Today is 7th January 2026, we have kickstarted the new Year 2026. While I would usually be doing my regular year 2025 in review, as well as working on my Yearly Theme 2026 at this time, I decided to make some changes, with a special article, based on Spotify Wrapped style, on my coverage and attendance at Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre (SCCC) events in 2025. This would be on my SCCC events 2025 wrapped and sneak preview of SCCC events in 2026.
Yearly Theme 2025 (Photography | Travel | Creative | Heritage) – “Create”
At the beginning of the year 2025, I wrote about my Yearly Theme 2025 (Photography | Travel | Creative | Heritage), I chose “Create”.
I wanted to create more stories with my interactions with other creative from other genres and industries. In 2025, through the different genres of wonderful programmes, exhibitions, and performances at SCCC, I have found myself getting deeper into some sectors of my Chinese history, heritage, culture, society and language, that I haven’t really go in-depth.
One of them was learning more about Chinese opera (and I still have a long way to go), fulfilling my local Nanyang kopi pilgrimage that I wanted to do years back (some would know what I am referring to!), watching contemporary Chinese dance and cultural performances that made me realised that there are so much more talent that deserves more coverage and recognition.
Although my stories and coverage of the various SCCC events that I attended in 2025 were more of visual storytelling, I hope that through my humble stories and photos, I have helped to create more awareness and publicity, especially for those organisations and programmes that need more publicity and awareness of the wonderful stuff they are doing for the history, heritage, culture and language sectors in Singapore.
TGH Photography SCCC Events 2025 Wrapped
Inspired by my Spotify “Your 2025 Wrapped), presenting my TGH Photography SCCC Events 2025 Wrapped, let’s go back in time for a recap of SCCC events that I attended/covered in 2025.
Recap of SCCC Events 2025
Festivals
- SCCC CNYFF 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photography/celebrate-chinese-new-year-2025-the-singapo%e4%ba%ba-way-in-cbd
- SCCC Cultural Extravaganza 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/arts/sccc-cultural-extravaganza-2025-returns-from-9-may-to-7-june
- Chinese Opera Festival 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/sccc-and-nac-collaborate-to-debut-chinese-opera-festival-2025
- SCCC Mid-Autumn Festival Family Fun (MAFF) 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/events/celebrate-mid-autumn-family-fun-2025-at-sccc-and-sco-on-4-5-october
- REMIX: SINGAPO人 Youth Takeover 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photojournalism/remix-singapo%e4%ba%ba-youth-takeover-at-sccc-expect-the-unexpected
- SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 Community Celebration Event 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/sccc-winter-solstice-sg60-community-celebration-event-2025
Exhibitions and Talks
- The Nanyang Breakfast Club: Let’s Lim Kopi & Jiak Roti! – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/come-lim-kopi-and-jiak-roti-at-the-nanyang-breakfast-club
- City SingaPOP – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photojournalism/see-how-city-singapop-in-a-very-colourful-artistic-different-light
- Healing Heritage: A Journey Through the Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/sccc-presents-healing-heritage-story-of-tcm-in-singapore
- Brewing Nostalgia: Kopitiams in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand Special Exhibition – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/a-special-exhibition-on-traditional-kopitiams-of-singapore-malaysia-and-thailand
- Tradition in Motion: Singapore’s Lion Dance Heritage Exhibition – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/special-exhibition-at-sccc-tradition-in-motion-singapores-lion-dance-heritage
- Chingay in Singapore and Malaysia Seminar
- SG, You’ve Got Mail!
- Built on Memory: Tracing Singapore’s CBD Through Time
Arts
- Intersections – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/arts/intersections-by-dance-ensemble-singapore-at-sccc-cultural-extravaganza-2025
- World Mental Health Day 2025: Currents of Care by Very Small Exhibition – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photojournalism/world-mental-health-day-2025
- Drum Feng EP1 – Xiangqi: The Battle of the Drums
My Key Memorable Highlights from my SCCC 2025 Visual Storytelling Journeys
Personally for me, this list of SCCC events below that I attended in 2025 were my key memorable highlights for me in my SCCC 2025 visual storytelling journeys.
