Things to do in Singapore this weekend: 14 to 16 July

Catch show-stopping music concerts at Where Music Takes Over Festival

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Starting this weekend, Marina Bay Sands will play host to a multi-genre Music Festival featuring electrifying performances from all around the world. From 15 July onwards, catch some of the most eagerly anticipated live acts like Cai Xukun who will be making his debut in Singapore as part of his Kun 2023 Maze World Tour, while six-time Golden Melody Award winner, David Tao, returns for a spectacular performance at Marina Bay Sands on the 16th of July. Melbourne-raised artist RINI will also be bringing his new tour to Asia and is set to perform in Singapore at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, before The 1975 takes on two sold-out shows on the 18th and 19th. Other headlining acts that will be performing at the festival include Miyavi, Sabrina Carpenter, J Balvin, Ellie Goulding and The Strokes.

Where Music Takes Over Festival is located at Marina Bay Sands. 

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Snap photos with your girlfriends at the LEGO BTS Dynamite experience

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In partnership with Singapore Tourism Board and Orchard Road Business Association, The LEGO Group will be shaking things up in Orchard this weekend with its LEGO BTS Dynamite experience. Spanning across three zones - namely LEGO® BTS Big Builds Stage, Disco Retail Zone and Record Discovery Zone - along Orchard Road, this experience is inspired by the LEGO® IDEAS BTS Dynamite Set, which features the South Korean boy band in LEGO minifigure form. here, you can look forward to photo opportunities, with eye-catching backdrops for you to snap photos. You can also get your hands on LEGO sets with special promotions of up to 25% off.

The LEGO® BTS Dynamite experience is located at Orchard Road (in front of Ngee Ann City). 

Go on a journey into the heart of our ecosystem at the Sensory Odyssey Exhibition

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From the salt lakes of the savannah to the Arctic Circle, from the rainforest canopy to the depths of the earth and oceans, explore the natural environments of Mother Earth at the Sensory Odyssey Exhibition. Held at the ArtScience Museum,here, you can learn more about the wide variety of plants, animals, bacteria, and mushroom species through videos displayed accompanied by specially designed scents and sound effects that will take you up close and personal with the living world.

Sensory Odyssey: Into the Heart of Our Living World is located at the ArtScience Museum, 6 Bayfront Ave, Singapore 018974

Fans of the Stranger Things franchise, this one’s for you. Netflix has joined forces with Singapore’s Mighty Jaxx to offer an interactive experience like no other. Titled ‘Stranger Things – The Encounter: Singapore’, the pop-up will be located at Bugis+ starting 30 June to 1 October.

In this perilous adventure into the upside down, here you’ll find seven rooms dedicated to the fantasy world shown in the series including Joyce’s House, Hellfire Club, Palace Arcade, Starcourt Mall, Upside Down, The Lab, and the eerie Creel House. As part of the interactive experience, you can also collect digital memorabilia from the Stranger Things universe at the pop-up, which in turn, can be used to customise your own digital avatar which you can then have printed on a t-shirt or tote bag.

To end the experience on a high note, be sure to swing by the Stranger Things Visitor Center where you’ll find Stranger Things inspired refreshments and merchandise at the ‘Starcourt Mall’.

Stranger Things – The Encounter: Singapore is located at Bugis+, 201 Victoria St, Singapore 188067.

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Immerse yourself in a grand exhibition at The Banquet by AMIEN

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Step into a world where imagination knows no bounds and creativity takes center stage at The Banquet by AMIEN. AMIEN's expertise in both traditional and digital mediums, has culminated in 11 captivating paintings. While the art world debates the rise of A.I.-generated art, AMIEN encourages us to savour the art of creation itself. Through abstraction of colour and intuitive form-drawing, he conjures characters and breathtaking worlds, manipulating the medium with skill and finesse. Immerse yourself in a feast for the senses and let your imagination run wild.

The Banquet by AMIEN will be located at Art Outreach Singapore Ltd 5 Lock Road #01-06 Singapore, 108933