Darling Square Moon Festival 2024
Darling Square Moon Festival 2024
06
Sep
22
Sep
Event

Darling Square Moon Festival 2024

When

6 - 22 Sep
Daily

Where

Darling Square
35 Tumbalong Boulevard
Haymarket

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Map, showing Darling Square Moon Festival 2024

Celebrate the Moon Festival at Darling Square with a large-scale vibrant lanterns’ installation, illuminated lion dancers, free kids’ activities and delicious eats!


The Moon Festival, also known as Mid-Autumn Festival celebrates the Autumn harvest and originates from the ancient Chinese practice of moon worshipping to express gratitude for the year's harvest and blessings. Originating in China, the festival is also celebrated across various countries in Asia including Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Singapore. Moon Festival is a time to connect with family and friends, honour the full harvest moon and enjoy a feast and mooncakes with loved ones.

Feast your way through a variety of cuisines at over 50 restaurants, enjoy exclusive offers at selected retailers and indulge in decadent mooncakes at XOPP by Golden Century’s pop-up stall. Witness the mesmerising LED lion dancing and be amazed by the talented live singers while you enjoy your meal. Bring the kids along for free face painting and join the mooncake clay making workshop that keep the kids entertained all day long!

What's On

Free Face Painting
Bring the kids for FREE face painting to match the Moon Festival theme including lantern designs, moon designs and more from 5:30pm – 8:30pm on Saturday 7, 14 & 21 September.
Free Mooncake Clay Making Workshop
Unleash your creativity as you mold and decorate a clay mooncake to take home! Customise your mooncake masterpiece using the various patterns, coloured clay and pressed flower decorations. Note: The mooncakes are made using air drying clay and not edible.
  • Saturday 7, 14 & 21 September 1pm – 5pm
Illuminated Lanterns Installation
Discover the hundreds of illuminated colourful lanterns lighting up Darling Square every night from 6 September – 22 September. Take a picture-perfect snap with the lantern installation, follow @darlingsquare and tag #dsqmoonfestival to go in the draw to win a $500 Darling Square voucher. 
Illuminated Lion Dancing
Witness the captivating acrobatic LED lion dancing that will light up the night on Saturday 7 September, 14 September and Tuesday 17 September at 6.30pm. You don’t want to miss this next level lion dancing performance!
Live Music
Enjoy the mesmerising vocals of talented live singers from 6pm – 9pm on Fridays, Saturdays and Tuesday 17 September. Stay tuned for the line-up.
  • Friday 6, 13 & 20 September
  • Saturday 7, 14 & 21 September
  • Tuesday 17 September
XOPP Mooncakes Pop Up Stall
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with XOPP by Golden Century’s decadent limited-edition mooncakes, a modern take on the traditional mooncake. Choose from their classic egg custard with egg yolk filling and red bean with lily bulb filling. Comes in a box of 6, perfect for sharing with family and friends!

XOPP will have a pop-up stall from 12pm to 8:30pm on Fridays to Sundays from 6 September to 22 September and on Tuesday 17 September. Find them in front of The Exchange.
Moon Festival Specials
Enjoy exclusive offers at these delicious eats!
15cenchi
15cenchi’s special, Salted Egg Mochi Moon Cheesecake is inspired by the traditional mooncakes and only available for a limited time only.
Auvers Dinings
Auvers Dinings are offering a limited-edition Moon Festival inspired menu including Duck and Wagyu Fried Rice and Deconstructed Mooncake Toast during Moon Festival. 
Bubble Nini
Bubble Nini’s delicious mooncakes include custard lava with salted egg yolk and lotus seed paste with double egg yolks and come in a luxury gift box of 8 for $129. 
Dopa by Devon
Dopa by Devon is offering diners a free mochi for dessert with any main meal purchase.
Gelato Messina
Gelato Messina’s limited edition mooncake gelato is made with red dates, caramel, lava custard and mooncake crumbs. Freshly made in store and available from 17 September for up to a week while stocks last.
IIKO Mazesoba
IIKO Mazesoba’s Moon Festival menu is inspired by Tsukimi or 'looking at the moon' featuring golden round ingredients resembling the full harvest moon and includes tsukimi mazesoba, tuna cup kakiage and gelato with mochi taiyaki.
Lilong by Taste of Shanghai
Lilong by Taste of Shanghai has golden puff pastry mooncakes with white lotus seed paste and salted egg yolk, red bean paste, abalone and pork fillings.
Matcha-ya
Matcha-ya are serving a fun Jiggly Bunny Pudding in milk or strawberry flavour. You can also add on a Jiggly Bunny Pudding on any ice drinks.
Ume Burger x Batch Brewing
Ume Burger and Batch Brewing have teamed up to bring you the Batch Burger Box featuring a burger, fries and beer for $25. Batch Brewing also runs a happy hour promotion Monday-Friday from 4pm to 6pm.
XOPP
XOPP’s mooncake collection takes a modern twist on the traditional mooncakes. Choose from their classic egg custard with egg yolk filling and red bean with lily bulb filling.