
Night Concerts Continue at Bayfront Stage Despite Particulate Readings
Singapore Grand Prix promoters kept Bayfront concert schedules running as NEA forecast unhealthy to high-unhealthy particulate levels through the race weekend.
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Singapore Grand Prix promoters kept Bayfront concert schedules running as NEA forecast unhealthy to high-unhealthy particulate levels through the race weekend.

Singapore GP executive director Adam Firth said on 9 October there are no plans to cut concerts or fan zones as haze lingers, while STB cited on-site N95 stocks and medical teams.

Teams displayed their 2026 challengers at Marina Bay on Friday afternoon before first practice opened the final sprint weekend of the Formula 1 season.

Porsche Carrera Cup Asia practice opens the Marina Bay track programme on 9 October before F1’s sole hour of free practice and sprint qualifying, kicking off a sprint-format Singapore Grand Prix weekend.

The National Museum of Singapore will reopen its Singapore History Gallery on 10 October after a three-year revamp, with nine days of programmes leading into the long weekend.

Contractors are sealing Marina Bay barriers ahead of Singapore’s first Formula 1 sprint weekend, with competitive running starting 9 October.

Lana Del Rey will play her first full Singapore concert on the F1 Padang stage on 11 October, closing a Marina Bay weekend that also features JJ Lin and The Killers.

Hans Zimmer brings the Next Level world tour to Singapore Indoor Stadium on 7 October, his first local show since 2019, with rearranged scores from Dune and Interstellar.

The 37th Singapore International Film Festival runs 21 October to 1 November, opening with Korean thriller The Assassin(s) and hosting Bollywood star Aamir Khan for a Screen Icon Award and Lagaan anniversary screening.

Shaw Theatres sold out midnight screenings at Lido for a Cantonese film restoration series, adding seats after cinephiles queued for 1960s prints remastered for the school-holiday week.

Bulgogi chicken and beef burgers arrive after breakfast at 11am, with three-design photocards bundled into meals while stocks last.

Loh Kean Yew lost 12-21, 16-21 to Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games men's singles final on 29 September, securing Singapore's first badminton silver at the Games.

World No. 2 Kunlavut Vitidsarn meets the first Singaporean men’s singles finalist in Asian Games history on 29 September at Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium.

Loh Kean Yew plays an Asian Games men’s singles semi-final on 28 September after beating world No. 1 Jonatan Christie for his first victory in 11 meetings.

Gan Ching Hwee's 8:26.25 silver in the Tokyo 800m freestyle is her third medal of these Asian Games, after the 400m and 1500m. It is also the visible end of a funding pipeline whose real cost never appears on a results page.

Post Malone’s first standalone Singapore stadium show is less a recap than a test of who carries the risk—and whether the market can turn a Friday night into a repeatable touring stop.

Singapore’s first Formula 1 sprint weekend locks JJ Lin, The Killers and Lana Del Rey on the Padang Stage across 9–11 October, with sprint qualifying Friday night and a 21-lap sprint on Saturday.

Barrier crews begin the Marina Bay Street Circuit build during setup week ahead of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix on 9–11 October, as LTA locks in seven-day road closures from 7 October.

Barrier crews and power teams begin the Marina Bay Street Circuit build as LTA locks in October road-closure windows for the 9–11 October night race.

Nestlé and Changi Airport’s Changi 1st pop-up brings Formula 1-themed racing simulators and merchandise rewards to Terminal 2’s central event space through 19 October, ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.