New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2026 Performers Announced

Today, ABC and Dick Clark Productions (DCP) announced the nationwide performer lineup for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026, the country’s most-watched New Year’s Eve celebration.

Kicking off in New York and continuing through Las Vegas, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and beyond, this year’s show features its most expansive slate of musical artists yet, with dozens of performances set to appear across multiple time zones, Wednesday, Dec. 31, from 8:00 pm-4:00 am EST on ABC, and streaming the next day on Hulu.

This year marks the longest telecast in the show’s history, including an additional 90 minutes of programming and featuring the year’s soundtrack, with 831 million total monthly Spotify listeners across the lineup and more than 85 songs performed. The Times Square headliner and special guests will be announced soon.

NEW YEAR’S ROCKIN’ EVE 2026 PERFORMERS

4 Non Blondes

50 Cent

AJR

BigXthaPlug

Chance the Rapper

Charlie Puth

Chappell Roan

Ciara

Demi Lovato

DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live! Starring Busta Rhymes, T.I. & Wyclef Jean

Filmore

Goo Goo Dolls

Jess Glynne

Jessie Murph

Jordan Davis

KPop Demon Hunters: The Singing Voices of HUNTR/X – EJAE, Audrey Nuna, and REI AMI

Leon Thomas

LE SSERAFIM

Lil Jon

Little Big Town

Madison Beer

Maren Morris, sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line

Mariah Carey

New Kids on the Block

OneRepublic

Pitbull

Post Malone

Rick Springfield

Russell Dickerson

The All-American Rejects

Tucker Wetmore

Zara Larsson

Leading this year’s broadcast is Ryan Seacrest and co-host Rita Ora from New York’s Times Square, with GRAMMY-winning hometown native Chance the Rapper leading the first-ever Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve live Central Time Zone countdown from Chicago, and NFL legend Rob Gronkowski returns alongside multihyphenate performer Julianne Hough, who makes her New Year’s Rockin’ Eve co-hosting debut as they take over the “Entertainment Capital of the World.” Details for the Puerto Rico celebration will be announced soon.

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026 airs Wednesday, Dec. 31, live on ABC beginning at 8:00 pm EST, and streams the next day on Hulu.

This marks the third consecutive year that Dick Clark Productions and iHeartMedia broadcast Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest live across 150 iHeartRadio stations nationwide, including Z100 New York, KIIS-FM Los Angeles, KISS FM Chicago, Q102 Philly, THE NEW MIX 102.9 Dallas, and more.

Music fans across the country can listen in to iHeartRadio stations to catch Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026, live on Tuesday, Dec. 31, beginning at 8:00 pm EST. The show will also be available to stream live on the iHeartRadio app.

The No. 1 New Year’s Eve special every year, ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest has consistently delivered unforgettable moments, from Taylor Swift‘s “1989” Times Square medley and Jennifer Lopez’s sky-high performance to recent electrifying sets by Sabrina Carpenter, Lenny Kravitz, Alanis Morissette, Jonas Brothers, and Duran Duran lighting up stages nationwide.

Last year, Carrie Underwood capped the night with a show-stopping Times Square performance as the broadcast drew more than 29 million Total Viewers at midnight.

ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026 is produced by Dick Clark Productions, with Ryan Seacrest, Michael Dempsey, and Barry Adelman serving as executive producers.