We’ve made our way well into the Year 2022- time to shake up any mid-year blues with these activities and events happening in May! We’ve listed some fun upcoming events below, with some lovely options for you to enjoy together with your child for an extended Mother’s Day celebration.
Workshops and Classes for Kids
1. Sweet 17 Celebration, klpac
- Sketch comedy series indicinelive! 7 (25th – 29th May)
- Young KL Singers’ mysterious Dark Light choral production (13th – 15th May)
- Theatresauce’s Don’t Like It Here? Then Leave (19th – 22th May) (For mature audiences)
- Guided tour Backstage Bites, sponsored by Yayasan Sime Darby and featuring a surprise performance
as well as Joget Workshop by Zhafir Muzani (14th May)
- Ian Chow’s unplugged rock concert Rewind (21st May)
- Reminiscing with the klpac String Orchestra (29th May)
- Joe Hasham OAM’s adaptation of Philadelphia, Here I Come! (date TBC)
- Directing for Theatre with Christopher Ling (14th May)
- Writing with Mark Beau de Silva (15th May)
- Dance with Zhafir Muzani (21th May)
- Directing for Musical with Christopher Ling (22nd May)
- Composing with Fuad Alhabshi of Kyoto Protocol (28th May)
Auditions and Workshops
- Registrations for SHORT+SWEET Malaysia happening in October are open until 1st June for Film, Stand-Up Comedy & Song, Musical, Dance and Theatre categories
- The Malaysian Jazz Piano Festival: entries for Malaysian Jazz Talent Competition (ending 30th May) , and 1st Malaysian Junior Jazz Piano Competition for pianists aged 5 to 17 (ending 25th May)
- klpac Symphonic Band Audition (14th May)
- Mandarin play The Guilty casting call via video submission (by 16th May)
The Actors Studio Academy @ klpac will also be offering free trial classes with different slots for age groups ranging from 3 to 18 years old. The under-30 minute long, bite-sized classes are the perfect teasers to their popular Speech and Drama programme. Find out more about their courses, join in some fun theatre games and activities, and get to know the teachers with a Q&A session that will be held after every trial class.
14th May 2022
3 – 6 years old: 9.00am – 9.30am
7 – 9 years old: 9.30am – 9.55am
9 – 12 years old: 9.45am – 10.10am
13 – 18 years old: 10.00am – 10.25am
15th May 2022
4 – 6 years old: 10.15am – 10.45am
7 – 9 years old: 9.30am – 9.55am
9 – 12 years old: 9.45am – 10.10am
13 – 18 years old: 12.15pm – 12.40pm
2. Art Class, The Children’s Art Studio
Unleash your child’s creativity with a free online trial class by The Children’s Art Studio, available over the entire month of May. Suitable for children aged 3 to 12 years old, the teachers will guide as necessary, whilst still providing kids with the freedom to explore and fully express themselves. A typical class will start with a briefing of the theme and the mediums that will be used through the session. The teachers will then monitor each child with different methods and steps to ensure that they understand the process of the artwork. The Google Meet link and materials for each lesson will be sent to parents 3 days prior to the class.
Date: 1st May – 31st May 2022
Venue: Online
3. STEM Workshop, 5T3M
Join Malaysia’s first STEM-based edutainment centre and academy in their upcoming workshops and get your child equipped with crucial 21st century skills. Inspire a love for robotics, coding, artificial intelligence and more with fun and immersive mind boggling activities!
Time: Pre-book 1.5 hour slots (at 11am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm respectively)
Age: 3 – 7 years old
Price: RM45 per ticket (Buy 3, Get 1 Free )
Venue: Lot T-326, Level 3, The Starling, No. 6, Jalan SS 21/37, Damansara Utama, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Photon Programming
Date: 2nd May- 8th May 2022
Lava Lamp
Date: 9th May – 15th May 2022
Swipe Robotics
Date: 16th May – 22nd May 2022
Glow In The Dark Slime
Date: 23rd May – 29th May 2022
4. Nature Activities, Outside by D Jungle Juniors
Once again, Outside by D Jungle Juniors brings to us an array of exciting character-building and experiential programmes for kids across the ages. From making rainbows, to exploring edible seeds, and taking part in a survival signage awareness programme, kids are guaranteed to have a blast (alongside developing a wide range of out-of-classroom life skills)!
