Looking for a gig where you can let loose after a long week at work? Or do you require a fresh idea for a weekend date with that special someone in your life? With a variety of live music events already added to the 2026 calendar, you can rest assured that you will find something that suits your needs.
If you are not sure where to start looking, here is a guide to concerts, gigs, festivals, and events featuring homegrown musicians and artists that you can catch on our sunny island this year.
UPCOMING GIGS
Candlelight Concerts
When: Various dates
Where: Various venues
Tickets: More information is available here
Fever's celebrated Candlelight Concerts series is back in 2025 and music lovers can expect to be mesmerised by classical renditions of tunes from beloved films, hits from some of the biggest names from the international music scene, and more. This year is all about tributes to legendary music soundtracks in movies and dramas by the likes of Hans Zimmer, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran & more.
RUPTURE
When: 28-30 May 2026, 6:30AM
Where: Empress Lawn
Tickets: Free entry
The Observatory are set to usher in the break of dawn with a rare free performance at the Singapore International Festival of Arts 2026. Titled RUPTURE, the immersive work draws from volcanic activity, seismic research, and mythology, transforming field recordings from volcanic sites and seismic data into shifting sonic textures that mirror cycles of destruction and renewal. Framed around the myth of Prometheus — “the thief of fire, the first disruptor” — the performance unfolds as night gives way to morning, with sound structures rising and collapsing in real time. Conceived as a ritualistic daybreak experience alongside three suns & moons, the set sees the band exploring “geological and emotional” seismic shifts through a liminal space where perception feels heightened and unstable.
Lush Life
When: 29-30 May 2026, 8PM
Where: Victoria Theatre
Tickets: $48 - $88, available here
Two of Singapore's most iconic and contrasting voices share one stage in a groundbreaking new work. Helmed by internationally acclaimed Singapore director Ong Keng Sen known for his distinct aesthetic in creating documentary performance through collaboration with his performers and extensive research, Lush Life is an intimate documentary piece that weaves the lives, artistry and connections between the sublime, audiophile-grade jazz of songbird Jacintha and the bohemian spirit of pop icon Dick Lee. Through personal narratives, archival traces and live music, this distilled work paints a dual portrait of artistic and life pursuits. Sink into the lush world of Jacintha's music and Lee's vibrant classics, revealed as chapters in their lives. Lush Life is a conversation across styles and generations, a meditation on what it means to live a creative life in its most resonant form.
Earthopia Fest 2026
When: 29-31 May 2026, 10AM
Where: Fort Canning Green
Tickets: Free entry, register here
Earthopia Fest 2026 is set to return, bringing together a vibrant mix of live music, sustainability, art, and community action. Headlined by acts including Shye, Club Mild, Sobs, Heema Izzati, and Jukuleles, the three-day festival will also feature thrift and circular fashion pop-ups, eco-focused workshops, interactive art installations, yoga sessions, and insight talks by youth-led organisations and sustainability advocates. Curated as a space “that turns apathy into action”, Earthopia Fest promises an immersive weekend where festival-goers can discover new music, support conscious brands, and connect with Singapore’s growing creative and environmental communities.
Identité
When: 29 May 2026, 7:30PM
Where: RASA
Tickets: $30
Long-running independent gig series Identité continues its new chapter at RASA with another stacked night of noise, grit, and underground energy. After several well-received shows at the club over the past few months, the collective returns with aanother spectacular lineup featuring post-shoegazers SEER, groove / metalcore outfit KITASUKA, punk rock vets Iman’s League, and ska legends Cesspit.
That Incredible Gig In May
When: 30 May 2026, 6PM
Where: Wire Entertainment Live House
Tickets: $19.90, available here
Organisers Wicked Productions have put together an incredible gig in May simply called... That Incredible Gig In May! The stacked lineup includes local faves suc as rathmock, Tariot, MAO.A, Saving Medusa, Cakar and Mantra.
Housekeeping
When: 30 May 2026, 7PM
Where: Filmhouse
Tickets: Free entry
After a month of filling Singapore’s newly opened arthouse cinema Filmhouse with music, movement, and late-night energy, the venue is closing out its opening run with one final blowout: Housekeeping night. Expect fuzz, groove, distortion, and rhythm to take over the space as a stacked lineup of homegrown acts — Fickle, Tomo Blu, Krunkle, Bellied Star, and ABSRD. — bring the live heat, alongside DJ sets from Disco Hue, failtrylagi, and New Masculine. Entry is free, with pay-as-you-wish donations welcomed for one last loud, sweaty, and emotional night on the floor.
goneMUNE: AVERDONIA [EXTENDED] LIVE
When: 30 May 2026, 10PM
Where: Empress Lawn
Tickets: Free entry
goneMUNE brings the metal heart of AVERDONIA to life with goneMUNE: AVERDONIA [EXTENDED] LIVE, a fleshed-out continuation of the darkwave world first introduced in their self-titled album. The performance will feature new tracks alongside music from AVERDONIA, with Mervin Wong joining the live set and Tactility of Light handling lights. The gig is part of SIFA x Big Duck Music, alongside performances by Hidemen and Houg. Fans can also dive deeper into the origins of AVERDONIA through an accompanying exhibition by AxTL x HOTHOUSE (running from 7-15 May), which explores the project’s beginnings through surround sound and immersive lights, alongside works by Alina Ling, NONFORM, Hidemen, and Houg.
hello risk hello reward
When: 6-7 June 2026, 8:30PM
Where: Esplanade Concourse
Tickets: Free entry
He greets risk with a hello, but is unsure of his reward. The first step is always the scariest. Doubts run freely in his head, untamed. His judgement of foresight is veiled by irrational fears. Despite this, he maintains a cool composure on the outside. He forcibly silences the noise in his head, while diving headfirst into the aforementioned risk. Join deførmed as he performs his first ever soliloquy, of which the narrative is guided by his songs.
