Spectacular Opening Ceremonies, Colorful Parade & Performance

Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 6.30pm 

Long Beach Performing Arts Center 300 E Ocean BL, Long Beach, CA 90802 

22nd Annual WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF PERFORMING ARTS      

For 22 years, before there was Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, World of Dance, the Voice or America’s Got Talent...WCOPA has been presenting amazing global talent in international competition. 

This year, sixty countries will participate in the only International Talent Contest in the World.  Singers, dancers, actors, models, instrumentalists and variety artists will attend the 22nd Annual World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) July 6 - 14, 2018,  in Long Beach, California. 

Sunday, July 8 at 6:30 pm, the public is invited to attend the spectacular WCOPA 2018 Opening Ceremonies/Parade of Nations with hundreds of international contestants parading and performing in colorful, traditional costumes from around the world.  The event will take place at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center Plaza, and is free to the public.