Must Go: 5 FREE Octoburst! 2018 Programs to Check Out with Your Little Ones!

Location: Esplanade
Date: 5 Oct – 7 Oct 2018
Hour: Various timing
Admission: FREE  

Octoburst!, Esplanade’s yearly children’s festival is here once again with an exciting line-up of exuberant programs, from storytelling sessions and hands-on activities to a wide variety of dance, music and theatre performances!

Out of the myriad of free and ticketed programs, we bring you the 5 FREE programs you should check out with your little ones!

1. Pipe-ful Play Garden

Location: Esplanade Courtyard Green
Date: 5 Oct – 7 Oct 2018

Hour:

• Fri: 12 pm – 7 pm
• Sat – Sun: 11 am – 7 pm

Team up with your little ones and set your hands to work on building a pipe maze! Unlike putting together an IKEA furniture, you’re free to be as imaginative as you want with your structure!

For more information, click here.

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2. BONDS

Location: PIP’s PLAYbox
Date: 5 Oct – 7 Oct 2018
Hour: 11 am | 12 pm | 1 pm | 3 pm | 4 pm | 5 pm

Gather around to listen to the riveting tale of Zoe, a curious girl, as she uncovers the secrets of a mystery cupboard she found in her home!

Stay back after the storytelling session for the craft activity and put together a time capsule with your little ones. Keep it sealed and open it years down the road for a nostalgic hello from the past you!

For more information, click here.

3. a, 5, 6, 7, 8!

Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Date: 5 Oct – 7 Oct 2018

Hour:

• Fri – Sat: 7.45 pm – 8.15 pm
• Sun: 7.00 pm – 7.30 pm

Make some noise and groove to the beat at this vibrant musical performance, a, 5, 6, 7, 8! by Musical Monkeys featuring musical theatre classics but not the way you’ve seen them rendered! 

For more information, click here.

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4. DON! DON! DON! - Japanese rhythms and music

Location: Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Date: 5 Oct – 7 Oct 2018

Hour:

• Fri – Sat: 9.00 pm – 9.30 pm
• Sun: 8.00 pm – 8.30 pm

Take an auditory ride to Japan through Japanese music by HIBIKIYA! Immerse yourselves in the distinctive tunes of various traditional and modern musical instruments such as taiko, shamisen and shinobue.

If you’re lucky, your little ones may even get chosen to try their hands at playing the taiko!

For more information, click here.

5. Let’s Sing, Play and Move!

Location: Open Stage, library@esplanade
Date: 7 Oct 2018
Hour: 5 pm
Suitable Ages: 18 mths – 3 yrs

Move your body, sing-a-long and play with percussion instruments and props to your hearts content with your little ones in this lively session of Let’s Sing, Play and Move! 

For more information, click here.

Please note that the activities have limited space and are on first come, first serve basis. Click here to check out the other free and ticketed programmes happening at Esplanade this Octoburst! 2018!

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