Sunny Side Up
Date: 14th May 2022
Time: 9.00am – 12.00 noon
Age: 5 – 7 years old
Price: RM150 (new customers), RM135 (members)
Our Big Blue Marble (Online)
Date: 20th May 2022
Time: 4.30 pm- 6.00pm
Age: 5 -7 years old
Price: RM100 (new customer), RM90 (member)
The Incredible Warrior
Date: 22nd May 2022
Time: 9.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Age: 8 – 12 years old
Price: RM240 (new customer), RM215 (member)
Venue: 24, Jalan SS 1/41, Kampung Tunku, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
5. Songwriting, TeenEdge Malaysia
Does your teen dream of being a songwriter or singer? Join TeenEdge, a youth development organisation that helps to develop young talents in the creative arts industries, as they host a fun songwriting workshop over two concurrent Saturdays in May. Although prior music experience will be helpful, classes are suitable for beginners, and participants can choose between an online or physical class. Have a personal, original song completed, as the instructors guide in rhyme scheme and techniques in lyric-writing and the development of a melody (with strong hooks and pop song chords progression)!
Date: 14th and 21st May 2022
Time: 4.30am – 6.00pm
Fee: RM60
Age: 12 years old and above
Venue: Online or Jalan 13/2, Seksyen 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Full workshop details and registration at www.teenedge.org/songwriting
6. Symbiosis of Pollinators, Wetlands Gamuda Cove
Have your kids learn about flora and fauna, and enlighten them on the needs of wetland conservation, right in the middle of the fun-filled Discovery Wetland Park! In conjunction with International Day of Biological Diversity, Gamuda Cove will be organising a day full of exciting and enlightening activities, including a scented candle workshop, cycling, coffee scrubbing soap workshop, and Instagrammable flower tunnel. Participants will also be taken an a special Into-The-Wild educational safari tour to discover wildlife within the wetlands. And the best part? Admission is free (plus, the kids get to go home with lots of freebies too!).
Register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zGISXDRn2UQS2BzyMme-ILPG6Vta-mvKbsp4aK7fDLk/edit
Dates: 21st and 22nd May 2022
Time: By 1 hour slots (9.30am, 11.00am, 2.00pm, 3.30pm)
Price: Free
Venue: Persiaran Cove Sentral, Bandar Gamuda Cove, 42700 Dengkil, Selangor
7. Spaceship Playgroup and Financial Lesson, Fusion Music Studio
This one-stop music academy and studio will be hosting both music and non-music related activities during the month of May, with two separate programs happening concurrently for children aged 2 to 14 years old! Parents who have more than one child will be able to enrol both kids in their respective age-appropriate classes, at the same place and same time.
Sign yourself up for a space adventure with your younger tot in this parent-child playgroup and have a fun-filled morning bonding over songs, art, stretching, and learning!
Date: 22nd May 2022
Time: 10.00am – 12.00 noon
Fee: RM68 per parent and child pair
Age: 2-4 years old
Venue: No. 3-2, Blok A, Jalan Tasik Prima 5/1, Prima Biz Hub (The Wharf), Taman Tasik Prima 47150 Puchong, Selangor
Date: 22nd May 2022
Time: 10.00 am to 12.15pm
Fee: RM58 per child
Age: 6-14 years old
Venue: No. 3-2, Blok A, Jalan Tasik Prima 5/1, Prima Biz Hub (The Wharf), Taman Tasik Prima 47150 Puchong, Selangor
8. Masak Masak, Alex’s Bakery
Alex’s Bakery is a bakery formed with love by a mama and her young baker Alex, who was born with Down’s Syndrome. Sign your child up and join the duo online for an inclusive, fun-filled Masak Masak lesson. No oven is required- the recipe of the day will be a delicious no-bake mini cheesecake and granola bites!
Date: 28th May 2022
Time: 3.00pm – 4.00pm
Price: RM30 per child
9. Become a YouTuber, Sheldon & Emerson
Learn from the experts, as YouTube Silver Creator award-winners, Sheldon, 16 and Emerson, 14, hold a course on how to start, create content, grow subscribers and monetise your YouTube channel. These two brothers started actively working on their YouTube channel, CyberLegends Animations during the pandemic two years ago, where they posted their 2D animation creations on their channel- which has since grown to have 216k subscribers with 60+ million views!
