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Saturday, February 11, 2023

Festivals, Food, Fasts, Exhibitions and Events in 2023, in Singapore, Asia, London's Excel, Olympia and worldwide


I often create a calendar for the year ahead in December or January. This year, 2023, I am doing it in February because the Covid situation has changed and improved.  The opening up of mask free transport and collection of trace together devices in the week starting Monday Feb 13th 2023 and other encouragements to travel has made visiting exhibitions more attractive. 

If you go to Excel in Singapore you will see links or ads to shows around Asia and Europe. 

For the UK, Olympia is in the west of London and Excel is in the East.

2023 Event Dates
Chinese New Year is over but you can read my posts and see the lion dance on the Facebook page of Expo.

JAN Concert from Vienna on TV in UK and elsewhere. Parades in USA.

FEB 14 Valentine's Day, (See previous post including Tanglin Club.)

Feb 24-26 Expo NATAS travel fair. Friday to Sunday. 10 am to 9.30. Free admission. Hall 5. (Hall 6 is near the MRT train station Expo. Allow time to walk from the underground and up escalators if you have a business appointment or breakfast event. Also look for free shuttle buses. A food court is across the green.

Feb 24-6  Artbox - Dining, crafts, shopping. Entry Fee 6 dollars single admission, one day, no readmission, so you have to buy your food and drink at the show. Seasonal pass 36 dollars. From 12pm (noon) to 11 pm. Last time I went there were great photo opportunities. Some of the craft stalls had sold out of their best or cheaper goods by late on day one or day two.
Mar 3-5. Artbox.

MAR

March 1st St David's day Wales. Flower yellow daffodil. (I suggest Welsh lamb and Welsh cakes, which are like triple height pancakes .with currants, about the width  of a muffin, served hot with butter, fabulous. Bought cold on a train from Paddinton to Wales, not so good. 


March 16-19 Food & Beverage fair, Singapore.

March 17th St Patrick's Day Irish bars are decorated.  Green beer, high green hats. Big in the UK, USA, Singapore, Belize in central America. Drinking and singing Irish songs. Expect to see revellers with green hats on trains.

March 26 Oxford and Cambridge - Gemini Boat Race. Men's. Women's 4 pm. (Singapore 11 pm).

APR FHA Food and beverage including

Apr 25-28 ProWine, at Expo, Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27th 10 am to 6 pm. Friday 28th April 10 am to 4 pm. Prowine Hall 4. Food and drink hall 3-6. Food technology Hall 2. Restaurant bar and cafe Hall 2. 

Apr 25-28 HoReca - hospitality. Food and Beverage.

MAY

May 24 International Pow Wow, the American travel show, at San Antonio, Texas.

JUN 

Jun 22-25, Yummy Food at Expo, Singapore.

JUL

Singapore food Festival
July. Organized by the Singapore tourist board.

AUG

SEPT 

Sept 29 Sukkot (Harvest festival with lean-to open sided awning open to the sky, like the old time tents of watchmen, hung with fruit where meals are served with prayers, recitations and singing and appropriate food. 7 days until Oct

Sept 29 Mid Autumn Festival (eat mooncakes which you can buy online and worldwide from manfacturer, shops, supermarkets, restaurants, hotels, ice cream parlours). 

Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival (Chinese characters).svg
"Mid-Autumn Festival" in traditional (top) and simplified (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese中秋節
Simplified Chinese中秋节
Literal meaning"Mid-Autumn Festival"
Min Chinese alternate name
Traditional Chinese八月節
Literal meaning"Festival of the Eighth Month"

OCT 

Oct last day of Jewish festival of Sukkot, Friday dusk/sundown.

NOV 

World Travel Market London 2023 on 6 – 8 November at ExCeL Big show with costumes, singig and dancing and foods from countries around the world. Breakfasts, lunches and dinners by invitation.

DEC 

Thursday Dec 7th Thursday first evening of Hanukah continues 8 days with one extra candle until evening of Dec 15 2023. Foods with oil

Xmas Eve Dec  24

Xmas decorations, street lights, Xmas trees, reindeer, Santas in red costumes and festive menus.

Dec 25 Xmas Day menus, Champagne, Xmas crackers, hangings, paperchains, Xmas cards, carols, . 3 pm UK time King's speech. 

UK Turkey or other fowl, baked potatoes, sprouts, cranberry sauce, Xmas pudding, hot or cold mince pies and custard. Xmas cakes (iced fruit cakes with decorations. From France Yule log cakes. From Germany stollen (marzipan centre of sweet bread). From Italy, Spain, Venezuela, domed pannetone and pandoro.

Dec 26 Boxing Day (UK)  

Dec New Year's Eve. Champagne. Fireworks on TV and in ticketed places outdoors worldwide.


Useful Websites

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/no-masks-on-public-transport-free-vaccines-6-things-you-need-to-know-as-s-pore-lifts-covid-19-rules

https://olympia.london/whatson

https://www.excel.london/visitor/whats-on

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