Celebrate Chinese Arts And Culture Together At Cultural Extravaganza 2025

Experience a month-long celebration of local Chinese arts, packed with exciting family-friendly programmes.

Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC)
Date: 9 May to 7 June 2025
Time: Varies by programme
Fee: Free & Ticketed

Cultural Extravaganza 2025: A Celebration of Local Chinese Arts for All Ages

Launched in 2017 to mark the opening of the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, Cultural Extravaganza has since become a yearly highlight for families looking to enjoy the richness of Singapore’s Chinese heritage. This year’s edition runs from 9 May to 7 June 2025, offering a vibrant and innovative take on traditional culture through theatre, music, dance and cross-disciplinary arts.

Families can look forward to a wide variety of engaging programmes presented by beloved local groups such as Nine Years Theatre, Dance Ensemble Singapore, Ding Yi Music Company, and many others. Whether you're introducing the little ones to traditional music or looking to spend meaningful time with teens through thought-provoking performances, there's something for everyone.

Paid Programmes

Home Kitchen

Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Auditorium, Level 9
Date & Time:

• 10, 11 & 17 May 2025: 3pm, 8pm
• 18 May 2025: 3pm

Fee: $88, $58

At Gim Hiang Restaurant, a three-generation business, the dishes are hot, but the family tensions are hotter! A father clings to tradition, while his French-trained son stirs up bold new flavours. Will they preserve the past or spice up the future? Can they find common ground, or will their bond go up in flames? A sizzling clash of food, culture, and love—Home Kitchen serves up a deliciously heartwarming family showdown!

Presented by: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Produced by: Nine Years Theatre
Presentation Format and Language: Presented by: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Produced by: Nine Years Theatre
Presentation Format and Language: Theatre, Mandarin with some French and dialect, with English surtitles

Intersections

Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Multi-Purpose Hall, Level 7
Date & Time:

• 16 May 2025: 7.30pm
• 17 May 2025: 2pm & 7.30pm 
• 18 May 2025: 1pm & 5.30pm 

Fee: $50

Celebrating 31 years of innovation, Dance Ensemble Singapore (DES) presents Intersections, a sensory installation set in an ever shifting nine-square grid formation that explores the connections between dance and different art forms such as Cantonese opera, music, theatre, multimedia art, Peranakan fashion, photography, art installation, wayang kulit and calligraphy.

Presented by: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Produced by: Dance Ensemble Singapore
Presentation Format and Language: Dance, Music, Theatre

LOVE Across Time: No Expiry Date!

Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Auditorium, Level 9
Date & Time:

• 30 May 2025: 8pm
• 31 May 2025: 3pm & 8pm

Fee: $58, $48

At Bukit Timah Reserve, a mystical portal has reopened, allowing legendary lovers from Chinese mythology to cross through. Stranded here in modern day Singapore when the portal last opened 972 years ago, the legendary White and Green Snake Sisters take on the role of “love consultants” as they help these mythological lovers navigate the quirks of modern living and find their place in this new reality.

Presented by: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Produced by: LOVE 972
Presentation Format and Language: Theatre, Mandarin with English surtitles

Disappearing…Series: The Last Episode

Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Auditorium, Level 9
Date & Time: 

• 6 Jun 2025: 7.30pm
• 7 Jun 2025: 3pm

Fee: $35

In this last episode of its Disappearing… series, Ding Yi Music Company bridges past and present through Chinese chamber music, breathing life into Singapore’s fading artisanal traditions by honouring the artistry of lion dance head-making, rattan weaving and Malay songkok making. Through music and craft showcases, the concert seeks to remind audiences that traditional trades are not just relics of the past but living cultural treasures to be preserved and celebrated.

Presented by: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Produced by: Ding Yi Music Company
Presentation Format and Language: Music

Free Programmes

The Spice Mission

Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Concourse, Level 1
Date: 10 & 11 May 2025
Time: 2pm & 5pm
Fee: Free Admission

The Spice Mission follows a local hawker and the God of Kitchen on a journey across Singapore to find the missing ingredients from a lost sambal chilli recipe. This sensory based theatrical performance introduces children and audiences to the raw ingredients of sambal chilli, helping them understand how contributions from different races enrich Singaporean cuisine.

Presented by: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Produced by: The Solitude Movement
Presentation Format and Language
Theatre, Mandarin, no surtitles

Radiance . Flourish

Venue: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Concourse, Level 1
Date & Time:

• 17 May 2025: 12pm & 5pm
• 18 May 2025: 11am & 3pm

Fee: Free Admission

A dance performance that brings together the young dancers from DES Performing Arts Academy at SCCC's Concourse, to showcase the vibrancy of local dance scene.

Presented by: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
Produced by: Dance Ensemble Singapore
Presentation Format and Language: Dance