Noise complaints halt outdoor music events at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, organisers rue loss of venue

The Keppel Road venue's capacity and accessibility make it suitable for such large-scale events, said organisers, adding that it's difficult to find similar venues at affordable rates.

An Ice Cream Sundays event held in September 2025 at the Tanjong Pagar Distripark. (Photo: Bryner Tan)

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SINGAPORE: Former industrial hub turned vibrant arts cluster Tanjong Pagar Distripark has paused outdoor music events due to noise complaints from its neighbours.

Independent music collective Cream Team, which has held its long-running Ice Cream Sundays event at the Keppel Road venue since 2023, said it was informed on Oct 16 that it cannot continue due to tighter restrictions.

Co-founder Jake Camacho told CNA on Friday (Oct 30) they were notified by the venue management via an email stating: "We will not be able to freely allow outdoor music-related events at Tanjong Pagar Distripark without tighter restrictions."

Ice Cream Sundays is a dance music event. Despite its name, it regularly takes place on other days of the week too.

CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less No specific details of the restrictions were given, Mr Camacho said, but the group was told that “events in the form that we were doing them would not be possible for the foreseeable future”. Tanjong Pagar Distripark, which is owned by Mapletree, also houses the Singapore Art Museum. CNA contacted Mapletree for comment on the matter on Friday afternoon. Later in the day, it posted on its Instagram page: "We love bringing people together through our live outdoor events, but we also understand that the loud music may sometimes cause some disamenity to our neighbours and the surrounding community." It said it takes the concerns seriously and has shared the feedback with the relevant event organisers, though it did not specify any names. "As we want to be considerate of everyone around us, we will be asking our licensees and tenants to take a step back and temporarily pause any events that might result in disamenity to our neighbours," it said. Mapletree did not say how long the pause would last, adding only that it looks forward to “sharing more good times with you in the future”. NOISE COMPLAINTS Mr Camacho said his firm started holding its Ice Cream Sundays events at Tanjong Pagar Distripark in 2023 – an important venue for its accessibility and capacity. "Our events can range between 1,000 to 1,200 attendees, so the car park spine that's in between Blocks 37 and 39 is quite a suitable size for an event of that scale," he said. The first complaint that Ice Cream Sundays received was in August this year, when an anonymous email regarding noise complaints was sent to the group and some government agencies, said Mr Camacho. "They were also citing other events that have happened at the Distripark, so other promoters and kinds of tenants were also tagged in the email thread," he said. Mr Camacho noted that its Oct 3 event, which was the final event before the pause notice came from the venue owners, was held behind Block 37 as an additional barrier between the event and the housing blocks across the road. "We actually were agreeable to the measure of moving the whole thing to the back of the carpark around three weeks before the event, because we take it seriously when people say that we are causing a disturbance," he said. "That's never our intention. We have always put in place measures to alleviate, as much as possible, any kind of concerns around noise and disturbance to nearby residences, and so that was something that we voluntarily agreed to." Ice Cream Sundays has also changed its speaker configuration to reduce the amount of noise facing the residences. During its events, the group also takes decibel readings every two hours to track its noise emissions. FINDING VENUES Ice Cream Sunday posted about the pause on Instagram on Oct 28. The post had drawn more than 7,000 likes and almost 300 comments as at Monday (Nov 2). Mr Camacho called the news “very disappointing”, particularly as venues have become scarcer. Haw Par Villa, another of the group’s signature venues, became unavailable after redevelopment began in December last year. "That’s a pattern that we've seen playing out over the past 10 years. And if anything, it seems to be getting even harder," he said. Losing an important venue like Distripark would be a "particularly hard blow to swallow", he added. As a company that specialises in outdoor music events of a certain scale, the challenge is in finding a venue that is accessible enough for people to attend, while also being in an area where they are not likely to disturb people, said Mr Camacho. The Cream Team has been reaching out to developers and government agencies for possible sites for its events, he added. In the meantime, the group has been making its events more family-friendly, with free activities such as stamp making and rock painting workshops. "So it's not just a purely music-driven experience. We do like to think of it as more of a mini festival in a way, and that it should be inclusive to all kinds of people," said Mr Camacho. Other independent music organisers echoed the concerns. Culture SG co-founder Vira Suria said the Tanjong Pagar Distripark's spacious warehouse environment and proximity to the city centre made it suitable for such events. His group had previously organised R&B-themed event SoulSet at the location in June this year. However, finding similar venues at affordable rates is difficult, said Mr Vira. "Spaces like this are hard to come by in Singapore, especially at a price that makes sense for independent organisers," he said. "You might have plenty of ideas, but once you look at the venue costs, you have to ask whether you can realistically cover them." Mr Vira added that the restrictions imposed at Tanjong Pagar Distripark would pose another challenge for the independent music scene. "For independent organisers, there’s always a level of uncertainty, and losing an option like this makes things harder," he said.

