Hungry Ghost Festrival, A 'Must See' for Expats, Tourists and even Locals

This year’s Chinatown Hungry Ghost Festival promises to be a special treat for both our ‘good brothers’ (euphemism for the spirits) and the living. For the first time ever, the Chinatown Business Association will be launching four days of activities to showcase the rich and intriguing culture of this mystical festival.

Visitors will enter into the world of deities, spirits and beliefs.
Find out which deity acts as the festival’s ‘policeman’, what secrets lie in the ‘Fa Cai Ang Bao’, watch the rituals and be immersed in the loud and electrifying action of the Ge Tai and Auction Dinner. To unravel more mysteries, one can also pay a visit to the Exhibition by the Taoist Federation by the festival site.

CHINATOWN HUNGRY GHOST FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

29th & 30th Aug – Movie screening (FOC)

Venue: Chinatown Ge Tai Stage (Open Field along Spring Street beside the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple’s Carpark)

All day: Viewing of Hungry Ghost Festival Exhibition

8pm: Screening of ‘A Month of Hungry Ghosts’

31st Aug - Prayer Day

All day: Viewing of Hungry Ghost Festival Exhibition

starting 11am till night: Taoist hungry ghost celbrations

9pm: Ge Tai Performance

Venue: Chinatown Ge Tai Stage (Open Field along Spring Street beside the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple’s Carpark)

1st Sept – Auction Day

All day: Viewing of Hungry Ghost Festival Exhibition

8:15 pm: Dinner and Auction at Festival site

9:15 pm: Ge Tai Performance