CITRUS fest 2026

CITRUS fest 2026 is the second edition of a biennial festival of care for and by arts workers. The National Arts Council's Arts Resource Hub commissioned the festival, which its official page lists for 17–31 August 2026. The festival is an arts-sector support and community programme, not a statutory arts regulator or a general public-holiday event (Arts Resource Hub, CITRUS fest 2026, last updated 25 August 2026, accessed 29 August 2026).

Focus and programme status

The page describes CITRUS as supporting Singapore-based arts workers through care practices, connection and opportunities to develop ideas. Its related huddle puddle open call sought Singapore-based arts workers in pairs for research and pilot projects; the page records that submissions had closed and that the programme would involve four pairs in total, including one pair formed by the CITRUS associates. The festival page does not establish that every activity is open to all practitioners or that participation creates an NAC grant or professional qualification (Arts Resource Hub, CITRUS fest 2026, accessed 29 August 2026).

Arts Resource Hub relationship

CITRUS fest forms part of ARH Connects, the Arts Resource Hub's curated programme series for its subscriber community. The Arts Resource Hub describes its wider role as supporting arts self-employed persons and freelance practitioners through connection, peer learning, expert-led dialogues and resources. CITRUS therefore sits within NAC's arts-worker support ecosystem rather than replacing the broader arts-policy, grants or regulatory framework (Arts Resource Hub, CITRUS fest 2026, accessed 29 August 2026; arts policy).

The festival's care framing is broader than individual wellbeing activities. ARH describes “care practices” as sustained actions intended to improve wellbeing and longevity in the arts workplace through systemic or structural change. The page gives an example of a selected project on intimacy direction and coordination in Singapore's performing-arts and media sectors, involving community mapping, research and dialogue with local practitioners and stakeholders (Arts Resource Hub, CITRUS fest 2026, accessed 29 August 2026). This is a programme description and example, not evidence that the festival has changed employment conditions across the sector.