TLDR
Key Takeaways
- The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS) will host an Open House on July 18-19, 2026, showcasing its new location.
- Visitors can enjoy interactive workshops, performances, and demonstrations in various Indian classical arts like Bharatanatyam and music sessions.
- Entry is free, but registration is required; new registrants can receive incentives including a registration waiver and discounts.
- SIFAS aims to introduce its diverse offerings and encourage participation from the public through this event.
- For more information and to register, visit sifas.org.
There is something grounding about an institution that has stayed the course for decades. The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society, known to most simply as SIFAS, has spent 77 years anchoring Indian classical music, dance and visual arts within Singapore’s cultural landscape. This July, the Society holds its annual Open House, its first at the new Middle Road premises, over a two-day programme that feels less like a showcase and more like an invitation.
Set for Saturday and Sunday, 18 and 19 July 2026, from 9.30am to 9.30pm, the event runs across SIFAS’ campus at 250/252 Middle Road. Entry is free, and interested visitors can register ahead of time via this link.
What fills the two days is fairly comprehensive. Visitors can move through interactive workshops and introductory sessions spanning Bharatanatyam, Kathak and Kuchipudi, alongside Carnatic and Hindustani music, and instrument-focused sessions on tabla, mridangam, sitar, harmonium and keyboard. Visual arts also gets its own space in the programme. Rather than a single stage or single discipline, the Open House reads like a walkthrough of everything SIFAS teaches under one roof, which is arguably the best way to experience what its new premises has to offer.
Lecture-demonstrations and performances by SIFAS gurus and students run throughout both days, with evenings reserved for live music and dance. It is worth planning around those evening slots if watching, rather than participating, is the goal.
For anyone considering signing up for a new discipline, the weekend comes with a fairly generous set of incentives. New registrants can claim a S$100 registration waiver and a free goodie bag while stocks last. Those aged 60 and above get 20% off their second month’s tuition. There is also a life membership promotion offering two free tickets to five SIFAS Annexe programmes over the following year, and a lucky draw open to every new registration, with three winners announced each evening at 9pm. Existing students are not left out either, with 20% off short-term courses, 10% off cumulative fees for those signing up to three or more disciplines, and 20% off book purchases.
There is a lot on offer across the two days, and that seems to be the intent. SIFAS is using the Open House to give people multiple ways in, whether that is curiosity about Bharatanatyam, a child’s first music lesson, or simply a first look at its new premises.
Visit sifas.org for more details or click here to register for SIFAS Open House 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
SIFAS Open House 2026 takes place on Saturday and Sunday, 18 and 19 July 2026, from 9.30am to 10pm at SIFAS’ campus on Middle Road.
Yes, admission is free for the public. Visitors can also register in advance for specific sessions via the official registration form.
The programme includes interactive workshops, introductory sessions and lecture-demonstrations across Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Carnatic and Hindustani music, and visual arts, along with live evening performances.
New registrants can enjoy a S$100 registration waiver, a free goodie bag, and other promotions including discounts on tuition, short-term courses and book purchases.
The new SIFAS campus is located at 250/252 Middle Road, Singapore 188983/188984.