New Year’s Eve 2026 in Singapore

By the ULTIMATE Singapore Editorial Team

Midnight on Marina Bay

The city’s great public celebration is the Marina Bay Singapore Countdown, presented by the Urban Redevelopment Authority with the Singapore Tourism Board. The tourism board’s own page lists the Marina Bay Countdown 2027 for 31 December 2026 at Marina Bay, promising fireworks over the bay; when we checked, the 2027 programme, times and arrangements had not yet been published on the countdown’s official site.

For a seat rather than a spot on the promenade, the hotels around the bay sell their own countdowns: The Fullerton Hotel sends its Courtyard party out to the South Plaza for the fireworks at midnight, and the rooftops of The Lighthouse and Lantern look straight across the water. Our advice: check marinabaycountdown.gov.sg in December for the fireworks time and road closures, and travel by public transport.

Visit Singapore: Marina Bay Countdown 2027 →   Marina Bay Singapore Countdown (official site) →

The Fullerton Hotel: a feast, a courtyard party and a rooftop

The Fullerton Hotel, on the Singapore River, has the fullest New Year’s Eve programme in the city. Town Restaurant’s New Year’s Eve Dinner Feast runs from 7pm to 11pm at S$308++ per adult (S$154++ per child), or S$438++ with free-flowing champagne; Jade serves a five-course Chinese set dinner, also 7pm to 11pm, at S$238++, or S$298++ with champagne and wine. Both include the countdown party in The Courtyard.

That party fills the hotel’s soaring atrium with a live band and DJs from 9pm to 1am, before guests head to the South Plaza for the fireworks; the cover charge is S$118++ with two drinks. Up on the roof, The Lighthouse serves a six-course New Year’s Eve degustation from 7pm to 12.30am at S$598++ with a glass of champagne, followed by its Rooftop Party (9pm to 1am; tables from S$1,688++ for four, or S$228 nett at the door with two drinks).

Our advice: for the fireworks over the Marina waterfront at midnight, the rooftop of The Lighthouse is the hotel’s most sought-after seat; book it first.

The Fullerton Hotel Singapore: New Year’s Eve →

The Fullerton Bay Hotel: The Clifford Pier and Lantern

Across the water, the arches and chandeliers of The Clifford Pier hold a New Year’s Eve Feast and Countdown: a buffet with a caviar bar, seafood and Asian and Western dishes from 7pm to 11pm, then a live band towards midnight. It costs S$348++ per adult (S$198++ per child), or S$578++ with free-flowing champagne. At La Brasserie, a six-course French dinner (7pm to 11pm, S$288++) includes the pier’s countdown party.

On the roof, Lantern holds its Rooftop Countdown Party with guest DJs and fireworks over the waterfront at midnight. Tables run from 7pm to 2am, at S$1,688++ for four (city-view, open-air) or S$2,488++ for six (sheltered, with a bay view); standing entry from 10pm to 2am is S$288++, with free-flowing Veuve Clicquot, wine, spirits and beer.

The Fullerton Bay Hotel: New Year’s celebrations →

Mandarin Oriental, Capella and The Kallang

Mandarin Oriental, Singapore welcomes 2027 at a poolside countdown with live DJs, free-flowing drinks and canapés against the skyline, from 10pm to 1am, with prices from S$148 per person (plus service charge and taxes). Guests who book Dolce Vita’s New Year’s Eve Night Brunch receive tickets to the party.

For a quieter night, Capella Singapore, in its rainforest on Sentosa, serves a five-course New Year’s Eve dinner at Fiamma with a glass of Billecart-Salmon Le Réserve Champagne (S$298++), and six-course Cantonese lunch and dinner menus at Cassia (S$288++).

For the biggest crowd, The Kallang Countdown 2027 Concert at Stadium Roar stars the K-pop group Highlight (Beast), with the Malaysian singer Mimifly and Singaporean acts including Yung Raja and DJ Inquisitive. Doors open at 7.30pm and the show starts at 8.30pm; tickets are S$38 and S$28, on general sale from 17 November 2026 at 3pm.

Mandarin Oriental, Singapore: festive season →   Capella Singapore: festive programme 2026 →   The Kallang Countdown 2027 Concert →

New Year’s Day: long lunches

1 January 2027 is a Friday. At Capella, Fiamma’s New Year’s Day brunch runs from 12pm to 3pm, from S$258++ per person. In the city, The Clifford Pier serves a New Year’s Day brunch buffet from 12.30pm to 3.30pm (S$128++, or S$248++ with champagne) and a dinner buffet from 6.30pm to 10pm (S$138++), and The Fullerton Hotel’s Town Restaurant has a lunch buffet from 12pm to 3.30pm (S$78++) and a dinner feast from 6.30pm (S$128++).

Our advice: after a late night on the bay, a long brunch on Sentosa, under the trees at Capella, is the gentlest start to the year.

Capella Singapore: festive programme 2026 →   The Fullerton Bay Hotel: New Year’s Day →

Booking and what is still to come

Most hotel prices are printed with ++, meaning a service charge and GST are added to the bill. Book the rooftops and the bayside dinners early: they come with a reserved place for the fireworks. When we checked, Raffles Singapore’s and Marina Bay Sands’ own pages could not be read, and the Esplanade had not yet listed its 2026 countdown programme; we will add them once we can confirm them.

Our advice: Marina Bay is the city’s busiest place on New Year’s Eve. Choose your party in advance, arrive early, and plan to walk or take the MRT home. For the rest of the season, see our guide to Christmas in Singapore.

Christmas in Singapore →

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