Exhibitions and Talks
- The Nanyang Breakfast Club: Let’s Lim Kopi & Jiak Roti!
- Brewing Nostalgia: Kopitiams in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand Special Exhibition
The above two exhibitions fulfilled my local Nanyang kopi pilgrimage journey that I started around a decade back, wanting to know and explore more about local Nanyang kopi history, heritage and culture.
Celebrating Our Arts
- Intersections
- Drum Feng EP1 – Xiangqi: The Battle of the Drums
I wasn’t much into performing arts, whether they are traditional or contemporary. In 2025, I was introduced to more performing arts, from traditional to contemporary. There were two arts performances, Intersections and Drum Feng EP1 – Xiangqi: The Battle of the Drums, leaving deep impressions inside me.
From learning, understanding and appreciating traditional and contemporary arts performances, there’s also a inner connection with my creative and visual storytelling that opens up new perspectives and approaches inside me.
Celebrating Our Festivals
- CNYFF 2025
- MAFF 2025
- SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 Community Celebration Event 2025
Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival are two major cultural events inside SCCC lineup, attracting visitors and participation. The SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 Community Celebration Event in 2025 was unique and fun, hope they can keep it going and make it an annual Winter Solstice event at SCCC!
Sneak Preview of SCCC Events 2026
SCCC in Year 2025 organised a diverse and exciting lineup of different programmes, exhibitions, talks, festivals, and performances, setting a high standard and benchmark to follow up in the coming year 2026.
For Year 2026, SCCC has an extensive, an even more diverse and exciting lineup, here’s a sneak preview of SCCC events 2026! I would not go into too much details on the listing below, stay curious, stay tuned, follow SCCC on their social media channels for more updates and information on the SCCC events 2026 lineup closer to the event dates!
Exhibitions and Talks
- Singapore TV: From Local to Global Special Exhibition (July 2026 to January 2027)
- Heroic Moves Travelling Exhibition (April to October 2026)
- Common Ground Artspace Exhibition (April 2026 to April 2027)
- Chinatowns of the World International Conference (17 and 18 October 2026)
Festivals – Celebrating Our Arts
- Children’s Festival 2026 (Title TBC) (19 to 21 June)
- Cultural Extravaganza 2026 (7 May to 7 June)
- REMIX 2026 (July)
Programmes – Celebrating Our Festivals
- Zhongyuan Festival (17 to 23 August)
- CNY Family FUN 2026 (30 January to 1 February)
- Mid-Autumn Family FUN 2026 (19 to 20 September)
Programmes – Celebrating Our Music
- Sing浪 Concert (31 October)
- TGIF Music Station (April to March 2027)
- SG:SW | Write The Songs Finale Concert (October)
- Happy Sing-Along (April to March 2027)
- Tuesday Report Documentary on Xinyao/Local Chinese Songs (March)
My TGH Photography SCCC Events 2025 Wrapped
The sleeping dragon of SCCC has now awakened, under the leadership, direction and creative vision of Mr Alvin Tan, who took over as the CEO of SCCC in June 2024. SCCC has risen tall and proud, setting an exemplary example, showcasing the foundation, stage and direction of preserving history, heritage, traditions, striking a balance in modern times together with internet and social media. They are creating new directions for the future with its good mix of balancing tradition and modern exhibitions, programmes, performances, relating to Chinese history, heritage, culture, society and language all under one roof.
What lies ahead for my TGH Photography x SCCC visual storytelling in 2026? Photos from my collection from attending those events at SCCC are gradually uploaded into this Flickr collection “Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre”.
I hope to tell much deeper and more heartwarming stories from my interactions and connections, at the events, exhibitions, talks, and maybe special theme projects if the opportunity arises.
Thank you Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre for an amazing, fun and great visual storytelling journey in 2025, inside my TGH Photography SCCC Events 2025 Wrapped!