Music

Gigs, concerts and music festivals in Singapore

Buddy Guy, Gipsy Kings, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club and more

Our pick of the best of this year's sonic gig-fest (12-21 Mar)

A full report on the best gigs of the year so far

Men, it's time to bring out your sweat-proof makeup (18 Mar)

MMF: Pink Martini (Music)
Wed 17 Mar Charming, multilingual cocktail lounge-jazz ensemble bring their 1940s-style Hollywood glamour to the Esplanade. More details
Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra: Classical Delights (Music)
Wed 17 Mar Oft-played favourites – Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture, Brahms’ Double Concerto (Ivan Peev, violin and Loke... More details
MMF Heineken Music Club: The Go! Team (Music)
17-18 Mar Infectious, campus-friendly indie-pop from the smiley, high-kicking UK sextet. More details
Richard Poon: For You (Music)
17-18 Mar Richard Poon, who has made a killing in the Philippines singing big band tunes, stages an intimate concert where he’ll... More details

Placebo (Music)
Thu 18 Mar If you’ve never been able to throw out your Cruel Intentions soundtrack and cop a lot of flak for being weird and... More details
MMF Mosaic Studio: Lionel Loueke Trio (Music)
Thu 18 Mar America’s much-lauded Afropop and modern jazz fusionists continue the intimate Studio series. More details
MMF Heineken Music Club: The Go! Team (Music)
17-18 Mar Infectious, campus-friendly indie-pop from the smiley, high-kicking UK sextet. More details
Richard Poon: For You (Music)
17-18 Mar Richard Poon, who has made a killing in the Philippines singing big band tunes, stages an intimate concert where he’ll... More details

MMF 11th Hour: Vashti Bunyan (Music)
Fri 19 Mar Long-lost Brit folkster charms with her warming, delicate campfire songs. Read our Mosaic Music Festival 2010 guide More details
MMF Mosaic Studio: Shugo Tokumaru (Music)
Fri 19 Mar Oddball folk-rock psychedelics wriggle around with bleepy, percussive Jpop in the obscuro world of alt-electro and whimsical... More details
MMF: Kings of Convenience (Music)
18-19 Mar Nerdy Norwegian duo play their sophisticated brand of lo-fi psych-folk pop at this. More details

MMF: Kool & the Gang (Music)
Sat 20 Mar Boogie on down – the original disco kings ('Celebration', 'Get Down On It') roll out their decade-spanning soul-funk... More details
MMF: Club M.I.A. (Music)
Sat 20 Mar Indonesian dancehall-reggae from Ras Muhamad, Taiwanese hip hop from Kou Chou Ching and Thai funk-rock from Bangkok... More details
MMF Mosaic Studio: Django 100: Frank Vignola’s Hot Club (Music)
Sat 20 Mar Genrestraddling gypsy-jazz guitar virtuoso celebrates Django Reinhardt’s centenary, with his playful Hot Club ensemble... More details
NUS Arts Festival 2010: Colonial Interlude by NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble (Music)
Sat 20 Mar ‘Nottuswara Sahitya’ is explored in this performance – a curious juxtaposition of Sanskrit lyrics set to... More details

MMF: Chucho Valdés Quintet (Music)
Sun 21 Mar Hard-bopping Afro-Cuban pianist fires off his crackling jazz and roots with the help of his ace freestyling quintet. More details
MMF: Explorations: Elements of Asian Electronica by Karsh Kale, MIDIval Punditz and Ajay Prassana (Music)
Sun 21 Mar Cool Asian computer music trio takes a sure-tobe- interesting music lesson. More details
SIFAS Festival of Indian Classical Music & Dance: Carnatic Saxophone Concert SWARA PRASTHARA (Music)
Sun 21 Mar South Indian music is given a twist with its performance on the saxophone by one of its pioneers, Kadri Gopalnath,... More details
NUS Arts Festival 2010: Quintessence (NUS Chinese Orchestra) (Music)
Sun 21 Mar A new commission, ‘Sketches of the City’ by Phoon Yew Tien, makes its premiere with some of the island’s... More details

SIFAS Festival of Indian Classical Music & Dance 2010 Sitar Concert by Shahid Pervez: SUREELI SHYAM (Music)
Tue 23 Mar Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan, one of the finest living sitar players, performs. Many other Conservatory student recitals can be... More details
NAFA Concert Series 09/10: Piano Masterpieces (Music)
Tue 23 Mar Indulge in piano-mania as talents from the NAFA piano department play the 88 keys with works for one, two and even four pianos. More details