The Best Moments of the 2024 Olympic Games Closing Ceremony

This Sunday marked the closing ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, putting an end to 17 thrilling days worth of exciting athletic contests, patriotic uniforms, and, of course, A-list star sightings in the crowds. (See all of the highlights here.) It was certainly a successful showing for Team USA, which left the Paris Games with 126 medals—40 golds, 44 silvers, and 42 bronzes—the most of any competing country.

This evening’s concluding ceremony took place at the Stade de France, an 80,000-seat stadium that, over the last two weeks, hosted the Games’ track and field and rugby sevens competitions. Among those tapped to perform? Billie Eilish, H.E.R., the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Snoop Dogg. (The next Summer Olympics are set for Los Angeles, after all.) But they weren’t the evening’s only entertainment: In an official statement released beforehand, organizers promised that the closing ceremony—titled Records and artistic-directed by Thomas Jolly, who also handled the opening ceremony—would also feature “over a hundred performers, acrobats, dancers, and circus artists.” Needless to say, they all delivered.

Below, more of the best moments from the 2024 Olympic Games closing ceremony.

The picturesque start to the evening