PAssionArts Festival kicks off on Saturday, 1 August 2026, continuing its celebration of “Our Neighbourhood Gems” by uncovering the stories, people and places that make each community special. The festival will span multiple festival villages, alongside the return of Giant Delight, the festival’s signature island-wide large-scale community art initiative.

Residents of Sengkang East coming together to paint a 5m-long wall mural ‘Woven Harmony, Our Sengkang East’, featuring scenes from the neighbourhood. This mural will be completed and unveiled at the Sengkang East PAssionArts Festival on 2 August 2026. Photo credit: People’s Association – PAssionArts

Organised by the People’s Association (PA) Arts & Culture Division and its network of Community Arts and Culture Clubs (CACCs), the festival fosters a sense of togetherness and belonging within the community through the arts. It provides residents from diverse backgrounds with a platform for creative collaboration and engagement encouraging community participation. This year’s festival will unfold across 79 festival villages islandwide, up from 67 last year, put together by 82 CACCs across the island’s five districts, from August to September 2026. Some festival villages will be organised in conjunction with other community events, such as National Day celebrations, reflecting how deeply the festival has become part of the rhythm of neighbourhood life.

Each festival village will feature hands-on art workshops, live performances and interactive art installations designed and built by residents themselves, transforming everyday spaces such as void decks and playgrounds into showcases of local creativity. Residents will have the opportunity to try their hand at new art forms at interactive art booths led by professional artists or art groups and bring home their own creations.

Ms Tan Swee Leng, Director of Arts & Culture Division at PA, said, “We chose to continue with ‘Our Neighbourhood Gems’ as this year’s PAssionArts Festival theme, to encourage our CACCs to delve deeper into the landmarks, people, history, and residents’ stories waiting to be uncovered. The response from our CACCs in the leadup to PAssionArts Festival 2026 has been enthusiastic, with a slew of art workshops, mural wall paintings, large-scale art installations and calls for residents to be part of dance performances, each expressing the stories of their ‘neighbourhood gems’ in their own creative way. This journey has been very meaningful to many as beyond contributing towards the different art forms, many have made new friends and formed lasting friendships. We hope Singaporeans will seize this opportunity to visit their heartland PAssionArts Festival and workshops with their family, connect with neighbours and friends, and rediscover the unique identity of their neighbourhood through this nation-wide celebration of community art.”

SHAPING NEIGHBOURHOOD STORIES: GIANT DELIGHT RETURNS WITH A NEW SET OF STRUCTURES FOR RESIDENTS TO CO-CREATE

Created by Sengkang East residents, Youth Network and students from Nanyang Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic and North Spring Primary School, this artwork ‘Woven Harmony – A Singapore Story’ is attempting to set a new Singapore Book of Records for the largest Singapore map made of bottle caps at the Sengkang East PAssionArts Festival 2026. Photo credit: People’s Association – PAssionArts

Now in its third year, Giant Delight returns with every participating CACC receiving the same set of three structures: a cube, a series of modular curved benches, and a cylindrical structure, giving artists and residents a common starting point to shape into large-scale art installations that tell the story of their neighbourhood. Some of the key installations will be featured as part of PAssionArts x Chingay 2027.

PASSIONARTS FESTIVAL 2026 COMING TO LIFE IN THE HEARTLANDS

Residents across the island can look forward to these community-led highlights, among others:

• Bukit Batok East (1 Aug) – Across multiple workshops in July, more than 100 residents have come together to create an art installation in an attempt at a new Singapore Book of Records for the largest sculptural display covered with sequins. Titled ‘Community Towers’, the artwork comprises three mosaic towers, each clad in panels designed by residents to reflect their favourite parts of the neighbourhood. With each panel representing a unique individual voice, the installation illustrates how diverse perspectives can unite to form a cohesive work of community art.

A Sengkang East family working together to place bottle caps onto the art installation ‘Woven Harmony – A Singapore Story’, made of more than 33,000 bottle caps, attempting to set a new Singapore Book of Records for the largest Singapore map made of bottle caps at the Sengkang East PAssionArts Festival 2026. Photo credit: People’s Association – PAssionArts.

• Paya Lebar-Kovan (8 Aug) – More than 100 Residents will come together to build a 2m tall four-tier birthday cake installation in celebration of Singapore’s 61st birthday, adorned with miniature air-dry clay replicas of the neighbourhood’s beloved landmarks. The installation will feature well-known locations such as the Paya Lebar-Kovan Community Club, Tua Jia Kar well at Kovan City, Paya Lebar Air Base, and the market stalls of 105 Hainanese Market & Food Centre and 209 Kovan Market.

• Zhenghua (8 Aug) – Some 80 students from Zhenghua Secondary School and West Spring Primary School come together to craft blooming flowers from recycled plastic bottles gathered through a community collection drive, which cascade down the steps of Zhenghua Community Club, pouring from an oversized golden tap to transform an everyday staircase into a river of colour, in celebration of the neighbourhood’s National Day.

• Telok Blangah (16 Aug) – Inspired by stories of Telok Blangah gathered at workshops with residents, the neighbourhood’s centrepiece is a large-scale collaborative batik artwork celebrating its lush greenery, nature and distinctive community spaces. Complementing the main installation are five multicultural fringe art booths celebrating Singapore’s multicultural heritage, alongside digital art booths featuring an AI art demonstration, where residents can explore digital illustrations. The festival will also feature winning performances from “My Home Got Talent 2026”, selected from over 26 resident entries spanning dancers, musicians and singers aged four to 79 years, in celebration of the breadth of homegrown talent in the neighbourhood.

Further details on individual CACC festival villages, art workshops and performance schedules will be shared as plans are confirmed. Additionally, please check our digital platforms (Facebook and Instagram) for the latest updates on PAssionArts Festival 2026.

🎉🇸🇬 SINGAPORE NATIONAL DAY 2026 – SG61 🇸🇬🎉

Singapore turns 61 this year, and it’s time to celebrate in style! From family-friendly activities to special SG61 events happening across the island, there’s something for everyone this National Day weekend. So, dress in red and white, gather your loved ones, and soak in the festive spirit!

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September School Holiday 2026

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