Singapore offers a wealth of experiences to explore. From indulgent luxury encounters to fascinating exhibitions, here’s how to make the most of your March in the Lion City.

POP-UPS 

Maison Margiela Fragrances's House of Memories

From now until 18 May 2025, Maison Margiela Fragrances invites visitors into a dreamscape at House of Memories, an immersive pop-up inspired by the brand’s REPLICA collection. Iconic scents like Lazy Sunday Morning and By the Fireplace are reimagined through tactile installations, while the Fantasies series, Soul of the Forest and Dancing on the Mood turn scent into atmosphere. Check out the Afternoon Delight Café, where madeleines and lattes conjure the newest REPLICA launch through actual sugar, warmth, and sunlit nostalgia. Come for the fragrance. Stay for the vibes.

Maison Margiela's House of Memories is located at 265 Beach Road and is open from 11am to 8pm on weekdays and 11am to 10pm on weekends and public holidays. For more information, click here.

Raffles City's Beauty Vault

Raffles City’s Beauty Vault is back with a second edition that reads like a love letter to beauty obsessives. This year, 21 premium brands take over the space, each bringing a curated mix of new launches, hands-on workshops, and expert-led sessions. Expect makeup masterclasses from celebrity artists, fragrance layering labs, floral bouquet sessions, cocktail workshops, and even personalised colour analysis, all packaged within a rotating lineup of pop-up showcases. It’s less “mall activation,” more “glow-up circuit".

Raffles City's Beauty Vault is located at the mall’s Level 3 Main Atrium and runs till 15 May 2025. For more information, click here.

Laura Mercier's Le Mercier Daily Cafe

Part Parisian café, part New York corner store, the Laura Mercier pop-up at Ngee Ann City introduces the newly reformulated Tinted Moisturizer Blurred Matte and Natural Dewy lines. There’s also shade matching, a trinket station, a claw machine, and enough sampling to leave with your skin and serotonin levels both improved.

The Laura Mercier Le Mercier Daily Cafe pop-up is located at Takashimaya Shopping Centre, B1 Atrium (opposite Aveda) and runs till 11 May 2025.

EXHIBITIONS

JUNGSAEMMOOL x Ripple Root’s "The Sweetness of Tangerines" 

To mark its first anniversary in Singapore, K-beauty powerhouse JUNGSAEMMOOL is celebrating the only way it knows how: with great skin, great colour, and a little local flair. Till 1 June 2025, the flagship store teams up with art duo Ripple Root on The Sweetness of Tangerines, a month-long installation that blends vivid brushstrokes with beauty-world minimalism. The real collectible? A Singapore-exclusive Essential Skin Nuder Cushion in limited-edition packaging that combines good coverage and cultural.

The Sweetness of Tangerines is now on till 1 June 2025 at the JUNGSAEMMOOL flagship store located at 27 Scotts Road. For more information, visit their website.

Paragon's Spring Soiree

Spring has officially bloomed at Paragon’s Spring Soirée. Take a picture at artist Pei Li’s Blooming Windmill installation, a 4.5-metre-tall tribute to mental health, or lose yourself in A Botanical Escape by Mosscape, where sculptural florals and lush foliage offer a rare breath of serenity in the middle of Orchard Road.

A Botanical Escape pop-up runs till 12 May 2025 at Level 1, Paragon.

Brain, Body, and Biosphere

ArtScience Museum’s Curious Worlds micro-festival opens minds and redefines the way we think about design and biology. At Brain, Body, and Biosphere, get close up with the textures of elephant skin to adaptive fashion innovations, this multisensory journey ties together nature, science, and inclusivity. Exhibitors include Brain Bank Singapore, bioSEA and more, each one challenging the boundaries of the biosphere.

Brain, Body, and Biosphere is now on till 25 May 2025 at the ArtScience Museum. For more information, visit their website.

