--- title: Trump Inauguration: How to Watch description: Donald Trump will be sworn in as President of the United States on Friday, Jan. 20. 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Spencer Platt/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:33 PM UTCPublished: Jan 16, 2017 2:00 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/) will be [sworn in](http://time.com/4633094/donald-trump-inauguration-what-to-know/) as [President of the United States](http://time.com/4632657/life-at-1600/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod) on Friday, Jan. 20. The [inauguration](http://time.com/4623995/donald-trump-inauguration-protests/) ceremony at the U.S. Capitol is scheduled to start at 11 a.m., and Trump is set to be officially sworn in at noon. An inaugural parade down Pennsylvania Avenue will follow. The event will be streaming on Time.com; [click here for live coverage](http://time.com/4640028/donald-trump-inauguration-watch-livestream-online/). Former _America’s Got Talent_ contestant Jackie Evancho is scheduled to perform the national anthem. The [Mormon Tabernacle Choir](http://time.com/4619836/donald-trump-inauguration-mormon-tabernacle-choir/) and the [Radio City Rockettes](http://time.com/4617393/rockette-concern-over-donald-trump-inauguration-performance/) have also signed on to perform at the ceremony, although the booking was controversial among some members of both groups. Trump’s team has struggled to find [entertainers willing to perform](http://time.com/4609263/celebrities-on-donald-trump-inauguration-performance/) at the event. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4633043/donald-trump-inauguration-how-to-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4633043/donald-trump-inauguration-how-to-watch/"},"headline":"How to Watch Donald Trump’s Inauguration for Free Online","datePublished":"2017-01-16T14:00:58.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T13:33:09.000Z","description":"Inauguration Day is Friday, Jan. 20","url":"https://time.com/4633043/donald-trump-inauguration-how-to-watch/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election","White House","onetime","Inauguration 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05658b296cde59f1/6988b55b196cf4587b03e76b/donald-trump-watch-inauguration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05658b296cde59f1/6988b55b196cf4587b03e76b/donald-trump-watch-inauguration.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Press Conference In New York","caption":"President-Elect Donald Trump Holds Press Conference In New York","creditText":"Spencer Platt/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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4633043/donald-trump-inauguration-how-to-watch/","name":"How to Watch Donald Trump’s Inauguration for Free Online"}}]}] ```