Lola Amour Is the Only Filipino Act at Singapore's F1 This Year. Here Is How to Catch Them

For one afternoon in October, a Manila band will stand on a Singapore stage between global headliners, and the crowd singing back at them may be full of kababayans. Lola Amour has landed a slot at the 2026 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, and for Filipinos here, that is reason to build your race weekend around a single 45-minute set.

The lone OPM flag on a stacked lineup

Lola Amour plays the 2026 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, 11 October. The seven-piece band from Manila is the only Filipino act on a bill that runs from Janet Jackson to Lana Del Rey, The Killers, James Arthur, and Goo Goo Dolls. For a community raised on "Raining in Manila," that placement carries weight. One of our own shares a weekend stage with a Grammy winner, in a city where more than 200,000 kababayans live and work.

You might know the band from that one song. The 2023 hit turned Lola Amour from a college group into a festival name, and their horn-driven pop-rock now fills rooms across Southeast Asia. Singapore gets the live version this October.

Where and when they play

Lola Amour takes the DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre at the Esplanade, inside Zone 4 of the circuit park. Their set runs from 4:30pm to 5:15pm on race day. That slot sits well before the night race starts, so you can watch the band, grab food, then find a spot along the fence for the main event.

Zone 4 also covers the Padang Stage, the Waterside acts, and the Downtown stage, so one walk through the park can string together several sets. Prep, The Rubens, and Monochrome share the same corner of the grounds that day.

One catch matters. The Esplanade stage sits inside the ticketed circuit. This is not a free lawn gig. You need a Grand Prix ticket to reach it, and Sunday is the busiest, priciest day of the three.

What a ticket actually costs

Single-day Sunday passes and three-day tickets both grant entry to Zone 4 performances. General admission walkabout tickets start around the S$200 mark and climb fast for grandstand and premium zones. Prices move as the weekend nears and the cheaper tiers sell out, so the earlier you commit, the softer the hit on your padala month.

If a full race ticket sits outside your budget this year, you have another route. Lola Amour tours the region often, and OPM shows land in Singapore through the year at venues like Capitol Theatre and the Esplanade concert halls. Follow the band and the local Filipino event pages so you catch the next standalone date, which will cost far less than a Formula 1 weekend.

Plan it like a kabayan who has done this before

Race Sunday swallows the city centre. Roads around Marina Bay, the Padang, and Raffles close for days, so the MRT becomes your best friend. Ride to City Hall, Esplanade, or Promenade, then walk in through the marked gates. Give yourself a buffer, because bag checks at F1 run long and the 4:30pm set will not wait.

Bring a light poncho. October falls inside the wet season, and an afternoon downpour is common. The band plays rain or shine, and so should you.

The takeaway: if you want to see Lola Amour on 11 October, buy a Sunday or three-day Grand Prix ticket, enter through Zone 4, and reach the DBS Foundation Outdoor Theatre by 4:15pm. If the price runs too steep this year, save the band's page and wait for a standalone Singapore date. Either way, one Filipino act on the world's brightest night race is worth showing up for.