No specific details of the restrictions were given, Mr Camacho said, but the group was told that “events in the form that we were doing them would not be possible for the foreseeable future”.

Tanjong Pagar Distripark, which is owned by Mapletree, also houses the Singapore Art Museum.

CNA contacted Mapletree for comment on the matter on Friday afternoon. Later in the day, it posted on its Instagram page: "We love bringing people together through our live outdoor events, but we also understand that the loud music may sometimes cause some disamenity to our neighbours and the surrounding community."

It said it takes the concerns seriously and has shared the feedback with the relevant event organisers, though it did not specify any names.

"As we want to be considerate of everyone around us, we will be asking our licensees and tenants to take a step back and temporarily pause any events that might result in disamenity to our neighbours," it said.

Mapletree did not say how long the pause would last, adding only that it looks forward to “sharing more good times with you in the future”.

Mr Camacho said his firm started holding its Ice Cream Sundays events at Tanjong Pagar Distripark in 2023 – an important venue for its accessibility and capacity.

"Our events can range between 1,000 to 1,200 attendees, so the car park spine that's in between Blocks 37 and 39 is quite a suitable size for an event of that scale," he said.

The first complaint that Ice Cream Sundays received was in August this year, when an anonymous email regarding noise complaints was sent to the group and some government agencies, said Mr Camacho.

"They were also citing other events that have happened at the Distripark, so other promoters and kinds of tenants were also tagged in the email thread," he said.

Mr Camacho noted that its Oct 3 event, which was the final event before the pause notice came from the venue owners, was held behind Block 37 as an additional barrier between the event and the housing blocks across the road.

"We actually were agreeable to the measure of moving the whole thing to the back of the carpark around three weeks before the event, because we take it seriously when people say that we are causing a disturbance," he said.

"That's never our intention. We have always put in place measures to alleviate, as much as possible, any kind of concerns around noise and disturbance to nearby residences, and so that was something that we voluntarily agreed to."

Ice Cream Sundays has also changed its speaker configuration to reduce the amount of noise facing the residences. During its events, the group also takes decibel readings every two hours to track its noise emissions.

Ice Cream Sunday posted about the pause on Instagram on Oct 28. The post had drawn more than 7,000 likes and almost 300 comments as at Monday (Nov 2).

Mr Camacho called the news “very disappointing”, particularly as venues have become scarcer. Haw Par Villa, another of the group’s signature venues, became unavailable after redevelopment began in December last year.

"That’s a pattern that we've seen playing out over the past 10 years. And if anything, it seems to be getting even harder," he said.

Losing an important venue like Distripark would be a "particularly hard blow to swallow", he added.

As a company that specialises in outdoor music events of a certain scale, the challenge is in finding a venue that is accessible enough for people to attend, while also being in an area where they are not likely to disturb people, said Mr Camacho.

The Cream Team has been reaching out to developers and government agencies for possible sites for its events, he added.

In the meantime, the group has been making its events more family-friendly, with free activities such as stamp making and rock painting workshops.

"So it's not just a purely music-driven experience. We do like to think of it as more of a mini festival in a way, and that it should be inclusive to all kinds of people," said Mr Camacho.

Other independent music organisers echoed the concerns. Culture SG co-founder Vira Suria said the Tanjong Pagar Distripark's spacious warehouse environment and proximity to the city centre made it suitable for such events.

His group had previously organised R&B-themed event SoulSet at the location in June this year.

However, finding similar venues at affordable rates is difficult, said Mr Vira.

"Spaces like this are hard to come by in Singapore, especially at a price that makes sense for independent organisers," he said.

"You might have plenty of ideas, but once you look at the venue costs, you have to ask whether you can realistically cover them."

Mr Vira added that the restrictions imposed at Tanjong Pagar Distripark would pose another challenge for the independent music scene.

"For independent organisers, there’s always a level of uncertainty, and losing an option like this makes things harder," he said.

