Sunda Festival 2025
The inaugural Sunda Festival in 2023 brought a fresh concept to the live music scene in Singapore, offering two days of dance music with on-site camping at Sarimbun Scout Camp.
It will be back for its sophomore edition and, this time, the festivities have been extended to three days over two venues.
The opening night on April 17 takes place at MDLR, a club in the Central Business District, while the following two days will see it return to Sarimbun Scout Camp.
The line-up features more than 30 acts, including DJ sets and live acts from the home-grown and regional scenes. These include Singapore acts such as Fauxe and Sappy Chill, as well as Dignos from the Philippines and Bongbongquayquay from Vietnam.
The festival also features activities such as dance and beatmaking workshops and neon chess games.
The event is family-friendly and open to all ages, and attendees who wish to stay on-site can either pitch their own tents or stay in pre-pitched tents or air-conditioned huts.
Where: MDLR, 02-00, 62 Cecil Street; and Sarimbun Scout Camp, 70 Jalan Bahtera
MRT: Telok Ayer (for MDLR)
When: April 17 to 19, various timings
Admission: From $48, go to sundafestival.com
Wu Bai And China Blue Rock Star 2
Taiwanese rock stalwart WuBai and his band China Blue will be back for a concert in Singapore, after their last performance at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in 2024.
It is part of the Rock Star 2 world tour, a series of shows celebrating his 35years in music.
Dubbed “the king of live music”, the 57-year-old guitar-slinging singer is best known for Hokkien and Mandarin hits such as Wanderer’s Love Song (1994) and No. 1 In TheWorld (1998).
He has also racked up several accolades over the years. Ding Zi Hua won Best Album – Taiwanese at the Golden Melody Awards in 2017, while Lonely Tree, Lonely Bird picked up Album of the Year atthe same awards show in 1999.
He released his latest studio album, Fresh Start, in 2023, featuring songs written during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as a live album, How To Be A Rock Star Original Soundtrack, in 2024.
Where: Singapore Indoor Stadium, 2 Stadium Walk
MRT: Stadium
When: April 19, 8pm
Admission: From $98 via Ticketmaster (go to ticketmaster.sg or call 6018-7645)
Unesco International Jazz Day – Jazz Soundtrack Of Our Lives
The 2025 edition of the annual Unesco International Jazz Day in Singapore will have a local twist.
In conjunction with SG60 celebrations, the free performance from the Jazz Association Singapore Youth Orchestra (Jassyo!) will comprise jazzy rearrangements of songs by Singapore music acts from the past decades.
Tokyo Square singers Linda Elizabeth and Max Surin, for example, will perform their 1985 hit Within You’ll Remain.
The orchestra will also perform Shanty (1966) by The Quests, as well as singer-composer Dick Lee’s The Ding Dong Song from his seminal 1989 album The Mad Chinaman.
Jassyo! will be led by Weixiang Tan, deputy music director and head of youth development at Jazz Association (Singapore).
Where: Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road
MRT: Botanic Gardens
When: April 27, 5.30pm
Admission: Free
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