SG HeritageFest x Indian Heritage Centre Open House!

10 - 11 May • 10:00am

10 - 11 May • 10:30am

10 May • 02:00pm

10 - 11 May • 03:00pm

Celebrate #SHF2025 at the Indian Heritage Centre’s Open House on 10 & 11 May—featuring vibrant Peranakan Indian culture, performances, food trails, and more!

Speaking of Which - A Pop-Up Activation

Encounter mediums of culture through art and living archives with two pop-up exhibitions in Tanjong Pagar and HabourFront that explore 1950s and 1960s Singapore.

Sport and Art of Silat: Watering the Flower

4 May • 04:00pm

Discover the cultural depth of Silat through an informative fireside chat and an immersive outdoor workshop exploring the martial art's connection to nature and movement.

Stories of our Spices

1 - 25 May • 09:00am

An SG HeritageFest exclusive! Check out this pop-up exhibition on the spice trade in Maritime Southeast Asia. Discover how the spices we taste and see today journeyed to us via the maritime trade routes of the past.

Tanjong Pagar Heritage Walk: Yan Kit to Chin Woo

11 May • 09:00am

Trace the history of Singapore's martial arts heritage through a guided walk exploring the Singapore Chin Woo (Athletic) Association's century-long legacy along Tanjong Pagar

The Cosmopolitan Malay World through the Muslim Heritage of Kampong Gelam: Gravestone styles, writing scripts and calligraphic art at Jalan Kubor Cemetery

10 May • 10:00am

A Public Seminar on the cultural and artistic legacies of Jalan Kubor Cemetery gravestones – the variety of gravestone types and their artistic aspects as seen through Arabic calligraphy and Jawi, Bugis, Javanese, Gujarati and Chinese scripts - drawing upon examples found in Jalan Kubor Muslim gravestones.

The In-Kueh-Dible Rainbow Ondeh Ondeh workshop

1, 4, 10 - 11, 18 May • 11:00am

Join us in this In-Kueh-Dible hands-on experience, where you and your little ones get to create your very own rainbow ondeh ondeh!

The Otah Heritage Tour

10 May • 10:00am

10 May • 02:00pm

Go behind the scenes at an Otah factory! See how it's made, learn how it evolved, and discover how this traditional treat is winning over Gen Y & Z. Old traditions, new ways!

Tok Panjang

10 May • 12:00pm

Celebrate Mother's Day with a traditional Peranakan tok panjang lunch, enjoy classic dishes, dine on beautiful nyonyaware, and learn the stories behind these timeless culinary treasures.

Walk with May – A Special Edition

10 May • 02:00pm

Hear stories of the women of Kampong Gelam,trailblazers, caretakers, and creatives who have shaped the heart and soul of this historic neighbourhood through the decades.