The Singapore Street Festival, a non-profit organization, was founded and inaugurated in 2002 by Annie Pek, a well known producer. Its mission from the start was to provide young teens the chance to exhibit their talents and skills through performing arts, visual arts, fashion, technology, and sports, to name a few. While exhibiting their skills, this festival really aims at training their skills. Annie believes that no matter what age, every individual requires training at all levels.
The passionate energies these talented individuals radiate make it impossible to not enjoy the SSF entertainment. One can expect to find underrated talents, such as, yo-yo tricks, magic, and graffiti, to more mainstream talents, such as, break-dancing, belly-dancing, and singing. Performers are judged and critiqued by judges from various countries in Asia, and then rewarded if they are one of the best. Prior to the event, all participants must register and be qualified to perform.
Marking Singapore Street Festival’s 10 year anniversary, the 2012 theme is ‘All Amped Up’ and will commence on July 2nd, closing on July 31st. An estimated 230,000 are expected to attend the anticipated event. Performances are held in several venues scattered around the city, such as, the Scape Building, Scape Youth Park, White Sands, Hougang Malls and VivoCity.
There is very little hype on the internet regarding this festival to preserve its culture and goal. “This is not Singapore Idol, this is not your usual television programme, we’re not trying to commercialise this. We’re trying to build this platform to discover raw talent and we’re encouraging all youths to come forward to participate,” said Mr Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, to Channel News Asia.
