The 2023 Costume Institute Benefit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, commonly known as the “Met Gala,” takes place on Monday, May 1st. It’s well worth the watch if seeing A-List celebrities in extravagant and sometimes outlandish fashion interests you. There are quite a few ways to stream this year’s Met Gala, and this article covers them all. I’ll even tell you how to stream the event for free.
Watch Met Gala For Free
When Does The Met Gala Start: The Met Gala is Monday, May 1, with red carpet coverage starting at 6 pm ET
Watch The 2023 Met Gala Free: E! will have full coverage and commentary of the Met Gala starting at 6:00 PM ET with Live From E!: The Met Gala 2023. Then, at 7 PM, Erin Lim Rhodes will interview stylists, designers, and celebrities from tonight’s event on Live From E! Stream: Met Gala. You can Watch using a free trial to any of the following services.
- DIRECTV STREAM – Free Trial
- FuboTV – offers a 1-week free trial.
- YouTube TV – offers a 1-week free trial
You can see our guide on how to watch E! without cable for more details. There will also be a live stream of the event at Vogue.com that will also steam on Vogue’s Twitter, FaceBook, and Instagram
Watching The Met Gala Without Cable
This year’s event honors the late Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld and is titled “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.” This year we expect to see celebrities like Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Billie Eilish, Florence Pugh, Jennifer Lopez, Kendrick Lamar, Margot Robbie, Michelle Yeoh, Pete Davidson, Rihanna, and more. E! will have full red carpet coverage, which you can watch using any of the following services.
DIRECTV STREAM
You can watch the Met Gala on E! with the streaming service DIRECTV STREAM. For a price of $79.99 you will get the following:
- Watch unlimited streams simultaneously per subscription on your network and up to 3 on mobile
- a cloud-based DVR
- channels like E!, AMC, HGTV, Discovery, and more
- supported on Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, Amazon FireTV, and more
You can try DIRECTV STREAM by signing up for this free trial offer. You can learn more about the service in our DIRECTV STREAM review.
Sling TV
You can also watch the Met Gala on E! as part of their Sling TV Blue package. The service costs $40 per month and provides live access to many other traditional cable networks. In my review of Sling TV, I cover information on device support, channel availability, and features such as their cloud DVR. Aside from one of the most comprehensive sports packages on the Internet, Sling also provides the following features:
- access to E!, HGTV, A&E, and many more top channels
- no contract is required, so you can cancel any time
- Sling TV also offers on-demand when available from a network
- includes 50 hours of cloud DVR storage (upgradeable)
- supports Windows and Mac PCs and laptops, Android and iOS devices, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Nexus player, Xbox One, 4th Generation Apple TV, Chromecast, and more.
Sling TV is available on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, and more, so it’s not a problem to enjoy E! on a TV, tablet, computer, or other smart devices. You can sign up here to try Sling TV.
Hulu Live TV
You can watch the Met Gala with Hulu Live TV. They offer a ton of channels, including live local broadcast networks in a majority of local markets. E! is included in Hulu’s live TV service for $76.99. There is no contract, so you can cancel at any time without penalty. Hulu Live TV also provides the following features:
- Live Local Broadcast Networks in over 200 U.S. markets (ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS)
- Many Popular live channels are found on cable, including HGTV, ESPN, Disney Channel, A&E, E!, and more. Check out the Hulu channel lineup.
- A Cloud DVR
- One of the largest on-demand libraries on the market
- available on Android, iOS, Xbox One, 4th Gen Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV and stick.
Hulu also has a vast selection of on-demand. You’ll find every episode of quite a few E! Shows on Hulu on-demand. I take a hard look at all these features in my Hulu TV review. Be sure to check it out, and you can sign up here.
FuboTV
Fubo is another way to watch the Met Gala. While their channel lineup centers around sports, they also offer E!, A&E, and Lifetime among several other non-sports channels. FuboTV offers E! in its “Pro Plan,” which costs $74.99. A subscription to fuboTV includes:
- Over 100 channels, including E! and more, are available in fuboTV’s channel lineup
- You can watch on three screens at the same time
- 250 hours of cloud DVR storage
- The FuboTV app is available on major platforms, including Apple TV, Android TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV.
You can sign up for fuboTV or check out our review of FuboTV for more details.
YouTube TV
YouTube TV provides a way to watch the Met Gala as well. E! is included in the base package for $74.99 a month.
A subscription to YouTube TV provides:
- access to E!, Local Network Channels, and over 70 other channels
- unlimited cloud DVR storage
- stream on three devices at once
- YouTube TV supports Roku, Android, iOS, Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, and more.
- Includes YouTube TV on-demand
Check our review of YouTube TV for more details. They also offer a 1-week free trial.
