President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration events kick off Saturday at his Virginia golf club and will feature four days of celebrations and pageantry surrounding Monday’s official swearing-in ceremony, with billionaires and three former presidents among those on the guest list.
Reports of who is expected to perform and attend have been trickling out in recent days, with the latest news surrounding Michelle Obama’s absence and tech billionaires’ reported plans to attend.
The event will represent a bipartisan moment of acceptance of Trump’s latest election win and his iron grip on America’s political psyche, after the Covid-19 pandemic and Trump’s refusal to accept the 2020 election results—along with the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that occurred weeks earlier—dampened festivities surrounding the 2021 inauguration of President Joe Biden, which Trump did not attend.
Despite his inaugural committee raising $170 million, Trump’s inauguration, which will feature three inaugural balls, is a relatively small event compared to previous inaugurations, such as former President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton’s, according to CNBC.
The swearing-in ceremony for Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance is scheduled for 12 p.m. EST
Monday, but inauguration events officially begin Saturday.
Here’s a full list of events for the weekend of the inauguration:
Saturday
- Reception and fireworks at Trump’s golf club in Virginia
- Cabinet reception and vice president’s dinner
Sunday
- Wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery
- Trump delivers remarks at a “victory rally” at Capitol One Arena in Washington
- Trump delivers remarks at a candlelight dinner
Monday
- Morning church service at St. John’s
- Tea at the White House with the Bidens and Trumps in the morning
- Main Event: Swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol
- Farewell for Biden and Harris
- Signing ceremony in the President’s Room in the Capitol, where Trump is expected to sign nominations and other documents in his first official acts
- Trump attends a luncheon hosted by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
- President’s Review of the Troops and Presidential Parade down Pennsylvania Avenue
- Oval Office signing ceremony at the White House
- Trump speaks at Commander in Chief Ball, Liberty Inaugural Ball and Starlight Ball
Tuesday
- A National Prayer Service concludes the official inaugural activities
Major networks will stream the inauguration on live TV, and the White House will stream the events on its website.