Overview
- The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced Thursday that Taylor Swift will perform at its sixth annual Gala in Los Angeles on October 17, 2026.
- The Gala is a major Hollywood fundraiser and early awards-season showcase that draws stars, donors and industry leaders to promote films and museum programs.
- The event will honor Charlize Theron with the Icon Award, Colman Domingo with the Vantage Award and John Carpenter with the Luminary Award.
- Swift’s Toy Story 5 song, “I Knew It, I Knew You,” has strong commercial reach—reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and being added by all 157 Mediabase-reporting country stations—and she has already performed it at the film’s premiere and the Grammy Museum, factors reporters say could help her secure a first Oscar nomination.
- Swift’s Gala performance could increase visibility for her awards push and help the museum’s fundraising goals, with industry attention likely to follow in the lead-up to nomination season.