On 26 July 2024, the largest-ever Olympic Games Opening Ceremony will take place. Paris 2024 has now revealed the start time for the ceremony, with the event beginning at 7.30 p.m. CET (10.30 a.m. in Los Angeles, 2.30 p.m. in Rio de Janeiro, 6.30 p.m. in London and 8.30 p.m. in Athens).

A preview of the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics will air on NBC at 12 p.m. ET on Friday, July 26. Live coverage of the Opening Ceremony begins at 1:30 p.m. ET, and with an enhanced encore in primetime at 7:30 p.m. ET/MT/PT that same day. The Ceremony is expected to last over three hours.

The Opening Ceremony is due to take place on July 26, 2024, at 18:30 (UK time) and (19:30). Dusk is due to fall as the ceremony starts so that spectators can enjoy the spectacle in light and darkness. The ceremony is expected to last around three hours.

Here are all your questions, answered, about the Paris 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony. When will the Opening Ceremony be held? The ceremony starts at 7:30 p.m. in Paris (1:30 p.m. ET) on July 26 and is expected to last more than three hours.

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place on 26 July 2024 in Paris, starting at 19:30 CEST (17:30 UTC).