which suffering take place through physically performing them.
Women In War (Phase 3) will be held on 23 February 2019 at Objectifs Workshop Space, from 1pm – 2.30pm. Admission is free, but you can save a seat here. For more details, check out the event page here.
DTW x CHYE SENG HUAT Hardware Present BREW
Kick it with Singaporean electronic label Darker Than Wax (DTW) this Saturday at BREW. Hosted by Chye Seng Huat in Jalan Besar, home to speciality coffee roasters Papa Palheta, you’re in for a good time with thick, rhythmic basslines delivered by RAH, genre-bending sets by FUNK BSTRD and refreshingly vibrant beats by William J. If you have time to kill before your Saturday night madness, this seems like a pretty good place for a pre-game – whether you rather jam out with a cuppa or chill out with a cold brew.
BREW will be held on 23 February 2019 at 150 Tyrwhitt Rd, Singapore 207563 from 4pm – 8pm. Admission is free. For more details, see the event page here.
Raw Emotions x Phuture x Yeti Out
This weekend, set out with a party that blends music with fashion, courtesy of creative collective Yeti Out. The resurgence of Phuture in the party scene is burgeoned by the debut performance of up-and-coming Canto-rapper YoungQueenz. Known for his blunt lyrics and distinct Canto-style flow, he graces the stage alongside Tom and Arthur Yeti and Singapore-based DJ Ghetto, promising a night fueled with anarchy and non-stop bops. Hong Kong streetwear purveyor Raw Emotions will also make an appearance for its merchandise collaboration with Yeti Out.
Raw Emotions x Phuture x Yeti Out will be held from 23 February 2019 at 3C River Valley Road, The Cannery, from 10pm – 4am. For more details, check out the event page here.
