The 2026 Last Night of the Proms will feature a tribute to Dolly Parton titled To Dolly, With Love. Arranged by Fiona Brice, the medley includes Sheridan Smith performing 9 to 5, Beverley Knight singing I Will Always Love You, and Ward Thomas performing Jolene. Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and the BBC Singers.
The programme includes the first Proms performance of Barber's Piano Concerto by pianist Yuja Wang. Tenor Nicky Spence will perform excerpts from Guys and Dolls and Rusalka. The event features the world premieres of two BBC commissions, Iris of Life by Anne Dudley and Dithyramb by Samy Moussa. Katie Derham and Nick Mohammed present the television broadcast, with Tina Daheley reporting backstage.
The live broadcast is split across two channels. Part 1 airs on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer from 19:10, while the Finale airs on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 21:00. Radio 3 and BBC Sounds will broadcast the full concert from 19:10, presented by Petroc Trelawny and Georgia Mann.
The 2026 season consists of 86 concerts over eight weeks, with 27 programmes broadcast on television. Attendance for the season totals 300,000 people, with 72 concerts held at the Royal Albert Hall and 14 at regional UK venues. Digital reach for the event increased 32 percent year on year, with 1.7 million accounts accessing content. Between 13 April and 6 September 2026, the event generated 6.8 million plays and 3.4 million listening and viewing hours. Radio 3 weekly listens on BBC Sounds rose 10 percent year on year for the week commencing 17 August 2026.