Sing60: 20 reasons to catch Singapore’s biggest music festival of 2025

[SINGAPORE] For one electrifying weekend (Dec 6-7), Fort Canning Park transforms into a landmark music festival celebrating six decades of Singapore music.   Sing60 is a multi-stage playground. The main arena features pop icons such as Mavis Hee, Corrinne May, Benjamin Kheng, Imran Ajmain, Shye, Shabir, Shazza, Charlie Lim, Dru Chen and Glenn Yong – all singing some of their biggest hits.

Then there’s the Bandwagon Sessions with indie and alternative bands – both legacy and emerging acts – thrumming the lawns with guitars, synths and youthful swagger. Think bands like A Vacant Affair, The Great Spy Experiment and Caracal, and newer acts like Carpet Golf and Motifs.

And then there’s the Battlebox underground bunker, where DJs and producers flood the subterranean chambers with bass and pulse. Aldrin, EJ Missy and Darren Dubwise are just some of the heavy-hitters anchoring these high-voltage sets.

Organised by The Rice Company Limited and produced by Global Cultural Alliance, with support from The Business Times and The Straits Times, Sing60 is not just a concert – it’s a once-in-a-generation gathering of the artists who shaped Singapore’s soundtrack and the new voices rewriting it.

Sing60’s one-day passes are eligible for SG Culture Pass credit – making it virtually free to join the celebration if you haven’t redeemed your credits.

That aside, here are 20 more reasons to catch it:

1. Benjamin Kheng is staging a mini-mystery. He’s bringing “three friends” onstage for a “reunion”. (We wonder who they are.) He’ll also perform his National Day Parade hit Not Alone with Shazza and a “guest” for that emotional singalong moment.

2. Get ready for a wave of 90s feels. Much-missed Mandarin and Cantonese pop queen Mavis Hee returns with the heartfelt ballads that defined an era.

3. Charlie Lim and Corrinne May give us a full-circle moment. The two soulful icons will reunite for Kite – exactly 10 years after premiering it at Sing50. (Yes, there was a Sing50 concert too.)

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4. Glenn Yong pays tribute to his mentor. The actor-singer will honour music maestro Lee Wei Song by singing Stefanie Sun’s classic Against The Light, written by the veteran composer.

5. Welcome back, Shabir. The inaugural winner of Vasantham Star 2005 is flying back from India especially to perform his biggest hits, Yaayum and Vettai.

6. Five generations of Talentime magic collide. Alumni from the beloved 1950s-90s show – Clement Chow, Max Surin, Ann Hussein, Gerry Rezel and Faridah Ali – will take the stage together for a nostalgic medley.

7. A cross-generational duet you never knew you needed. Surin will also belt out Tokyo Square’s evergreen Within You Remain with young star Shazza – a nod to the fact that the song is her father’s favourite.

8. Rock fans, rejoice: A Vacant Affair is back. After eight years of silence, the cult-favourite band is coming back – and Fort Canning is where they’re turning the amps back on.

9. Motifs bring Iceland to Singapore. The dream-pop band recently released their EP If This House Was Bigger, recorded in the same Icelandic studio where Sigur Ros cut their records – and they’re bringing that glacial glow to the stage.

10. A collision of carnival energy. Theatrical rock outfit Tiramisu is teaming up with percussion powerhouse Bloco Singapura – and it’s exactly as wild as it sounds. 

11. A genre-bending debut you won’t want to miss. Post-rock shapeshifters sub:shaman are unveiling a brand-new track with none other than rapper-poet Mary Sue. 

12. An experimental pairing with delicious unpredictability. Vegtable and Intermission are joining forces to create some off-kilter rhythms and delightfully strange soundscapes.

13. Veteran firepower meets fresh energy. Legendary DJ Adrin meets young blood Loyboy in the Battlebox bunker to spin a high-voltage set that punches through the night.

14. Pure chemistry. Also in the underground bunker, two selectors, EJ Missy and Taz Angullia, engage in perfect conversation on the dancefloor, beat for beat.

15. Glitchy, live electronic chaos. sl_owtalk and Deførmed promise a raw, experimental set that crackles with unpredictability.

16. Just girls doing tempo flips. DJ Aresha and DJ Krstn are set to deliver mind-bending music that swerves and surprises everyone on the dancefloor.

17. Gritty vinyl sets. For one night only, deejays Itch, Sadat, KidG and Bongomann offer deep cuts, left turns and analogue heat in the Battlebox bunker.

18. A new anthem with heart. Timbre CEO Danny Loong and singer Awi Rafael debut Me And My Guitar, an original song celebrating the Gift A Guitar initiative, which puts guitars in the hands of less privileged youth.

19. Return to childhood magic. The UOB-sponsored ChildAid showcase reunites standout performers from the long-running charity series by BT and ST, with Amni Musfirah leading the charge.

20. Need to come up for air? Wander into the Festival Village, co-curated with F Zine, for local food brands, crafts, fashion and all kinds of indie lifestyle gems. 

Bonus reason: You’re doing good. Every ticket you buy gifts a ticket to a youth from a less privileged background. You party – someone else gets the chance to discover the joy of live music too. So come.

Sing60 runs at Fort Canning Park on Dec 6 and 7, with different performers each night. Tickets from S$40 available at sing60fest.com. SG Culture Pass can be used to off-set ticket purchase.