BTS fans get a 1,500-drone show on Palawan Beach and a 3km run on Sentosa

Four sold-out stadium nights, and a beach where everyone else can hear the songs.

If you have a ticket for BTS in December, or queued for one and lost, Sentosa has just given you something to book. Its part of BTS THE CITY ARIRANG SINGAPORE, the month-long fan programme around the concerts on 17, 19, 20 and 22 December, now has dates. There is a 3km BTS THE CITY ARIRANG RUN on Saturday 12 December, and a Rave & Drone Party on Palawan Beach from Friday 18 to Sunday 20 December, with a 1,500-drone light show choreographed to BTS songs. The run's early-bird price, S$50, ends on Saturday 21 November.

The run takes 5,000 runners along Palawan. After the early bird it is S$77 until 11 December, and Visa cardholders get 5% off. The race pack has a T-shirt, drawstring bag, Santa hat and bib, plus two Sentosa island admissions, for race day and for collecting the pack at Palawan Green (9 to 11 December). Waves flag off from 5.45pm, finishers get a mystery gift, and from 7.30pm to 10.30pm there is a post-run rave with DJ RAW for runners only. You book on Sentosa's website.

The drone party is the bigger draw and the vaguer one: DJ RAW plays around the drones, and Sentosa says only that ticket sales "will commence shortly", with no price or show time. A nearly 10m BTS inflatable will sit off Palawan Beach, and the Sentosa Express gets a BTS makeover. Across at Resorts World Sentosa, a ticketed Fan Village runs at the Resorts World Convention Centre from 16 to 22 December, 11am to 10pm, and a one-night BTS THE CITY ARIRANG Night Out takes over Universal Studios Singapore from 8pm on Monday 21 December to 1am, with rides, fan games and BTS fireworks. RWS sells both online but has not printed their prices on its event page.

Why it matters: the Singapore Tourism Board calls this the largest island-wide fan programme Singapore has held for any recording artist, and Singapore is the format's only South-east Asian stop this year, after Seoul, Las Vegas, Busan, London and New York. With all four concert nights sold out, Sentosa is where most fans will actually hear BTS played loud in December.

Our advice: book the run this week. S$50 buys the T-shirt, two island admissions and the only rave on the programme with a published price. Wait for the drone party price before planning around it, and if you hold a ticket for 19 or 20 December, the Friday is your night. Take the Sentosa Express from VivoCity, by HarbourFront MRT, to Beach Station for Palawan. The rest of December is on our Christmas guide and things to do this month.

Good to know BTS THE CITY ARIRANG SINGAPORE, 1-31 Dec 2026 (STB, 19 Oct 2026). Sentosa (checked 14 Nov 2026): RUN Sat 12 Dec, 3km Palawan route, 5,000 runners, early bird S$50 13-21 Nov, regular S$77 22 Nov-11 Dec, 5% off with Visa; race pack T-shirt, drawstring bag, Santa hat, bib, 2 island admissions; pack collection 9-11 Dec 11am-8pm Palawan Green; flag-off 5.45-6.10pm, end 6.40pm, post-run rave with DJ RAW 7.30-10.30pm for runners with wrist tag; mystery gift for finishing by 7.30pm. Rave & Drone Party 18-20 Dec, Palawan Beach, 1,500 drones, DJ RAW; tickets "will commence shortly", no price or time published; lounge bundles. ~10m giant inflatable off Palawan Beach; photo points at Central Beach Bazaar, Sensoryscape, Palawan Green (artist impressions); themed Sentosa Express and Cable Car Sentosa Line. RWS (checked 14 Nov 2026): Fan Village, Resorts World Convention Centre, 16-22 Dec, 11am-10pm, ticketed, S$10 voucher with web ticket, complimentary entry same day with USS/Oceanarium/ACW; Night Out at USS 8pm 21 Dec to 1am 22 Dec (RWS artwork), early-bird bundles single to four; prices not printed on page; hotel stay bundles from S$858.48 (2 nights). Concerts 17, 19, 20, 22 Dec, National Stadium, sold out (STB).

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