The 2026 FIFA World Cup opens with three ceremonies across three host nations on consecutive days, and each stop has its own roster: Mexico City kicked off the festivities on June 11, Canada hosted the second ceremony that same day, and the United States will hold the final ceremony at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood ahead of the U.S. opener against Paraguay.
Mexico City’s program mixed Latin icons and global pop stars. The lineup there included Maná, Alejandro Fernández, Belinda, Lila Downs, Los Ángeles Azules, Tyla, Burna Boy, J Balvin, Shakira and Danny Ocean, delivering a blend of regional sounds and international chart-toppers meant to reflect the tournament’s cross-border character.
Canada’s ceremony leaned into domestic names alongside international guests. Performers announced for that stop include Alanis Morissette, Alessia Cara, Jessie Reyez, Michael Bublé, Nora Fatehi, William Prince, Elyanna, Sanjoy and Vegedream — a group that spans pop, folk and global rhythms and ties the kickoff to the host nation’s musical scene.
The United States ceremony’s roster features Katy Perry, LISA, Rema, Anitta and Future. That final opening celebration will run at SoFi Stadium immediately before the United States’ first match of the tournament, and it concludes the unusual three-site launch designed to put each host country on show before the opening matches kick off.
Broadcast arrangements for viewers are uniform: all three ceremonies will air in the United States on the FOX family of networks, with English-language coverage on FOX and FS1 and live streaming available on FOX One. Tubi will simulcast the Mexico and U.S. ceremonies and the accompanying opening matches for free. More broadly, all 104 matches of the tournament will be available live and on demand on FOX One from June 11 through the World Cup final on July 19 at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Notably, some previously circulated context had named Andrea Bocelli and Salma Hayek among possible participants; neither Bocelli nor Hayek appears on any of the announced rosters. The absence underlines that the announced lists focus on musical performers, and that other celebrity appearances reported elsewhere have not been confirmed in the ceremony lineups released for the three host cities.
What remains unclear — and is the single practical gap for viewers planning their watch — is the running order and which performers will occupy specific segments within each ceremony. The announced rosters list who will appear in Mexico City, Canada and the United States, but organizers have not published a minute-by-minute sequence or indicated which artists will close each ceremony.
Logistics for viewers are straightforward: tune to FOX or FS1 for English-language television coverage, stream on FOX One for any ceremony or match, and use Tubi if you want free simulcasts of the Mexico and U.S. ceremonies and their opening matches. After the SoFi Stadium event and the opening matches, the tournament proceeds through group play, knockout rounds and culminates on July 19 with the final in East Rutherford.
The immediate next date to watch is the United States’ ceremony at SoFi Stadium and the U.S.–Paraguay opener; after that, fans will follow 104 matches across the tournament schedule through July 19. For viewers wanting to plan around specific artists, organizers will need to publish segment orders or set times — until they do, the announced lineups tell you who will appear, but not when during each ceremony they will take the stage.
