Nearly 20,000 to Celebrate National Day at NTUC Event at Marina Bay

Celebrations to take place on three days; ticket balloting closes on July 4

- Claudia Tan

Close to 20,000 people will celebrate Singapore's 60th birthday at The Promontory @ Marina Bay in 2025, an increase from about 15,000 in 2024.

This is because the NTUC National Day Parade (NDP) Bay Celebrations will take place on three days—July 26, Aug 2 and Aug 9—up from two in 2024.

The celebrations will take place alongside the NDP preview shows and the actual NDP at the Padang.

The bay celebrations are part of an "expanded canvas" to mark Singapore's 60th year of independence.

Ticket balloting for the event—co-organised by the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) and the National Day Parade executive committee (NDP Exco)—opened at 5pm on June 20 and will close at 5pm on July 4.

Singaporeans and permanent residents can apply for tickets at https://ndpbaycelebrations.sg

Each person can ballot for only two tickets.

All attendees will receive an NDP pack.

On all three days of celebrations, doors will open at 4pm for attendees, and performances by local artistes like Estelle Fly, Regina Song, Shabir Sulthan and Shazza will begin at 4.15pm.

This will be followed by a live broadcast of the NDP preview shows or the actual NDP.