Sing60, the celebration of Singapore's music history, takes place at Fort Canning Park on Dec 6 and 7

Until the 1980s, there was no bigger stage for budding Singaporean singers than Talentime.

- Eddino Abdul Hadi Music Correspondent

The annual singing competition, which had its roots in radio in 1949 before moving to television in 1967, will be back in the spotlight at the two-day Sing60 Music Festival. The event, a celebration of the sonic culture of Singapore's last six decades, spotlights more than 50 homegrown music acts. Sing60 is held at Fort Canning Park on Dec 6 and 7.

Among the acts are a supergroup made up of Talentime winners and finalists from the 1970s and 1980s – Ann Hussein, Clement Chow, Faridah Ali, Gerry Rezel and Max Surin.

While some of the alumni have performed together in recent years, Sing60 will be the first time all five - billed as the Talentime All-Stars - are gathered on the same stage in a nostalgic stroll down memory lane.