 Non c'è Rosa Senza Spine - A solo exhibition by Giovanni Leonardo Bassan

Giovanni Leonardo Bassan’s first solo exhibition in Singapore isn’t here to play it safe. Non c'è Rosa Senza Spine (“Ain’t No Roses Without Thorns”) peels back the layers of beauty and brutality through raw, figurative works that feel as classical as they do confrontational. The Paris-based Italian artist, who’s worked with Michele Lamy and currently heads Rick Owens’ furniture division, knows a thing or two about duality, and it shows. Think sacred versus savage, softness versus severity, oil paint versus emotional gut punch.

Non c'è Rosa Senza Spine - A solo exhibition by Giovanni Leonardo Bassan will be running till 30 May 2025 at the LOY Contemporary Art Gallery, Tudor Court. For more information, visit their website.

Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses

The world of renowned fashion designer Iris van Herpen is here with "Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses". Her first solo exhibition in Asia, visitors will get to see over 140 of Iris' works up close and personal including pieces worn by the likes of Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, and Björk.

Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses is now on till 10 August 2025 at the ArtScience Museum. For more information, visit their website.

Mirror Mirror

ArtScience Museum presents "Mirror Mirror: Journey Into the Mind". Created by Moment Factory, the exhibition puts art and science in focus with a series of interactive, experiential environments that stimulate the senses and explore the different facets of the human mind.

ArtScience Museum's "Mirror Mirror: Journey Into the Mind" is on till 6 July 2025.

Harry Potter: Visions Of Magic

Calling all Potterheads! The Wizarding World has arrived in Singapore with "Harry Potter: Visions of Magic". Step into 10 immersive environments from the beloved franchise, including thrilling new experiences like The Chamber of Secrets and The Trap Door. Magic awaits!

"Harry Potter: Visions of Magic" is happening at Resorts World Sentosa. For more information, visit their website.

DINE OUT

Writers Bar's Kentucky Derby Tipples

All through May, Writers Bar at Raffles Hotel Singapore honours the pageantry of the Kentucky Derby with a four-part cocktail tribute to American racing’s most storied tradition. Expect variations on the classic Mint Julep, crafted with Michter’s Kentucky Straight Bourbon, alongside the grapefruit-honey Brown Derby, a zesty Whiskey Buck, and the Jockey Club, a deep, aromatic blend built for lingering. It’s tradition with a twist, served on a silver tray.

Raffles Hotel Singapore is located at 1 Beach Road. For more information, click here.

C.O.T.U's Mother Day Specials

Celebrate the women who raised us, fed us, and somehow still text with one finger. For its first-ever Mother’s Day celebration, C.O.T.U is pulling out all the stops across its elegant, firelit corners—Enso Steakhouse and The Whisper Room. Expect a midday feast at Enso, featuring a one-day-only lamb special, or a decadent high tea in The Whisper Room, complete with a complimentary Hibiscus Bellini and live jazz.

C.O.T.U is located at CapitaGreen, Level 38 & 39. For more information, visit their website.

HighHouse's The High Table

HighHouse launches The High Table, a culinary collaboration series spotlighting renowned chefs. For its debut available for lunch and dinner, Michelin-starred Chef Daniele Sperindio of Art di Daniele Sperindio presents eight exclusive dishes infused with playful, Italian-meets-Singaporean flair. Highlights include chilled somen in watermelon rind broth, scallop-studded black lime pasta, and an ice kachang-inspired dessert with burrata cream and banana nectar ice.

HighHouse is located at 1 Raffles Place, Level 61-62. For more information, visit their website.

Ma Cuisine's Spring Menu

Ma Cuisine ushers in the season with a refresh of its spring menu. Think French classics with just the right amount of creative rebellion. Expect confit Jeju abalone to replace lamb in a reimagined Navarin d’Ormeau Printanier, and milk-fed sweetbreads paired with morels in a silky veal sauce. The cellar-first bistro’s 1,000-label wine list is the real flex: rare vintages, cult producers, and bottles you’ll only find if you know someone who knows someone. Luckily, the sommelier knows just what to pour.