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组织者表示，吉宝路场地的容量和交通便利性使其适合举办此类大型活动，并补充说，很难找到价格合理的类似场地。

2025年9月，丹戎巴葛区公园举办了“冰淇淋星期天”活动。（照片：Bryner Tan）

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新加坡：曾经的工业中心如今已发展成为充满活力的艺术集群丹戎巴葛艺术区，但由于邻居投诉噪音扰民，已暂停举办户外音乐活动。

独立音乐团体 Cream Team 自 2023 年以来一直在吉宝路场地举办长期举办的 Ice Cream Sundays 活动，该团体表示，10 月 16 日他们被告知，由于更严格的限制，该活动无法继续进行。

联合创始人杰克·卡马乔 (Jake Camacho) 于周五（10 月 30 日）告诉 CNA，他们收到场地管理方的电子邮件通知：“如果没有更严格的限制，我们将无法在丹戎巴葛区公园 (Tanjong Pagar Distripark) 自由举办与户外音乐相关的活动。”

“冰淇淋星期天”是一项舞曲活动。尽管名为“星期天”，但它通常也会在一周的其他日子举行。

CNA游戏猜词游戏：逐行破解单词；流行词游戏：用给定的字母组成单词；迷你数独：小巧的谜题，强大的脑力挑战；迷你填字游戏：小方格，大挑战；单词搜索：尽可能多地找出单词。显示更多 显示更少 卡马乔先生表示，没有给出具体的限制细节，但该团体被告知“在可预见的未来，我们目前举办的活动形式将无法实现”。丹戎巴葛区公园由丰树集团所有，新加坡美术馆也位于该公园内。周五下午，CNA联系丰树集团就此事征求意见。当天晚些时候，丰树集团在其Instagram页面上发帖称：“我们喜欢通过我们的户外现场活动将人们聚集在一起，但我们也理解，大声的音乐有时可能会对我们的邻居和周边社区造成一些不便。”该公司表示，他们非常重视这些担忧，并已将反馈意见转达给相关的活动组织者，但没有透露任何组织者的姓名。 “为了顾及周围所有人的感受，我们将要求我们的特许经营商和租户暂停举办任何可能对邻居造成不便的活动，”声明中写道。丰树集团并未说明暂停时间，仅表示期待“未来与您共度更多美好时光”。噪音投诉 卡马乔先生表示，他的公司于2023年开始在丹戎巴葛区公园举办“冰淇淋星期天”活动——该场地交通便利，容量充足，是一个重要的举办场所。“我们的活动通常有1000到1200人参加，因此37座和39座组屋之间的停车场主干道非常适合举办这种规模的活动，”他说道。卡马乔先生表示，“冰淇淋星期天”收到的第一起投诉是在今年8月，当时有人向该组织和一些政府机构发送了一封关于噪音投诉的匿名电子邮件。 “他们还提到了Distripark之前发生的其他事件，所以其他主办方和租户也在邮件中被提及，”他说。卡马乔先生指出，10月3日的活动是场地所有者发出暂停通知前的最后一场活动，该活动在37号楼后面举行，作为活动场地和马路对面住宅楼之间的额外屏障。“实际上，我们在活动开始前大约三周就同意将整个活动场地移到停车场后面，因为我们非常重视人们反映我们造成干扰的问题，”他说。“这绝非我们的本意。我们一直采取措施，尽可能减轻噪音和对附近居民的干扰，所以我们自愿同意了这项措施。”冰淇淋星期天活动还调整了音响配置，以减少面向居民区的噪音。在活动期间，该团体还会每两小时进行一次分贝测量，以追踪噪音排放情况。寻找场地 Ice Cream Sunday 于 10 月 28 日在 Instagram 上发布了暂停活动的通知。截至周一（11 月 2 日），该帖子已获得超过 7000 个赞和近 300 条评论。Camacho 先生称这一消息“非常令人失望”，尤其是在场地日益稀缺的情况下。该集团的另一个标志性场地 Haw Par Villa 在去年 12 月开始重建后也已无法使用。“过去十年，我们一直看到这种情况。而且似乎越来越难了，”他说道。他补充说，失去像 Distripark 这样重要的场地将是“一个难以接受的打击”。Camacho 先生表示，作为一家专注于举办一定规模户外音乐活动的公司，挑战在于找到一个既方便人们参加，又不会打扰到其他人的场地。他还补充说，Cream Team 一直在联系开发商和政府机构，寻找合适的活动场地。与此同时，该团体正努力让活动更适合家庭参与，例如提供免费的印章制作和石头彩绘工作坊。“所以这不仅仅是一场纯粹的音乐体验。我们更愿意把它看作是一个小型音乐节，并且应该包容所有类型的人，”卡马乔先生说道。其他独立音乐组织者也表达了同样的担忧。Culture SG联合创始人维拉·苏里亚表示，丹戎巴葛工业园宽敞的仓库环境以及靠近市中心的地理位置使其非常适合举办此类活动。他的团队此前曾于今年6月在该场地举办过以R&B为主题的SoulSet活动。然而，维拉先生表示，找到价格合适的类似场地并不容易。“在新加坡，像这样的场地很难找到，尤其是对于独立组织者来说，价格又合适的场地，”他说道。“你可能有很多想法，但一旦你考虑到场地成本，你就必须问问自己是否真的能够承担得起。”维拉先生补充说，丹戎巴葛音乐区的限制措施将给独立音乐界带来又一挑战。“对于独立音乐组织者来说，总会存在一定程度的不确定性，失去这样一个选择会让事情变得更加艰难，”他说。

