--- title: Trump Inauguration: Full Schedule of Events and Performances description: Here's when everything is happening at President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, from concert times to the National Prayer Service canonical: https://time.com/4639340/donald-trump-inauguration-events-schedule/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-19T17:00:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T13:16:47.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Here Is a Complete Schedule of All the Donald Trump Inauguration Events og:description: From concert times to the National Prayer Service og:url: https://time.com/4639340/donald-trump-inauguration-events-schedule/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05f2fd6df52f2d4e/6988b64d8fd2ee81fb35572b/donald-trump9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Inauguration Welcome Concert Held At The Lincoln Memorial og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here Is a Complete Schedule of All the Donald Trump Inauguration Events twitter:description: From concert times to the National Prayer Service twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05f2fd6df52f2d4e/6988b64d8fd2ee81fb35572b/donald-trump9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Is a Complete Schedule of All the Donald Trump Inauguration Events > Sponsored content. 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President-elect Trump and Melania Trump arrive to the "Make America Great Again Welcome Concert" at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on Jan. 19, 2017.Chris Kleponis—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Dec 13, 2023 1:16 PM UTCPublished: Jan 19, 2017 5:00 PM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/) will be [inaugurated](http://time.com/4633094/donald-trump-inauguration-what-to-know/) as president of the United States on Friday, but that’s far from the only event happening this week to mark the country’s transition of power. Inauguration events started Thursday and will run through the weekend. Some of the festivities will be taking place amid several organized protests, including the Women’s March on Washington, which is expected to draw about 200,000 people on Saturday. The massive demonstration calls for people to to march in solidarity with “women, immigrants of all statuses, those with diverse religious faiths particularly Muslim, people who identify as LGBTQIA, Native and Indigenous people, Black and Brown people, people with disabilities, the economically impoverished and survivors of sexual assault,” according to its [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/events/2169332969958991/?active%5Ftab=about). There are also other [anti-Trump marches](http://time.com/4623995/donald-trump-inauguration-protests/) planned in other parts of the U.S. and abroad. You can [watch the inauguration live here](http://time.com/4640028/donald-trump-inauguration-watch-livestream-online/) on Friday morning. Here is a full list of all official inauguration events happening over the next few days: **Friday, Jan. 20** **9:30 a.m. ­— Musical guests begin performing** The inauguration [ceremony begins](http://time.com/4633094/donald-trump-inauguration-what-to-know/) at the west front of the Capitol Building with musical performances. [Jackie Evancho](http://time.com/4609263/celebrities-on-donald-trump-inauguration-performance/), a 16-year-old classical singer who became a sensation after finishing in second place on _America’s Got Talent_ in 2010, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and the Rockettes will take the stage after many artists turned down requests to entertain at the inauguration. Charlotte Church, Moby, Andrea Bocelli and Ice T. were among those who rejected the offer. **11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Inaugural Swearing-in Ceremony** Opening remarks begin at 11:30 a.m. and religious leaders will offer prayers and readings. Then, Mike Pence will be sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Trump will by sworn in as president by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. **3 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Inaugural Parade** After the ceremony, Congress will host a luncheon in the Capitol. Then, Trump will participate in the presidential procession and [inaugural parade](https://www.58pic2017.org/press-releases/presidential-inaugural-committee-releases-inaugural-parade-information) on Pennsylvania Avenue. Parade tickets are required for the special viewing areas, although anyone can watch in the general public viewing areas. **7 p.m. — Inaugural balls** Trump, Pence, and their wives will attend [three official inaugural balls](https://www.58pic2017.org/press-releases/pic-announces-inaugural-ball-information) on Friday evening. Two balls will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, and the third, the Salute to Our Armed Services Ball, will take place at the National Building Museum. The same night, Planned Parenthood will hold its [Pink Ball](https://secure.ppaction.org/site/Ticketing;jsessionid=AF82161D6277614689745FA7B9B5E7A7.app20110b?view=Tickets&id=130776) at the Carol Whitehill Moses Center in D.C. **Saturday, Jan. 21** **10 a.m. to 11 a.m. — National Prayer Service** Trump and Pence will participate in an [interfaith prayer service](https://www.58pic2017.org/events/national-prayer-service) at Washington’s National Cathedral. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4639340/donald-trump-inauguration-events-schedule/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4639340/donald-trump-inauguration-events-schedule/"},"headline":"Here Is a Complete Schedule of All the Donald Trump Inauguration Events","datePublished":"2017-01-19T17:00:14.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T13:16:47.000Z","description":"From concert times to the National Prayer Service","url":"https://time.com/4639340/donald-trump-inauguration-events-schedule/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","onetime","Inauguration 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05f2fd6df52f2d4e/6988b64d8fd2ee81fb35572b/donald-trump9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05f2fd6df52f2d4e/6988b64d8fd2ee81fb35572b/donald-trump9.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Inauguration Welcome Concert Held At The Lincoln Memorial","caption":"Inauguration Welcome Concert Held At The Lincoln Memorial","creditText":"Chris Kleponis—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/4639340/donald-trump-inauguration-events-schedule/","name":"Here Is a Complete Schedule of All the Donald Trump Inauguration Events"}}]}] ```