The lineup for Wednesday night’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026 now includes even more performers and more locations celebrating the new year.
The program, which has passed its 50th year on television, will have “its most expansive and longest broadcast to date,” according to ABC, with 42 performers across New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, Puerto Rico, and other locations. The broadcast will also air for an additional hour and a half. The music highlighted in the broadcast is described as “the soundtrack of the year, representing more than 925 million total monthly Spotify listeners and 102 billion streams across over 90 songs.”
Who are the hosts for ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest’ in 2026?
Ryan Seacrest and Rita Ora will host in New York, above Times Square. Meanwhile, Chance the Rapper will host in Chicago, with Rob Gronkowski and Julianne Hough in Las Vegas and Roselyn Sánchez in Puerto Rico.
Full list of performers for ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026′
Performers include LE SSERAFIM, Ciara, Little Big Town, and Maren Morris, sponsored by Carnival Cruise Line. West Coast performers include a lineup of new singers, throwback performers and fan favorites such as 4 Non Blondes, 50 Cent, 6lack, AJR, The All-American Rejects, BigXthaPlug, Charlie Puth, Demi Lovato, DJ Cassidy’s Pass the Mic Live! featuring Busta Rhymes, T.I., and Wyclef Jean, 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, Mariah Carey, Madison Beer, New Kids on the Block, OneRepublic, Pitbull joined by Lil Jon and Filmore, Rick Springfield, Russell Dickerson, Tucker Wetmore, and Zara Larsson. Daddy Yankee will perform for the Puerto Rico crowd, and additional performances include Chappell Roan from Kansas City and Post Malone from Nashville. Chance the Rapper will also pull double duty and perform in Chicago with special guest Jamila Woods.
Here’s where and when it airs, including the radio stations
Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026 airs Dec. 31 live, starting at 8/7c on ABC and across 150+ iHeartRadio stations as well as the iHeartRadio app, including stations in major areas like Z100 New York, KIIS-FM Los Angeles, KISS FM Chicago, Q102 Philly and THE NEW MIX 102.9 Dallas, among others. The broadcast will also be available for streaming on Hulu the next day.