One Love Asia Festival will return to S'pore on Sept 13 and 14
Taiwanese diva A-mei (left) and Taiwanese singer Angela Chang will headline the first night and second night of One Love Festival Singapore 2025 respectively. PHOTOS: IMC LIVE GLOBAL
One Love Asia Festival will return to S'pore on Sept 13 and 14
The One Love Asia Festival music festival will take place on Sept 13 and 14, the fourth time the event is held here.
This year's edition will be held at the Bayfront Event Space, where it also took place in 2022 and 2023. The 2024 edition was held at the Padang.
Taiwanese diva A-mei, known for hits such as Bad Boy (1997) and Three Days And Three Nights (1999), will headline the first night of the festival. Other acts slated to take the stage on Sept 13 are Mandopop stars Yoga Lin, Kasiwa, Chih Siou and Saya Chang from Taiwan, Chinese-Canadian singer Kelly Yu, and Malaysian singer Firdhaus Farmizi, who also sings in Mandarin.
The second night's lineup will be helmed by Taiwanese singer Angela Chang, best known for the uplifting track Invisible Wings (2006). Taiwanese boy band 5566, Hong Kong singer MC Cheung Tinfu and the Simply Live Band, featuring Singaporean singer Jordin Tan, will also take the stage on Sept 14.
Chih Siou, who last performed here in April at live music venue Wire Entertainment, and Kasiwa, who won Best Indigenous Language Singer at Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards in 2023, will be performing at the festival for the first time.
Alongside the musical performances, this year's festival will also showcase visual arts, such as Chinese artist Huang Yulong's Upward exhibition of giant sculptures.
Besides taking place in Singapore, One Love Asia Festival has also been held in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, and Chengdu.
The upcoming Singapore edition has been titled 'Volume 7'. It is produced by IMC Group Asia, and about 24,000 fans are expected to attend across two days.
Mr Adrian Leong, chief executive officer of IMC Group Asia, said in a statement: 'Our vision has always been for One Love Asia Festival to become a flagship Mandopop event throughout Asia – an intersection where both artistes and fans coalesce to create an impactful shared experience.'
Tickets will be available from June 23, at 11am.
One Love Festival Singapore 2025
Where: Bayfront Event Space, 12A Bayfront Avenue
When: Sept 13 and 14, doors open at 3pm
Admission: $198 (single-day) and $338 (two-day) via www.onelovetix.com
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