Met Gala 2026: When and where to watch biggest fashion night out, starring Beyonce, Lisa, Anna Wintour

Fashion's biggest night out is all set to commence soon. Met Gala 2026 is all set to take place, welcoming some of the biggest stars in an effort to fundraise for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Just like every year, this year's Met Gala will be held on the first Monday in May in New York City.

Met Gala 2026 theme

Met Gala's theme, celebrating the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Costume Art.” The dress code of the season will be “Fashion is Art”.

Last year's Met Gala theme was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. while the 2024 theme was “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.”

Meet the host

The event will be attended by celebrities, influencers, creatives, and industry paragons. This year's event will be co-chaired by Beyonce, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour, with BLACKPINK's Lisa, who are in the host committee.

Ashley Graham, La La Anthony, and Cara Delevingne will be hosting the event as they will take viewers through all the fun and fashion at the event.

Who is attending from Bollywood

From India, several Bollywood stars are reported to mark their presence. Among them is filmmaker Karan Johar. He is said to make his debut at the Met Gala this time. Others who are likely to join the celebrations are Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alia Bhatt, Isha Ambani, Natasha Poonawalla and Manish Malhotra.

When and where to watch Met Gala 2026

The 2026 Met Gala red carpet will be streaming live on Monday, May 4, at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT. It can be watched on streaming platforms like Peacock, Hulu + Live TV and more.

Indian viewers can stream the Met Gala 2026 red carpet live on Vogue’s YouTube channel, starting from 3:30 am IST on May 5.

What to expect from Met Gala red carpet this year

Curated by Andrew Bolton, the exhibition is expected to focus on how clothing represents the human body in art. Vanity Fair explained in a detailed report: "This year’s exhibition theme highlights the cruciality of the dressed body in the context of art, shining a spotlight on both the connection between clothing and the body and the ways in which fashion has become an indelible part of artistic representations of the body and humanity in history. Plainly, “Costume Art” will show fashion as both an embodied artistic medium and as a common denominator in the arts."

“I wanted to focus on the centrality of the dressed body within the Museum, connecting artistic representations of the body with fashion as an embodied art form,” Bolton told Vanity Fair.

“Rather than prioritizing fashion’s visuality, which often comes at the expense of the corporeal, ‘Costume Art’ privileges its materiality and the indivisible connection between our bodies and the clothes we wear. The opening of the new Galleries will mark a pivotal moment for the department, one that acknowledges the critical role that fashion plays not only within art history but also within contemporary culture," it also quoted.

The exhibition will reportedly open new gallery spaces at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, covering nearly 12,000 square feet, located next to the museum’s Great Hall. These galleries, called the Condé M. Nast Galleries, are named after the founder of Condé Nast. It is said to host the Costume Institute’s annual spring exhibition.