How to Watch the Olympics Opening Ceremony Live Online

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The Olympic Games Opening Ceremony is mere hours away, kicking off along Paris’s Seine River on Friday, July 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The best way to tune into the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony is on Peacock, which serves as the official U.S streaming home for this year’s Games.

The Opening Ceremony will broadcast live on NBC, which is also available on live TV streamers such as DirecTV, Sling TV, Fubo TV and Hulu + Live TV — all currently offering free trials.

Running just under four hours, the open-air pageant will play as a nautical cruise, following 85 boats — each carrying an Olympic delegation — on a four-mile parade through the city’s main artery. Setting off from Pont d’Austerlitz and culminating at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, the event will make use of the city’s historical sites and locales, staging twelve living tableaus, overseen by French theatre director Thomas Jolly and brought to life by 3,500 actors, dancers, and musical performers.

Tennis sensation Coco Gauff serves as this year’s female flag bearer for the U.S., alongside three-time Olympian Lebron James.

Perhaps most exciting is that Celine Dion is set to make her return to the stage at the Opening Ceremony. It will mark the pop legend’s first performance since halting her touring schedule and stepping away from the spotlight after being diagnosed with Stiff Person Syndrome in December 2022.

Dion arrived in Paris on Monday at the Royal Monceau hotel near the Champs-Élysées, where Lady Gaga, another potential opening ceremony headliner, is also staying.

Stream the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony on Peacock.