WHAT CAME BEFORE
TRUE COLORS FESTIVAL 2018
A celebration of all the senses, the festival brought together some of the world’s foremost artistes with disabilities in a multi-faceted celebration of talent. This inaugural Asia Pacific festival of music, dance and the arts featured an international conference, an outdoor festival of inclusion, community outreach activities, and a unique, world-class indoor multimedia concert experience.
WOMAD SINGAPORE
WOMAD stands for World of Music, Arts and Dance, expressing the central aim of the festival to bring music, dance, cultures and people together in a glorious celebration of shared humanity. Founded in the UK in 1982, the festival has to date presented more than 145 events in more than 20 countries. The Singapore edition was founded in Singapore in 1998 and was the curtain raiser for the Festival of Arts that year.
MADE IN SINGAPORE!
A weekend festival presenting the best of Singapore’s singers and musicians from the 1950s until the early 2000s. Produced in collaboration with Esplanade Theatres on the Bay.
PLAY IT BACK!
Satay, big band music, five stones, military music, hymns in Latin, wayang, Elvis, corned beef – all part of life in Singapore during the first half of the 1900s. A festival celebrating the music, dance and past times of early Singapore.
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​The festival venue – Esplanade Park – was the subject of a commissioned short film that was screened at the festival.