Orchard Paddock 2026: The Free GPSS Party at Ngee Ann City

What was on at Orchard Paddock

The go-karts were the draw. Dorifto! SG brought little drift cars styled like the AE86 and RX-7 from Initial D, four minutes a session, and the first 30 riders each day got a free go. SIMFAI ran the racing simulators: your first five laps were free, and the paid Time Attack Challenge asked you to finish five laps inside five minutes.

Off the track there was Neon Chess by Aliwal Chess Club, a Beat the Street Chess Hustler table where you played one-minute bullet games against street players, a Hot Wheels booth with a race track, a life-sized UNO card photobooth and an arcade. If you came for the actual race, our free spots to watch F1 guide covers the circuit side.

The music, the movie and the food

Opening night, 8 October, had the gig: ALYPH and YAØ headlining, with 53A, Reverie and Dreamsound, then an open-air screening of The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Right movie for a plaza full of drift karts. The stage on 9 and 10 October went to games and giveaways instead.

Food sat in the Refuel Station, an open-air supper village: Sake Inn on the beer taps, SOHTT with its sushi tacos, OMD by BTHL doing hotdogs, plus an American Pit Stop menu done with the U.S. Embassy.

How the car giveaway worked

You picked up a Circuit Card at the information counter by following @invade.co on Instagram. Then you collected stamps from the activities: the Dongfeng Photo Garage, the Dongfeng trunk-packing game, SIMFAI's simulator challenge, the Hot Wheels Pit Stop and Dorifto!. Each stamp was one chance in the draw, up to seven stamps.

The prize was a Dongfeng 007 Performance electric sedan, which Time Out put at $218,000. We have not seen a winner announced yet. Watch @invade.co if you dropped a card in.

Will Orchard Paddock come back

2026 was its first year. STB's release calls it a debut, inside the 17th edition of Grand Prix Season Singapore, which ran 2 to 11 October around the race weekend.

Nobody has announced a 2027 Orchard Paddock that we can find. GPSS itself has been coming back for 17 years, so if you missed it, the best bet is to watch @invade.co and @eventful_sg around next year's race.

FAQs

What was Orchard Paddock 2026?

A free three-night Grand Prix Season Singapore party at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza on Orchard Road, 8 to 10 October 2026, with go-karts, racing simulators, neon chess, live music, a movie screening and a supper village.

Was Orchard Paddock free?

Entry was free. Some activities had a paid tier, like SIMFAI's Time Attack Challenge, while the first five simulator laps and the first 30 go-kart rides each day were free.

Who organised Orchard Paddock?

Invade organised it, Dongfeng presented it, and the Singapore Tourism Board supported it as part of Grand Prix Season Singapore 2026.

How did the Orchard Paddock car giveaway work?

Visitors collected stamps on a Circuit Card from the activities, up to seven, and each stamp was one chance to win a Dongfeng 007 Performance electric sedan.