BIG BIG small small
When: 6-7 June 2026, 2PM, 4PM, 7PM, 9PM
Where: Studio Theatre, School of the Arts Singapore
Tickets: $48 - $56, available here
Blending sound, sculpture, and storytelling, BIG BIG small small is an immersive, genre-defying performance that brings together Joanna Dong, Chok Kerong, and Dawn Ng in a striking exploration of existence and identity. Designed as a fluid experience rather than a conventional show, the piece invites audiences to move through a darkened, sculptural soundscape where music, spoken word, and visual art intersect — dissolving the boundaries between concert, installation, and ritual. Through bilingual compositions and a constantly shifting environment, the performance reflects on the paradox of being both small within the vast cosmos and expansive within oneself, offering an intimate yet thought-provoking journey that lingers long after the final note.
Ma mère l’Oye: SNYO with Singapore Ballet
When: 12-13 June 2026, 7:30PM
Where: Esplanade Concert Hall
Tickets: $20 - $50, available here
Following their well-received 2023 collaboration, the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) and Singapore Ballet reunite for Ma mère l’Oye: SNYO with Singapore Ballet. They jointly present the ballet piece titled Ravel Vignettes, choreographed by three of Singapore Ballet’s dancers and performed to Ravel’s enchanting Mother Goose and Schubert’s Second Symphony, the latter choreographed by the legendary Choo-San Goh. Music Director Joshua Tan also conducts the SNYO for the concert opener, Brahms’s Academic Festival Overture.
A Pale Decrepit Dot Live
When: 27 June 2026, 7:30PM
Where: Esplanade Annexe Studio
Tickets: $40 - $45, available here
Amateur Takes Control confronts the fragility of existence head-on with In A Pale Decrepit Dot, their acclaimed 2025 album that laments the currency of the human condition amid a world consumed by violence, chaos, negligence, and suffering. This upcoming show will see the band deliver an immersive 80-minute set featuring material from their latest album alongside compositions from earlier releases, promising an emotionally charged journey through their evolving sound. Joining them for the night are fellow KittyWu acts I Am David Sparkle and genre-defying artist deførmed.
Singapore International Piano Festival 2026
When: 2-5 July 2026, various times
Where: Victoria Concert Hall & Play Den, The Arts House at The Old Parliament
Tickets: $28 - $88, available here
Presented by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), the Singapore International Piano Festival (SIPF) returns for its 32nd edition under new Artistic Director Albert Tiu. With the theme “The Pianist, Composer and Improviser”, the festival spotlights artists who perform across all three roles through six recitals, a masterclass, and two talks. Highlights include new late-night recitals at Play Den, where Singaporean pianists Churen Li (2 July, 10PM) and Jonathan Shin (3 July, 10PM) take the stage. Li’s Echoes and Refractions blends her own compositions with works by Mozart, Beethoven and Saint-Saëns, while Shin’s Restless Natures features world premieres by himself and Nathaniel Parks alongside music by Andres, Boulanger and Muhly.
Broadway Beng 20th Anniversary TWENTY POON PIPI
When: 10-11 July 2026, 7:30PM
Where: Esplanade Concert Hall
Tickets: $88 - $198, available here
Blow your whistle - as the wonderful worlds of the Broadway Top Hat and the Ah Beng Gold Chain come together for the 20th anniversary celebration of our beloved Broadway Beng! This July, elevated by a mini-combo orchestra, this East meets West, Hokkien spewing, Broadway crooning, YAN TAO (gorgeous) local superstar takes to (drumroll pls ....) the Esplanade Concert Hall! With his hallmark tongue in cheek humour and his feet tapping, heart stopping, honey-dripping vocals, YOU die die cannot miss this Full Tux, Full Luxe affair! You must catch tok kong mini orchestra, sibeh chio Chio Buuuuuus plus the one and only Sebastian Tan as your Broadway Beng!
CHASING LIGHT: DING YI x DICK LEE 70
When: 25 July 2026, 7:30PM
Where: Esplanade Concert Hall
Tickets: $48 - $158, available here
CHASING LIGHT: DING YI x DICK LEE 70 sees Ding Yi Music Company reimagine the beloved Mandarin and Cantopop songbook of Singapore cultural icon Dick Lee through contemporary Chinese chamber music, offering audiences a fresh take on classics popularised by legends including Leslie Cheung, Sandy Lam, Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Anita Mui, and Kit Chan. Featuring reinterpretations of songs such as ‘追 (Chase)’, ‘爱是永恒 (Love Is Eternal)’, and ‘破晓 (Dawn)’, the production blends nostalgia with reinvention through new arrangements by composers Sulwyn Lok, Hannah Hsieh, and Law Kin Pong, alongside performances by Singapore vocalists Jessie Yeong, Lennerd Lim, Skye Sirena, and Wysom Wong.
