| FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2020 | THE STRAITS TIMES | happenings life C5 GIGS Anjali Raguraman recommends Arts@SBG Presents NAC-ExxonMobil Concert In The Gardens (Online) Picks Celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Singapore Botanic Gardens’ (SBG) inscription as a Unesco World Heritage Site with the first online Music edition of the NAC-ExxonMobil Concert in the Gardens series. Presented by Arts@SBG, the concert will feature retro pop group The Pinholes and home-grown quartet Shak. Tune in to the National Arts Council’s Facebook page and the National Parks Board’s YouTube page to watch the concert. WHERE: youtube.com/c/NParksSG WHEN: Tomorrow, 7 - 8pm (live-streamed from Singapore Botanic Gardens) INFO: www.go.gov.sg/nacem-040720 The Show Goes On...line: Haya Band Three-time winner of Best Cross-Border Music Album at Taiwan’s Golden Melody Awards, Haya Band made their Singapore debut at the Esplanade in February 2017. Migration – A World Music Concert showcased a mosaic of ethnic sounds and contemporary influences that breathed new life into ethnic Mongolian music. The performance was part of the 15th edition of Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts. WHERE: Watch it at www.esplanade.com/ VIRTUAL LAVO SATURDAY SOIREE edition of the restaurant-bar’s Saturday Soiree. PHOTOS: JAKE offstage/arts/haya-band While the rooftop views from Lavo Singapore’s perch Enjoy jazz staples and takes on pop classics in GRAVBROT atop the 57th floor of Marina Bay Sands might be this free live-stream gig via Lavo Singapore’s Facebook PHOTOGRAPHY, off-limits to guests for a while more, glamorous jazz-pop page. JESSIE WARE/ TALKS singer Miss Lou (above) and her husband, saxophonist WHERE: www.facebook.com/LavoSingapore FACEBOOK, TAO Daniel Chia (above, left), will be helming the first virtual WHEN: Tomorrow, 8 to 9pm GROUP SINGAPORE When Sinophone Meets Asean Learn how Singapore’s Chinese-language authors DISCO/FUNK TOMORROWLAND AROUND interact with other writers from WHAT’S YOUR THE WORLD South-east Asia, and how much PLEASURE Popular Belgian dance music festival these writers, who write in different Jessie Ware Tomorrowland will go digital later this languages, know about Chinese month, with more than 60 artists literature in the country. The session performing over two days and across will be conducted in Mandarin eight stages. and live-streamed on the Singapore Acts like Afrojack, Martin Garrix, Book Council’s Facebook and From Dua Lipa’s disco-inflected Steve Aoki and Tiesto will take the YouTube platforms. Future Nostalgia to The Weeknd’s main stage, while techno royalty like WHERE: Register at synth-pop laden After Hours, Amelie Lens and Dixon will helm the www.eventbrite.sg WHEN: Tomorrow, 2020 has been the year of dance Atmosphere stage. 4 - 5.30pm ADMISSION: Free music albums. Viewers will be able to navigate INFO: bookcouncil.sg On her fourth album, British around the festival site and stages via singer-songwriter Jessie Ware (right) state-of-the-art 3D design and video Post-Covid-19 Future: throws up nostalgic mirror-ball production. The New Norm Of Doing numbers that are sure to get you WHEN: July 25 and 26 Business In China bopping. ADMISSION: €20 ($31.30) for a In this Zoom session, local industry From the bold and breathy title two-day ticket. Packages that come professionals based in China talk track to the funky bass line of Ooh La with merchandise and codes which La to the thumping dance-floor rager allow you to rewatch the about their challenges and how Save A Kiss, Ware has moved away performances start at €45 (additional they are reinventing their from her introspective last album shipping costs apply). Purchase business models. Glasshouse (2017), which was filled tickets via www.tomorrowland.com WHERE: Register at with soul numbers that revolved rediscovering her power – even on www.eventbrite.com around family and motherhood. slow burners like In Your Eyes and WHEN: Wed, 5 - 6pm ADMISSION: Free On this album, she amps up the Adore You. INFO: www.facebook.com/ dance music influences that were What’s Your Pleasure could just be NationalLibrarySG/posts hinted at on her first two albums, the breakthrough Ware needs in her displaying the swagger of a woman 11-year career. CHARITY Thought For Food: Live Auction ANBERLIN WE ARE THE LOST ONES LIVESTREAM Join local influencers Rosalyn Lee, American alternative rock band Anberlin (left) will be Munah Bagharib and Haresh Tilani as performing their 2003 debut album, Blueprint For they battle it out to see who is the The Black Market, in its entirety during a ticketed expert at reducing food waste and live-stream concert on July 11 (Singapore time). creating cool recipes from food Originally scheduled for June 26, the gig was scraps. Stand a chance to win food postponed after a couple of the band members tested bundles and growing kits worth up to positive for Covid-19. WHEN: July 11, 8am (Singapore time). The stream will be $100 each. You can also catch the accessible for 24 hours after the show latest episode of the DBS mini-series, ADMISSION: US$10 (S$14) via anberlinmerch.com Sparks Season 2: A Call To Action, which addresses problems related to food security and food waste. 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