2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: Everything You Need to Know

What to expect, where to watch, schedule, and more. 

As billions of eyes worldwide feast on the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony, they will notice a few grand things about this year’s historic spectacle. For the first time in history, the Olympic Opening Ceremony will not be held in an arena or stadium. Instead, the Opening Ceremony will take place along the Seine, a historic 6-kilometer river considered the main artery of Paris.  

The Parade of Nations

French theatre director and actor Thomas Jolly will oversee the fluvial parade on the Seine as its artistic director. There will be dancers on every bridge: Paris reportedly hired at least 3,000 artists and dancers for this event, all dressed up in full Parisian costumes. 

The fluvial parade will extend for six kilometers, passing along landmarks such as the Louvre and Notre Dame, with the Eiffel Tower in the skyline. The Parade of Nations on the river will be composed of 100 boats carrying an estimated 10,500 athletes.

Flagbearers will arrive at the Trocadero – the esplanade near the Eiffel Tower where the Olympic cauldron will be lit, marking the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics. 

2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Schedule and Where to Watch

The 2024 Paris OIympics Opening Ceremony is scheduled to take place at 7:30 CEST (Paris time), or 1:30 a.m. Philippine time. 

Here’s where to watch the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony from around the world: 

Philippines – 1:30 a.m. Saturday

• Pilipinas Live (Web)
• Giga Play (Web)
• Cignal Play (Web)
• One Sports (Web)
• PLDT Home (Web)
• Red Fiber (Web)

U.S.A. – 1:30 p.m. ET. Friday

• Peacock (Web)
• Peacock App (App) 
• NBC (TV)
• NBC Sports (App)
• NBC Olympics (Web)
  

Middle East – 9:30 p.m. Dubai

(Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Syria, Yemen)

• beIN Sport (TV)

Israel – 8:30 p.m. Friday

• SPORT5 (Web)
• Eurosport (TV)

Canada – 1:30 p.m. ET Friday

• CBC Gem (TV)
• Radio Canada (TV)
• CBC Gem App (App)
• Tou.tv (App)

Malaysia – 1:30 a.m. Saturday

• RTMKlik (Web)
• RTMKlik App (App)

Japan – 2:30 a.m. Saturday

• TVer  (Web)
• TVer App (App)
• NHK Special Site

Australia – 3:30 a.m. Saturday

• 9Now (Web)
• Stan (Web)
• Channel 9 (TV)
• 9Now App (App)
• Stan App (App)

Spain – 7:30 p.m. Friday

• Max (Web)
• RTVE Play (Web)
• Eurosport (TV)

Italy – 7:30 p.m. Friday

• Discovery+ (Web)
• RAI (Web)
• Eurosport (TV)