Date: 28th and 29th May 2022
Time: 10.00am – 12.00 noon
Fee: RM197 per person
Age: 9 years old to adults
Venue: Online
Register at:
Workshops for Parents
1. Fitness Class and Pediatric First Aid Course, B Studios
Regain your strength with B Studios, a kid and mum-friendly gym that caters to mums in all stages of their pregnancy. Their upcoming 6-week program is perfect for newly postpartum mums, or those still on their prenatal journey. B Studios will also be hosting a Paediatric First Aid course, so parents can be well-prepared for any emergencies (definitely useful for those of us with cheeky little monkeys around)!
Pediatric First Aid and CPR
Date: 14th May 2022
Time: 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Price: RM250 per pax/RM480 per couple
6-Week Restore Your Core
Dates: 14th May, 21st May, 28th May, 4th June, 11th June and 18th June 2022
Time: 11.30am – 12.30pm
Price: RM580 per pax
Venue: 42- 2, Jalan Telawi, Bangsar, 59100 Kuala Lumpur
Art Events
1. ILHAM Gallery
This public art gallery is committed to supporting local artists and encouraging an appreciation of Malaysian modern and contemporary art among the public. Check out their upcoming exhibitions in the following months, and keep a look out for their education and public programmes, which will bring you into closer contact with the beauty of the arts.
Skola Gambar Enrique de Malacca, Ahmad Fuad Osman
The fourth iteration of the Enrique de Malacca Memorial Project will take you on a journey of revisiting the first circumnavigation around the world through the perspective of a person from the Malay Archipelago.
Date: 15th March – 15th May 2022
ILHAM Art Show 2022
Catch the inaugural ILHAM Art Show- a triennial exhibition platform initiated to give local artists the opportunity to experiment and showcase their creations. Explore the diverse voices of Malaysia, expressed through the form of art, as they shape our national narratives for more equal representation.
Date: 17th May- 23rd October 2022
2. Project Future Malaysia, GMMB
Created with the support of the Chevening Alumni Fund and the British High Commission Kuala Lumpur, this project provides visitors with the opportunity to engage in interesting discourse, whilst being surrounded by literary and visual works across a range of genres and themes. Join 10 Malaysian creatives at GMMB, as they reimagine alternative futures for our country with thought-provoking pieces.
Date: 21st May 2022
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Venue: Level 9 – Temu-Temu Conference Room, 2, Jalan Robertson, Bukit Bintang
Bazaars and Markets
1. Kidpreneurs Weekend Bazaar, The School @ Jaya One
My First Seed, a children’s entrepreneur platform, will be hosting its first physical Seed Market of the year. This empowering event will provide children with the opportunity to experience real-life entrepreneurship, and have a go at pitching, negotiating and developing their money sense. Bring your kids along to support the 20-over stalls run by mini bosses aged between 5 and 17 years old. Who knows – your child might also end up leaving the bazaar inspired to come up with their own business plan!
Date: 14th – 15th May 2022
Time: 10.00am – 6.00pm
Venue: No. 72A, Jalan Profesor Diraja Ungku Aziz, Seksyen 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya
2. Spring Weekend Bazaar, Kedai KL
Date: 27th- 29th May 2022
Time: 11.00am – 6.00pm
Venue: Block B, Level 2, MAHSA Avenue Jalan Universiti Off Jalan Ilmu 59100 Kuala Lumpur
3. KLove Market, Kloe Hotel
Traders Market and Kloe Hotel are collaborating yet again for the third installment of KLove Market, slated to take place across an entire hotel floor! Each hotel room will be taken over by homegrown brands, and turned into their very own experiential pop-up boutique for a fun, unique shopping experience.
Date: 28th – 29th May 2022
Time: 11.00am – 6.00pm
Venue: Level 2, Kloe Hotel, 227, Bukit Bintang St, Imbi, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur
4. Building Hope Charity Bazaar, KL Gateway Mall
Date: 21st May 2022
Time: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Venue: Central Piazza KL Gateway Mall No. 2, Jalan Kerinchi Gerbang Kerinchi Lestari 59200 Kuala Lumpur
by Elaine Yeoh
