What: Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2012
When: 3 January - 15 February
Where: Chinatown
Website: www.visitsingapore.com/cny

Chinatown celebrates the Chinese New Year season with festive displays, light projections, and street bazaars

What: Poncal (Harvest) Festival 2009
When: 14 January Where: Little India
Website: www.visitsingapore.com, www.Iisha.org.sg

Pongal is a joyous four-day festival traditionally celebrated by South Indians in

What: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella
When: 2 - 22 January, 8pm (Tue - Sun)/3pm (Sat - Sun) Where: Esplanade Theatre
Tickets: SGD35 - 160 (Sun - Thu)/SGD45 - 180 (Fri - Sat), www.sistic.com.sg
Website: www.cinderellaonstage.com

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella fairy tale comes to life on stage for the first time ever, with

What: A Cow and Bull Story
When: January - August, 1 pm - 7pm (Mon)/ 9am - 7pm (Tue - Sun)
Where: Singapore Philatelic Museum
Tickets: SGD5 (adults), SGD4 (children 3 - 12 years, senior citizens 60 years or older)
Website: www.spm.org.sg

Find out why the ox is the second animal in the Chinese zodiac and what

What: M1 Singapore Fringe Festival 2009
When: 7 - 18 January
Where: Various venues, including Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, National Museum of Singapore, The Substation and Old School
Tickets: From SGD19 for ticketed shows. Museum entrance charges apply for exhibitions. www.sistic.com
Website: www.singaporefringe.com

Be inspired and provoked by cutting-edge and socially engaged contemporary works by

What: Comics and Superheroes
When: 4 December 2008 - April 2009, 1 pm - 7pm (Mon)/9am - 7pm (Tue - Sun)
Where: Singapore Philatelic Museum
Tickets: SGD5 (adults), SGD4 (children 3 - 12 years, senior citizens 60 years or older)
Website: www.spm.org.sg

Comics and Superheroes exhibition delves into the fantasy world of superheroes and

What: Come-in Interior Design as a Contemporary Art Medium in German
When: 22 January - 12 April, 10am - 6pm
Where: National Museum of Singapore Tickets: Free admission
Website: www.nationalmuseum.sg

Come-in Interior Design as a Contemporary Art Medium in German exhibition features

What: Singapore Stop Over of the Volvo Ocean Race presented by UBS
When: December 2008 - January 2009 Where: Various locations
3 - 4 January: Marina Buy Preview Race (Marina Bay)
8- 18 January Race Village Festival (Sentosa Cove, Sentosa Island)
10 - 11 January: In-Port and Pro-Am Races (East Coast Pork)
Tickets: Free admission
Website: www.volvooceanracesingapore.com

The world's premier yacht race will make its first Southeast Asian stopover in Singapore from

What: River HongBao
When: 24 January - 1 February
Where: Floating Platform, Marina Bay
Website: www.visitsingapore.com/cny

Explore Chinese culture through exhibitions, street food, cooking demonstrations, live music and

What: Huayi - Chinese Festival of Arts 2012
When: 30 January - 8 February
Where: Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay Tickets: www.sistic.com.sg
Website: www.huayifestival.com

Esplanade Presents Huayi - Chinese Festival of Arts 2012 in its seventh year

Sentosa Flowers 2012

Sentosa Flowers - Celebrate Lunar New Year Amidst A Million Blooms

When: 3 to 13 February
Where: Sentosa, 3 Allanbrooke Road
Website: www.sentosa.com.sg

The much anticipated annual award-winning Sentosa Flowers is back! Usher in the year of the Ox at

Chinese New Year 2012

Chinese New Year Chun Jie Celebrations

What: Chinese New Year Celebrations 2012
When: 3 & 4 February 2012
Where: Chinatown, City Hall, Marina Bay

Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, is one of the most eagerly anticipated occasions each year. This is the biggest and

Chingay 2011

Asia's Grandest Street & Floats Parade 2011

When: 11 & 12 Feb 2011
Where: Pit Building, Singapore
Rates: S$30 to S$65 depending on ticket category and date. Learn more
Website: www.chingay.org.sg

A dazzling extravaganza of colours and cultural diversity, Chingay Parade Singapore is known for its resplendent floats and multi-cultural local and international performances that are an insight to our festive traditions and delight the hearts of many Singaporeans and tourists.

Singapore's equivalent to Mardis Gras, Chingay (the art of masquerade in the Hokkien dialect) pulls out all the stops with its spectacular floats, magnificent