Singapore Sun Festival to return on October 29

Event features the best of music, art, literature, film, wine, cuisine & wellness.

Singapore’s leading music and lifestyle festival returns from 29 October – 7 November 2010. Get ready for more amazing experiences, stellar artists and world class performances! Back for the fourth year, Singapore Sun Festival is an award winning annual multi-arts premium lifestyle event that covers seven disciplines – music, visual arts, literature, film, wine, cuisine and wellness.

The Singapore Sun Festival recently won the prestigious award “Leisure Event of the Year” and is now firmly established as the leading leisure event for Singapore and the region. Organised by Singapore Tourism Board, The Singapore Experience Awards is the most prestigious awards platform in Singapore's tourism industry, honouring those individuals and organizations who delivered the best holistic customer experiences. The Singapore Sun Festival contributes to Singapore’s continued development into one of the region’s most vibrant arts and lifestyle hubs.

Singapore Sun Festival will be officially launched on 22 July 2010, at which time the programme for the exhilarating 10 days will be revealed. This year’s Festival will showcase an array of integrated, star-studded high profile events, as well as free events for all to attend. Some of the stellar artists that will be participating in the prestigious festival this year include one of the world’s greatest tenors, numerous Grammy Award-winners and Hollywood celebrities, one of the worlds most famous producers and composers and many more exciting names to be revealed soon.

The Singapore Sun Festival website, www.singaporesunfestival.com, will go live on 22 July 2010. Sun Festival fans can register now on the website in order to receive latest updates and news on Singapore Sun Festival events in 2010. Ticket sales for the Singapore Sun Festival will also begin on 22 July 2010, and festival-goers should grab their tickets early to avoid disappointment. Early bird ticket buyers will enjoy great discounts and go in the draw to win incredible prizes.

The Singapore Sun Festival exposes both Singapore residents and foreign visitors to many superb, high-quality and prestigious events for 10 days every year. The Festival has during the past three years featured over 700 artists in over 270 events and performances by the best artists from around the world such as film star Joan Chen and Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush, legendary singer-song writer Elvis Costello, Grammy Award winner Al Jarreau, wellness guru Deepak Chopra, world renowned Stars of the Bolshoi Theatre and the Mariinski Theatre, legendary opera diva Angela Gheorghiu and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka, the world renowned Vienna Boys Choir, Grammy Award winning artist Sergio Mendes, celebrated flutist Sir James Galway and world leading orchestras such as Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, top class celebrity Chefs like TV Star and Opera Winfrey’s personal Chef Art Smith, 2-star Michelin Chef Thierry Marx and the legendary Charlie Trotter.

Art exhibitions and unique workshops, exclusive wine sessions and culinary classes and gala dinners, concerts by the waterfront, literature talks, film screenings under the stars and wellness sessions with yoga and tai chi experts all formed part of the impressive programmes.