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LA's World Cup Fan Festival details announced. Here's what you need to know
FIFA World Cup Trophy is displayed during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 05, 2025 in Washington, D.C.
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LA's World Cup Fan Festival details announced. Here's what you need to know
A five-day fan festival will take over the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in June to welcome the World Cup to Los Angeles. LAist's Libby Rainey reports.
A five-day fan festival will take over the L.A. Memorial Coliseum in June to welcome the World Cup to Los Angeles.
The festival will kick off the same day as the tournament, June 11, and run through June 15. It will include live broadcasts of the games, music and food, and provide a place for fans to celebrate as Team USA plays its first game against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on June 12.
"For the first five days of the World Cup, the fan festival will be the heart of the World Cup experience for many people in L.A.," said Kathryn Schloessman, the CEO of the L.A. World Cup 2026 Host Committee.
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Angelenos will need to purchase tickets for the fan festival, but prices and details will be announced in March, according to Schloessman.
The Los Angeles host committee for the 2026 World Cup announced the details of programming for fans across the city on Wednesday. They include nine "fan zones" that will pop up across the L.A. area throughout the World Cup's 39 days of soccer matches.
Here are where the zones are located:
- The Original Farmers Market from June 18-21
- City of Downey on June 20
- Union Station and the Plaza de Cultura y Artes from June 25-28
- Hansen Dam Lake from July 2-5
- Earvin "Magic" Johnson Park from July 4-5
- Whittier Narrows from July 9-11
- Venice Beach on July 11
- Fairplex from July 14-15 and July 18-19
- West Harbor from July 14-15 and July 18-19
LAist has a fan guide for the 2026 World Cup.
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