--- description: Watch the Nobel banquet live from Stockholm following the awarding of prizes including the Nobel Peace Prize to Juan Manual Santos. title: Watch the Nobel Prize Banquet Live from Stockholm image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt775b024bfc9bc8f8/6988b0a90a4a22cd209cc3e8/patti-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [nobel prize](/tag/nobel-prize/) ## nobel prize Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the Nobel Prize Banquet Live From Stockholm by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 10, 2016 2:52 PM CUT  Patti Smith will be singing in Bob Dylan's stead. Patti Smith will be singing in Bob Dylan's stead.Veli Gurgah, Anadolu Agency/Getty Images by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 10, 2016 2:52 PM CUT The [Nobel banquet](http://time.com/4590484/patti-smith-bob-dylan-nobel-prize-literature-stockholm/ "undefined") is set to take place Saturday from Stockholm, Sweden, following the awarding of prizes to many 2016 Laureates, including the Nobel Peace Prize to Colombia’s president [Juan Manual Santos](http://time.com/4522564/nobel-peace-prize-juan-manuel-santos/ "undefined"). Since 1901, Nobel Laureates have been presented with their prizes on Dec. 10—the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. Part of the ceremony includes an extravagant banquet for 1,300 guests in the Blue Hall of the City Hall of Stockholm, which has hosted the grand meal since 1934. Bob Dylan, [recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature](http://time.com/4540379/bob-dylan-nobel-prize-website/ "undefined"), will not be attending the banquet, although he has provided a speech which will be read out during the event. A [statement](http://www.svenskaakademien.se/en/press/bob-dylan-has-decided-not-to-come-to-stockholm "undefined") on the Swedish Academy’s website explained that while Dylan felt “very honored indeed” to receive his prize, due to pre-existing commitments he was unable to travel to Stockholm. “That laureates decide not to come \[to the banquet\] is unusual, to be sure, but not exceptional,” the statement adds. Singer Patti Smith will perform ‘A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall’, one of Dylan’s best-loved songs, at the banquet in his absence. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4597253/nobel-prize-banquet-watch-live/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4597253/nobel-prize-banquet-watch-live/"},"headline":"Watch the Nobel Prize Banquet Live From Stockholm","datePublished":"2016-12-10T14:52:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:30:30.579Z","description":"Singer Patti Smith will perform Bob Dylan's 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' in his absence","url":"https://time.com/4597253/nobel-prize-banquet-watch-live/","keywords":["nobel prize","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt775b024bfc9bc8f8/6988b0a90a4a22cd209cc3e8/patti-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt775b024bfc9bc8f8/6988b0a90a4a22cd209cc3e8/patti-smith.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Patti Smith holds press conference ahead of concert in Istanbul","caption":"Patti Smith holds press conference ahead of concert in Istanbul","creditText":"Veli Gurgah, Anadolu Agency/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nobel-prize/","name":"nobel prize"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4597253/nobel-prize-banquet-watch-live/","name":"Watch the Nobel Prize Banquet Live From Stockholm"}}]}] ```