Method · Tue 27 Oct 2026
How We Check Dates in Singapore
Every date on Singapore Happenings is checked against an official source before it is published, and the check date is printed on the event page. This is how the calendar is built, and how to read it.
Singapore Happenings lists 228 events. Of those, 199 carry confirmed dates published by an organiser, a venue, a governing body or an official tourism source, and the rest are labelled a tentative date everywhere they appear. This page explains the difference, because the whole calendar depends on it.
What confirmed means
A record is confirmed only when an official page states the date and the venue. In Singapore those pages are usually easy to find: SISTIC and Ticketmaster Singapore publish dated, priced listings, the Esplanade and the national companies publish their seasons, and public organisers such as the National Arts Council, the People's Association and the Urban Redevelopment Authority publish dates early and keep them. The official source for each record is linked on its event page, with the date we checked it.
What tentative means
Some of the dates people most want to plan around are not published yet when the calendar is built. River Hongbao, i Light Singapore and the Singapore Night Festival return every year, but their next editions had no official dates at the time of checking. Those records are carried as a tentative date, built from the previous edition or from tradition, with the basis stated in the listing itself. A tentative date is a planning guide, not a promise: check the official source before booking travel around it.
The counting method
The count is the dataset: one record per event or per dated run, counted once, with multi-night concert runs and theatre seasons counted as the single listing the organiser sells. Standing season records are included only where the season itself is the draw, such as the Singapore Premier League. Nothing is padded to reach a number, and when an organiser cancels or moves an event, the record is corrected or removed at the next sweep.
Singapore announces most events three to nine months out, so the calendar grows by monthly sweeps as new seasons land. If you spot a date that has moved, the contact page reaches the team that maintains the calendar.
More reading on the articles page, or go straight to the events calendar.