Armenian Street Party – A Sneak Preview

A maiden debut for Armenian Street, part of the bigger Bras Basah-Bugis precint, will be closed on the 11th and 12th of March 2016, for her First Armenian Street Party. It is great to see the Armenian Street hub to close the road and transform into a street party for everybody to come down, enjoy the festivities and fun. Armenian Street is going to transform into a buzzling colourful hub consisting of heritage and nightlife, coming to life with a spectacular line-up of fun, acts, performances.

The Armenian Street Party, is a ground-up initiative is anchored by Peranakan Museum and Singapore Museum University, the street party features performances showcasing Peranakan culture, contemporary music, poetry reading and other fun activities taking place at Armenian Street. It is great to see Peranakan Museum along with her neighbours, the stake holders along Aremenian Street, to produce a festival and carnival for the public to come down and enjoy together. The inaugural Armenian Street Party would allow them to grow the Armenian Street district, a rich historical and cultural hub.

Personally, I feel that Armenian Street has a great potential to grow her own festivities and hub with the Peranakan Museum taking the lead, as the anchor festival lead, along with the stakeholders around Armenian Street area. Let me share with you some of the key highlights of the Armenian Street Party happening on Friday 11th March 2016 and Saturday 12th March 2016 –

  • The Urban Garden – This alley between Substation and the Peranakan Museum will be transformed into a garden, with beautiful festoon lighting, swings and park benches. This small alley had played a lot of roles in various arts and museum events over the years and the transformation into an urban garden is definitely appropriate, giving visitors to the Armenian Street Party a place to relax, sit down and chat.

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  • Motif Traces – Keep a lookout for this contemporary dance performances, inspired by Peranakan motifs from the Dance Ensemble Singapore Arts Company (DES Arts)

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  • Si Wanggeh (A Spiritual Entity) – This is a Peranakan Wayang production by Peranakan Siblings.
  • Emily, The Musical – A special musical production by Musical Theatre Ltd, keep a lookout for this special musical performance where nonyas and babas of the 1930s come to life through their songs, revealing the colourful Peranakan love of life, their pains and their passion.

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  • The Main Wayang Company – I saw them perform at Armenian Street during Singapore Night Festival 2015! They were awesome and lively band of singers! The title of their performance is “Peranakan Song Dance – Spirit of our Fathers”. Join them, dance and sing along with the great singers in a tribute to Peranakan pioneers to classic baba-nonya tunes.

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  • Live performances by Singapore Management University (SMU) – Our younger Singapore generation, students from SMU will be there too, singing and entertaining the crowds at the Armenian Street Party.

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For more information on Armenian Street Party, check out their website for more details, performances and programme schedule. The Armenian Street Party is making her maiden debut, let’s all give her our full support, come on down on Friday 11th March 2016 and Saturday 12th March 2016, soak in the fun and festive atmosphere of Armenian Street.

Armenian Street – The Street is Our Stage, let it transform into a mini festival hub of both traditional and contemporary performances coming together, for everybody, young and old, locals and visitors to soak in the fun and enjoy themselves!

Key information

Event: Armenian Street Party

Location: Armenian Street

Days: 11th and 12th March 2016

Time: 7pm to 11pm

Admission Free

I would like to thank Peranakan Museum for the invitation to the sneak preview of the Armenian Street Party.

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