The Super Bowl is just days away and as the NFL marks the 60th anniversary of the big game, they’ll be doing it with a notable, yet unexpected rematch.
Super Bowl 60 is shaping up to have some big storylines and major performances as one team gets the happy ending to a storybook season.
Who’s playing, who will take the stage, where is the game being held and how can you watch it?
Here’s what to know:
When is the Super Bowl?
Super Bowl 60 is set to take place on Feb. 8.
What time is the Super Bowl?
Determining the exact time for kickoff isn’t as easy to predict.
Dennis Deninger, who spent 25 years as an ESPN production executive and has taught a Super Bowl course at Syracuse University, said that’s because the NFL and the networks that air its games want all eyes on the broadcast in the half-hour leading up to kickoff.
A story shared by NBC Sports lists the Super Bowl start time as 5:30 p.m. CT, while Peacock presents it as 5 p.m. CT.
The network will also have hours of live pregame coverage, which includes an opening ceremony performance at 2 p.m. CT.
So, be sure to tune in early, but if you’re not seated at exactly 5:30 CT, you should have a few more minutes.
“I suspect it’s going to kickoff around 6:34 (ET),” Deninger said. “That’s my educated guess.”
Where is the Super Bowl?
The 2026 game will be held at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The stadium first hosted the Super Bowl 10 years ago in 2016, when the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers to win Super Bowl 50.
Who is playing?
The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks are meeting up once again in a matchup few could have predicted.
Both teams entered the 2025 season as long shots to reach the Super Bowl, especially the Patriots, who were coming off back-to-back 4-13 campaigns. The Seahawks were a respectable 10-7 in 2024, but uncertainty over the offensive line and whether new quarterback Sam Darnold could replicate his impressive performance with the Minnesota Vikings softened their expectations.
Nonetheless, New England and Seattle both finished their storybook seasons with 14-3 records and won their respective conferences. The Patriots will look to win their first Super Bowl title of the post-Tom Brady/Bill Belichick era, while the Seahawks will aim to avenge their devastating loss to New England in Super Bowl 49.
Who is performing?
Opening Ceremony
Green Day will kick off the big game with an opening ceremony, the league announced Sunday. The performance will celebrate six decades of the championship’s history, with the band helping usher generations of Super Bowl MVPs onto the field.
The opening ceremony will take place ahead of the pregame entertainment.
National Anthem
Charlie Puth is set to perform the national anthem.
Puth is a four-time Grammy-nominated singer known for his songs “Attention,” “We Don’t Talk Anymore” and his 2015 breakout hit “See You Again,” with Wiz Khalifa, from the “Furious 7” movie soundtrack. His appearance will come ahead of his fourth studio album “Whatever’s Clever!” due on March 6.
Despite backlash on social media from some who criticized Puth’s selection, the 33-year-old has promised it will be “only of my best vocal performances.”
“I’ll never claim to be as good of a singer as Whitney Houston ever was,” he wrote on X. “But I assure you we’re putting a really special arrangement together—in D major.”
“America the Beautiful” and “Life Every Voice and Sing”
Brandi Carlile will sing “America the Beautiful” and Coco Jones will deliver “Lift Every Voice and Sing.”
Carlile has won 11 Grammys and won praise for her eighth studio album “Returning to Myself,” which was released in October. She’s nominated for two Grammys with Elton John for their album “Who Believes in Angels?” released in April and their song “Never Too Late” from his documentary film “Elton John: Never Too Late.”
Jones is an R&B star who won a Grammy in the best R&B performance category for her song “ICU” in 2024 and released her debut album “Why Not More?” which is nominated for best R&B album at next year’s ceremony. She also stars as Hilary Banks on Peacock’s television series “Bel-Air,” entering its last season.
The national anthem and “Lift Every Voice and Sing” will be performed by deaf performing artist Fred Beam in American Sign Language. Julian Ortiz will sign “America the Beautiful.”
Halftime
Bad Bunny will be the Super Bowl halftime headline performer, putting the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage.
He performs in Spanish and is expected to do so at the Super Bowl.
He notably made a surprise appearance during the Super Bowl LIV halftime show in 2020 alongside headliners Jennifer Lopez and Shakira.
In a historic first, the halftime show will include a multilingual signing program featuring Puerto Rican Sign Language, led by interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme. All signed performances for the pregame and halftime shows will be presented in collaboration with Alexis Kashar of LOVE SIGN and Howard Rosenblum of Deaf Equality.
How to watch the Super Bowl?
The Opening Ceremony and pregame performances will air on NBC, Telemundo and Peacock.
The 2026 Super Bowl will air on NBC and stream on Peacock.
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