Here's who's performing on New Year's Eve to ring in 2026

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As revelers from astir the satellite get acceptable to ringing successful 2026 successful New York City's Times Square, preparations are underway for a New Year's Eve solemnisation packed with unrecorded performances.

Crowds person gathered to ticker the shot drop from atop the skyscraper astatine One Times Square connected New Year's for much than a century. At this year's festivities, organizers are readying a star-studded lineup of amusement featuring Diana Ross, Ciara, Maren Morris, Little Big Town and more.

But it's not the lone New Year's solemnisation with A-list performers connected tap. Some apical state euphony stars usher successful 2026 connected CBS' "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash," with Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and CeCe Winans conscionable a fewer of those taking the stage.

Here's what to cognize astir who is scheduled to perform, and when, this New Year's Eve.

Full database of Times Square New Year's Eve performers

New Year's Eve celebrations officially footwear disconnected successful Times Square astatine 6 p.m. ET with the lighting and raising of the shot that volition driblet astatine midnight. The evening features performances from immoderate large names successful the amusement world:

James McCarthy
B.o.B
Ciara
Tones And I
LE SSERAFIM
AGNEW, a New York creation group
Robyn
Little Big Town
Xavi
Maren Morris
Ana Barbara
Diana Ross

When is Diana Ross performing connected New Year's Eve?

Legendary vocalist Diana Ross is scheduled to execute a medley of her deed songs, including "I'm Coming Out" and "Upside Down," connected the Countdown Stage successful Times Square opening astatine 11:37 p.m. ET connected "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" connected ABC. Ross is the recipient of 2 Grammy Awards for Lifetime Achievement — 1 arsenic a solo creator and 1 with the Motown radical The Supremes — arsenic good arsenic a Tony, aggregate American Music Awards, a Golden Globe and Kennedy Center Honors.

When is Ciara performing connected New Year's Eve?

Grammy-winning singer Ciara's Times Square show is expected to aerial sometime betwixt midnight and 12:30 a.m. ET connected "New Year's Rockin' Eve," according to an ABC spokesperson. Twenty-one of the R&B artist's songs person made it onto Billboard's Hot 100 chart, including her 2004 deed "Goodies," which claimed the No. 1 spot for 7 weeks. Earlier this year, Ciara released "CiCi," her archetypal medium since 2019.

When is Little Big Town performing connected New Year's Eve?

Country euphony radical Little Big Town is scheduled to play a medley of their hits starting astatine 9:35 p.m. ET connected "New Year's Rockin' Eve." The set has been unneurotic for implicit a quarter-century with 32 songs making Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, including their 2014 deed "Girl Crush," which was No. 1 for 13 weeks. Along the way, Little Big Town was named vocal radical of the twelvemonth six times by the Country Music Association and 4 times by the Academy of Country Music, and they've won 3 Grammys.

When is Maren Morris performing connected New Year's Eve?

Country euphony prima Maren Morris is scheduled to execute a medley of her songs starting astatine 10:33 p.m. ET connected "New Year's Rockin' Eve." The singer-songwriter, who released her latest medium "Dreamsicle" earlier this year, roseate to stardom with her 2016 deed "My Church." The opus won her a Grammy and peaked astatine No. 5 connected the Hot Country Songs chart.

When is Robyn performing connected New Year's Eve?

Swedish popular prima Robyn is scheduled to sing her 2010 songs "Dancing connected My Own" and "Call Your Girlfriend" arsenic good arsenic her caller azygous "Dopamine" starting astatine 9:18 p.m. ET connected CNN's "New Year's Eve Live." "Dancing connected My Own" was named the top opus of the 2010s by the Associated Press' euphony editor. More recently, a writer for Britain's The Guardian likened it to Donna Summer's "Last Dance" and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive."

When is Tones And I performing connected New Year's Eve?

Australian singer-songwriter Tones And I is scheduled to execute her hits "Dance Monkey," "Fly Away" and "Gone Gone Gone" starting astatine 8:03 p.m. ET connected the official livestream of the festivities successful Times Square. She's expected to instrumentality astatine 11:55 p.m. for her mentation of John Lennon's iconic opus "Imagine" earlier the countdown to 2026. "Dance Monkey" climbed to the No. 4 spot connected Billboard's Hot 100 illustration successful 2020, and "Gone Gone Gone," her caller opus with David Guetta and Teddy Swims, has been connected the illustration for the past 3 weeks.

Schedule for tonight's Times Square performers

When are your favourite acts performing? Here is simply a database of the scheduled times for each show (all times Eastern). Organizers enactment that the times connected the live schedule whitethorn not lucifer the nonstop broadcast time.

6:03 p.m.-6:05 p.m. — James McCarthy sings the nationalist anthem
6:30 p.m.-6:43 p.m. — B.o.B performs 2 of his hits positive a caller song
8:03 p.m.-8:14 p.m. — Tones And I performs 3 of her deed songs
8:26 p.m.-8:32 p.m. — LE SSERAFIM performs their deed songs connected "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" connected ABC
8:41 p.m.-8:46 p.m. — AGNEW, a New York creation group, performs
9:18 p.m.- 9:31 p.m. — Robyn performs 3 of her deed songs connected "New Year's Eve Live" connected CNN
9:35 p.m.-9:42 p.m. — Little Big Town performs a medley of their deed songs connected "New Year's Rockin' Eve"
10:02 p.m.-10:08 p.m. — Xavi performs a medley of his deed songs connected "Feliz 2026" connected Univision
10:33 p.m.-10:41 p.m. — Maren Morris performs a medley of her deed songs connected "New Year's Rockin' Eve"
11:02 p.m.-11:08 p.m. — Ana Barbara performs a medley of her deed songs connected "Feliz 2026"
11:37 p.m.-11:46 p.m. — Diana Ross performs a medley of her deed songs connected "New Year's Rockin' Eve"
11:55 p.m.-11:58 p.m. — Tones And I returns for a peculiar show up of the shot drop
After midnight — Ciara performs a medley of her deed songs connected "New Year's Rockin' Eve"

Who's performing connected CBS' "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash"?

Music stars assistance invited the caller twelvemonth successful Nashville on CBS' "New Year's Eve Live: Nashville's Big Bash." Five hours of festivities aerial from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET/PT and 10:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. ET/PT, connected the CBS tv network and streaming connected Paramount+.

Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson and Bailey Zimmerman header the celebration, with peculiar guests CeCe Winans and the Fisk Jubilee Singers. Comedian and histrion Bert Kreischer and state euphony creator Hardy service arsenic hosts.

The Nashville lawsuit includes a countdown astatine midnight and the city's accepted Music Note Drop and fireworks, the organizers said.

Here's a database of scheduled performers and peculiar appearances: