Celebrate A Futuristic Mid-Autumn At Singapore's Surreal Gardens By The Bay

The celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival is based on the lunar calendar and held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese and Vietnamese calendars. In Singapore, this festival is being celebrated at Gardens by the Bay with nightly events being held until Saturday, September 18th. The Mid-Autumn Festival is similar to other harvest festivals like Thanksgiving in North America or Chuseok in South Korea and is celebrated by gathering with your loved ones, giving thanks for what you have, and praying for things you hope to gain over the next year.
From now until September 18th, Gardens by the Bay will light up nightly with the festival celebrating the importance of the past together with the excitement of the future. Set up in the grounds of the garden, there will be enormous lantern dioramas that illustrate different Asian stories — the largest is 27 meters wide! Another impressive display close to the Supertree Grove is the Colonnade of Lights which features 4,000 lanterns that were painted by members of the Chinese and Vietnamese communities in anticipation of the festival.

The Ten Suns lantern set — the widest lantern set at Mid-Autumn measuring 27 meters across

There will be many interactive, community events during the festival. Nightly performances by the National Arts Council, craft booths where kids and adults alike can decorate lanterns and learn calligraphy will keep festival-goers of all ages entertained. Storytellers from The Theatre Practice and the National Library Board will also be telling traditional and modern stories of the moon, keeping with the theme of this year’s festival. And if you’re feeling futuristic, visit Ron Arad’s 720° art installation. This work, curated by the Singapore International Festival of Arts, projects different content daily onto a screen that is composed of an installation of 5,600 silicon cords that are 8 meters long and set in a circle 18 meters in diameter. Try to go hungry, because there are many exciting things to sample as the Food Street is being set up with mouth-watering and intriguing dishes like salted egg fries and chilli crab mantou.

The Matchmaker lantern set at the Supertree Grove is the tallest at 11 meters

Since you are here, we would like to share our vision for the future of travel - and the direction Culture Trip is moving in.

Culture Trip launched in 2011 with a simple yet passionate mission: to inspire people to go beyond their boundaries and experience what makes a place, its people and its culture special and meaningful — and this is still in our DNA today. We are proud that, for more than a decade, millions like you have trusted our award-winning recommendations by people who deeply understand what makes certain places and communities so special.

Increasingly we believe the world needs more meaningful, real-life connections between curious travellers keen to explore the world in a more responsible way. That is why we have intensively curated a collection of premium small-group trips as an invitation to meet and connect with new, like-minded people for once-in-a-lifetime experiences in three categories: Culture Trips, Rail Trips and Private Trips. Our Trips are suitable for both solo travelers, couples and friends who want to explore the world together.

Culture Trips are deeply immersive 5 to 16 days itineraries, that combine authentic local experiences, exciting activities and 4-5* accommodation to look forward to at the end of each day. Our Rail Trips are our most planet-friendly itineraries that invite you to take the scenic route, relax whilst getting under the skin of a destination. Our Private Trips are fully tailored itineraries, curated by our Travel Experts specifically for you, your friends or your family.

We know that many of you worry about the environmental impact of travel and are looking for ways of expanding horizons in ways that do minimal harm - and may even bring benefits. We are committed to go as far as possible in curating our trips with care for the planet. That is why all of our trips are flightless in destination, fully carbon offset - and we have ambitious plans to be net zero in the very near future.