Guide To Chingay Parade 2025: Dates, Tickets & Activities

Here’s everything you need to know about Chingay Parade 2025 in Singapore, so you can share this fun and festive event with your kids!

Hey parents! Have you heard of the annual Chingay Parade? When I moved to Singapore 10 years ago, I was curious about this festival, which seemed so colourful and vibrant with its massive floats, but I had no idea what it was about. Well, buckle up for a quick breakdown of this fun festival and what to look forward to at Chingay Parade 2025. This year’s Chingay Parade takes place on 7 and 8 February 2025, so read on to find out why this is one of the most iconic events that takes place each year.

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What is Chingay?

The word “chingay” comes from Hokkien and refers to the art of costume and masquerade. Chingay parade started in 1973 as a part of Chinese New Year celebrations in a street parade along Jalan Besar. From 1977, Indian and Malay performers joined in the fun and today it’s evolved into an celebration of Singapore’s unique cultural diversity. Residents and international participants from every ethnic background join in the festivities.

Full of energy and colour, it’s a great opportunity to celebrate and educate our kids about the various cultures around us. With a spectacular display of floats, cultural performances and grand props, it’s a dazzling crowd-pleasing event.

Planning and preparation for each year’s parade takes up to 12 months, and it takes thousands of volunteers from all over Singapore to pull it off–it is truly a national community-wide event. There are even international performances from around Asia.

The theme of Chingay Parade 2024 is ‘Joy’, and what better way to bring joy than through the universal love language of Food? Chingay will bring the country together in a “Food Wonderland”: celebrating Family Joy, a place for families to eat together; Community Joy, a space for society to share their cultures and stories; and National Joy in celebrating Singapore’s achievements.

When and where is Chingay Parade 2025 taking place?

Chingay 2025 will take place on 7 and 8 February 2025 from 8pm to 9:30pm at the F1 Pit Building.

Chingay Parade 2025 tickets & prices

Tickets are on sale now, priced between $20 and $60. Get your tickets here!

Entrance is free for lap-sitting children aged 2 and under. PAssion Card Members enjoy Early Birds 60% discount on standard ticket prices until 3 December 2024. After the Early Bird, PAssion card members receive a 20% discount on tickets.

What’s happening at the Chingay Parade 2025

As part of the parade, there will be a Culinary Extravaganza with food-inspired floats, costumes and PAssionArts installations that spotlight Singapore’s favourite pastime: eating great food.

As 2025 marks Singapore’s 60th birthday, Chingay 2025 will also join in the SG60 celebrations. Look out for 60 lion dancers roaring across the stage to showcase Singapore’s great energy and spirit.

This year, you can also enjoy an immersive layout of the parade, bringing the audience closer to all the action!

More than 4,000 performers from 150 organisations are already practising their moves for the Grand Spectacle. It will be a great time of family-friendly fun! Each year, Chingay Parade has been known to also have fireworks, so it’ll be a spectacle to remember.

How to get to Chingay Parade 2025?

There will be road closures around the F1 Pit in the hours leading up to the parade.

We recommend taking public transport and walking from the station to the F1 pit. The nearest MRT stations are Bayfront, Esplanade, City Hall and Promenade.

The nearest drop-off point for taxis will be at Millenia Walk. Wear comfy walking shoes and be prepared for a bag check for security purposes.

For the latest updates on Chingay, check out their FB and IG!

Deets: 7 – 8 February 2025, 8pm – 9.30pm, F1 Pit Building, www.chingay.gov.sg

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