Ma Cuisine is located at 38 Craig Road. For more information, visit their website.

Bar Somma's 'Nothing In Moderation'

Moderation? Never heard of her. Bar Somma’s new happy hour offering, cheekily titled Nothing in Moderation, is unapologetically indulgent. Order any martini and enjoy unlimited Lampredotto Panini—think slow-cooked veal tripe with green salsa, red sauce, and homemade focaccina. Equal parts hearty and hedonistic, it’s the kind of pairing that makes restraint feel overrated.

Bar Somma's "Nothing In Moderation" is available from Tuesday to Sunday, 6pm to 7.30pm. For more information, visit their website. 

Manhattan’s Sunday Cocktail Brunch

The city’s most decadent brunch is back. Manhattan’s famed adults-only Sunday Cocktail Brunch returns this April, this time with even more flair. Start with a Bloody Mary, boozy milkshake or spritz at one of the interactive stations, before diving into a New York-inspired spread featuring showstoppers like OP rib smoked in a Solera-Aged Negroni barrel—and yes, a whiskey chocolate fountain. Come hungry, leave a little tipsy.

Manhattan's Sunday Cocktail Brunch happens every Sunday, 12pm to 3pm at Manhattan, Conrad Singapore Orchard. For more information, visit their website. 

MOVIES, SHOWS & MUSIC

Hendrick's Sunset Cinema

From 8 to 25 May 2025, the Hendrick’s Sunset Cinema returns with a fresh slate of crowd-pleasers, including FREE SOLO, WICKED, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. Billed as Asia’s most breathtaking open-air cinema on Tanjong Beach, Sentosa, it’s where film buffs sip gin cocktails on the beach while watching Oscar winners and Broadway adaptations under the stars. Proof that blockbusters hit different when you’re watching them by the water, drink in hand.

For more information on Hendrick's Sunset Cinema or to book tickets, click here.

The European Film Festival

Get ready for a cultural passport through 26 acclaimed films from across the continent at the European Film Festival this year, plus a special “Six at Sixty” segment celebrating Singapore’s independence through the lens of young local filmmakers. Screenings are followed by dialogue sessions, and if you’re wondering whether Europe still does cinema better, this month-long festival is here to answer that with subtitles and soul.

The European Film Festival runs till 24 May 2025, and screenings are held at The Projector at Cineleisure. For more information, click here.

Hyper Knife

Medical dramas are one thing, but Hyper Knife takes it to another level by injecting a dose of thriller, revenge, and high-stakes neurosurgery into its pulse-racing plot. Starring Park Eun-bin (Extraordinary Attorney Woo, The King’s Affection) as Jeong Seok, a neurosurgeon shunned from the medical world after uncovering a dark secret, and Sul Kyung-gu (Memoir of a Murderer, Oasis) as her former mentor, the series is a tension-filled masterpiece of skill, power, and retribution.

Hyper Knife is streaming on Disney+ now. Read the ELLE exclusive here.

KATSEYE releases "Gnarly"

KATSEYE is back, and this time they’re not here to whisper sweet nothings. After debuting at number one on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart with their EP SIS (Soft Is Strong), the group returns with Gnarly, a maximalist club anthem that feels like an online meltdown and a mosh pit kiss rolled into one.

Stream the single today on Spotify.

LIVE CONCERTS & PERFORMANCES

Future Asian Music (FAM) And Levi's Present “Road to Fam”

As Levi’s celebrates the legacy of its 501 jeans, it teams up with Future Asian Music (FAM) and 88rising for Road to FAM, a free multi-city tour spotlighting Southeast Asia’s new wave of musical storytellers. On 16 May 2025, catch our own Fariz Jabba live at Hard Rock Cafe, delivering his signature blend of hip-hop and sharp, street-level narrative. Part anniversary, part talent showcase, and entirely worth the RSVP.

For more information or to RSVP, click here.