卡马乔先生表示，虽然没有给出具体的限制细节，但该团体被告知“在可预见的未来，以我们正在进行的形式举办的活动将不可能”。

丹戎巴葛工业园（Tanjong Pagar Distripark）由丰树集团（Mapletree）所有，新加坡美术馆也坐落于此。

周五下午，CNA联系了丰树集团就此事征求意见。当天晚些时候，丰树集团在其Instagram页面上发帖称：“我们喜欢通过户外现场活动将人们聚集在一起，但我们也理解，大声播放的音乐有时可能会给我们的邻居和周边社区带来一些不便。”

该公司表示，他们非常重视这些担忧，并已将反馈意见转达给相关活动组织者，但没有具体说明组织者的名字。

“为了顾及周围每个人的感受，我们将要求我们的持牌人和租户暂时停止任何可能给邻居带来不便的活动，”声明中写道。

Mapletree并未说明暂停会持续多久，只是表示期待“未来与您分享更多美好时光”。

卡马乔先生表示，他的公司从 2023 年开始在丹戎巴葛区公园举办冰淇淋星期天活动——这是一个交通便利、容量大的重要场所。

他说：“我们的活动参与人数通常在 1000 到 1200 人之间，因此 37 号楼和 39 号楼之间的停车场主干道对于这种规模的活动来说大小相当合适。”

卡马乔先生说，冰淇淋星期天收到的第一起投诉是在今年 8 月，当时有人向该组织和一些政府机构发送了一封关于噪音投诉的匿名电子邮件。

“他们还提到了 Distripark 发生的其他事件，因此其他推广商和各类租户也在邮件中被提及，”他说。

卡马乔先生指出，10 月 3 日的活动是场地所有者发出暂停通知前的最后一场活动，该活动在 37 号楼后面举行，作为活动场地和马路对面住宅楼之间的额外屏障。

“实际上，我们在活动开始前大约三周就同意将整个活动地点移到停车场后面，因为我们非常重视人们说我们造成干扰的说法，”他说。

“这绝非我们的本意。我们一直采取措施，尽可能减轻噪音和对附近居民的干扰，所以这是我们自愿同意的。”

冰淇淋星期天活动也调整了音响设备的配置，以减少对居民区的噪音影响。活动期间，该组织还会每隔两小时进行一次分贝测量，以追踪噪音排放情况。

Ice Cream Sunday 于 10 月 28 日在 Instagram 上发布了关于暂停营业的消息。截至周一（11 月 2 日），该帖子已获得超过 7000 个赞和近 300 条评论。

卡马乔先生称这一消息“非常令人失望”，尤其是在场地日益稀缺的情况下。虎豹别墅是该集团的另一处标志性场所，自去年12月开始重建后便无法使用。

“过去十年里，我们一直看到这种模式不断上演。而且，情况似乎变得越来越糟了，”他说。

他补充说，失去像 Distripark 这样重要的场地将是“一个尤其难以接受的打击”。

卡马乔先生说，作为一家专门举办一定规模户外音乐活动的公司，我们面临的挑战是找到一个既方便人们参加，又不会打扰到其他人的场地。

他还补充说，Cream 团队一直在与开发商和政府机构联系，寻找举办活动的合适场地。

与此同时，该组织一直在努力使其活动更适合家庭参与，提供免费活动，例如印章制作和岩石彩绘工作坊。

“所以这不仅仅是一场纯粹的音乐体验。我们更愿意把它看作是一个小型节日，并且应该包容所有类型的人，”卡马乔先生说。

其他独立音乐组织者也表达了类似的担忧。Culture SG联合创始人维拉·苏里亚表示，丹戎巴葛工业园宽敞的仓库环境以及靠近市中心的地理位置，使其适合举办此类活动。

他的团队此前曾于今年 6 月在该地点举办过以 R&B 为主题的活动 SoulSet。

维拉先生表示，然而，要找到价格合理的类似场地却很困难。

他说：“像这样的场地在新加坡很难找到，尤其是对于独立组织者来说，价格又如此合理的场地。”

“你可能有很多想法，但一旦你考虑到场地费用，你就必须问问自己是否真的能够承担得起这些费用。”

Vira先生补充说，丹戎巴葛音乐园区实施的限制措施将给独立音乐界带来又一个挑战。

“对于独立组织者来说，总会存在一定程度的不确定性，失去这样的选择会让事情变得更加困难，”他说。

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