National Day Parade

NDP 2026: Orang Laut song pays tribute to S’pore’s coastal native communities in parade show

Orang Laut singer Asnida Daud’s performance of a song that she composed, arranged and wrote with her husband and son will feature in the parade’s third act.

About 240,000 NDP packs designed by artists with disabilities to be distributed this year

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam with artists behind the artworks for this year’s NDP pack at the National Stadium on June 30.

NDP 2026: Six bus services to skip some stops in June, July due to rehearsals

Some bus stops will be skipped in the evenings of June 27, July 4 for NDP rehearsals

NDP 2026 to feature first-ever persons with disabilities contingent

(From left) NDP parade commander, Military Expert 6 Caleb Chia, NDP parade and ceremony committee chairman Colonel Anthony Lau, the Singapore Disability Sports Council’s contingent commander Yap Qian Yin, NTUC contingent member Siti Radziah Zainal Abidin, and her son Ari Wafiy Muhammad Mahfudz, who will join the National Cadet Corps (Sea) contingent.

NDP 2026: Flying of kites, drones not allowed on some days across Singapore

The restrictions will be in effect on June 18, every Saturday from June 28 to Aug 1, and Aug 9, the day of the NDP.

NDP 2026: 3 NDP songs to cater to different tastes, create ‘a show for every Singaporean’

NDP music director Bang Wenfu said that multiple songs cater to different ideas, viewpoints and tastes among the different brackets of society.

NDP 2026: Ticket applications open from May 23 to June 6

National Day Parade 2026 will be held at the National Stadium, which can accommodate about 42,000 people.

NDP 2026: Bigger venue and three new songs, but no Red Lions, mobile column in this year’s parade

National Day Parade held at Padang as seen from Swissotel The Stamford on Aug 9, 2025.

Finding Joy

The thrill of landing elusive NDP tickets after years of balloting

The view from the writer's seat at this year's NDP.

NDP 2025 celebrated Singapore’s diversity, vibrancy and inclusivity: President Tharman

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam thanked the more than 16,000 participants, volunteers and organisers involved in NDP 2025 at a reception on Aug 29.

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