Want to experience the World Cup for $10? Head to the FIFA Fan Festival

The World Cup has officially landed successful Los Angeles, and for fans without lucifer tickets, attending the FIFA Fan Festival could beryllium the adjacent champion thing.

Taking spot Thursday done Sunday astatine the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the family-friendly lawsuit volition diagnostic unrecorded lucifer broadcasts connected jumbo screens, taste programming, interactive experiences, an authoritative World Cup merchandise store, nutrient vendors serving planetary cuisine and unrecorded euphony performances from headlining artists similar Steve Aoki, Capital Cities and Normani.

Jason Krutzsch, elder vice president of the Los Angeles World Cup 2026 Host Committee, calls the FIFA Fan Festival “an hold of the stadium experience.” Want to cheque it out? Here’s everything you request to cognize earlier you attend.

Krutzsch says the lawsuit was designed to beryllium accessible. “It was captious to marque definite that determination were affordable opportunities for the assemblage and fans of the World Cup, oregon immoderate of these countries that are participating, to person a spot to travel beryllium portion of these authoritative celebrations,” helium says.

Tickets for FIFA Fan Festival are $10 including fees, with escaped admittance for children ages 12 and nether erstwhile accompanied by a paid adult. (There is simply a bounds of 3 escaped kid tickets per 1 big summons purchase.)

TikTok contented creator Carlos Maciel plays a crippled astatine the DoorDash booth during a media preview of the FIFA Fan Festival.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Meanwhile, reserved nine seats and loge boxes are $30 including fees. These premium tickets connection entree to shaded lounge areas, enhanced seating, nutrient and beverage offerings and elevated viewing locations overlooking the festival grounds and lucifer screens.

Tickets tin beryllium purchased online oregon astatine the Coliseum container bureau connected lawsuit days erstwhile the festival is not sold out. The container bureau is located astatine Gate 29. General admittance introduction volition beryllium astatine Gates 1, 4 and 28.

With truthful galore World Cup events and ticker parties happening astir the city, organizers accidental nationalist proscription oregon rideshare is the champion mode to get to the event. There are aggregate Metro stations wrong walking region of the venue and the bureau is moving an enhanced work programme astir the metropolis to alleviate traffic.

However, if you similar to drive, constricted paid parking is disposable astatine Exposition Park, the USC campus, and successful surrounding aboveground tons and garages. Accessible parking volition beryllium disposable connected a first-come, first-served basis. To reserve on-site parking successful advance, sojourn Justpark.com.

The festival volition diagnostic unrecorded performances from artists similar Mariachi Arcoiris de Los Angeles (the world’s archetypal LGBTQ mariachi group), Grammy-nominated DJ/producer Steve Aoki, vocalist Normani, indie popular duo Capital Cities and L.A.-based DJ/producer Deorro. Check retired the afloat unrecorded amusement docket here.

Attendees tin besides expect astir 15 activations including photograph opps, interactive shot experiences and much to support them entertained.

A country from a Los Angeles World Cup 2026 media lawsuit astatine SoFi Stadium.

(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

Throughout the four-day event, respective matches volition beryllium showing connected the monolithic screens astir the Coliseum. Attendees volition beryllium capable to instrumentality their prime from watching the crippled from the seats astatine the venue oregon connected the field.

On Thursday, festival doors volition beryllium from unfastened from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and volition see a broadcast of the Mexico vs. South Africa lucifer astatine noon. On Friday, the lawsuit volition beryllium unfastened from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and diagnostic broadcasts of Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina astatine noon and U.S. vs. Paraguay astatine 6 p.m. Saturday’s lawsuit volition instrumentality spot from 1 to 9 p.m. and diagnostic a broadcast of Brazil vs. Morocco astatine 3 p.m. And connected Sunday, the festival volition tally from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and volition see broadcasts of Germany vs. Curacao astatine 10 a.m. and Netherlands vs. Japan astatine 1 p.m.

Football, oregon shot arsenic we telephone it, is the world’s biggest sport, truthful it lone makes consciousness that the paper astatine the festival would bespeak that. Attendees volition beryllium capable to acquisition cuisine from participating nations including South African favorites similar bunny chow and pap and chakalaka, pastéis and pão de queijo from Brazil, Mexican staples similar chickenhearted tinga tacos and carne asada quesadillas, poutine from Canada, Japanese sushi, German pretzels and currywurst, Moroccan shawarma, Italian pizzas and more.