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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Announcing the 2024 - 2025 Jazz Season by The Kennedy Center

Presented under Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran, the Kennedy Center’s 2024–2025 Jazz Season spotlights today’s hottest jazz improvisers—from Joe Lovano, Julian Lage, Jeremy Pe…

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2425 NSO Pops SA by The Kennedy Center

The NSO’s Pops series has a boundary-pushing reputation that highlights the versatility of the National Symphony Orchestra. The 2024–2025 season builds on its successes and this season …

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Monday, June 24, 2024

Etran de L’Aïr - Millennium Stage (June 26, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Etran de L’Aïr (or “stars of the Aïr region”) welcomes you to Agadez, the capital city of Saharan rock, and the name of their 2022 album. Playing …

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Nadia Larcher: Tinya Raíz - Millennium Stage (June 28, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Tinya Raíz is the embrace and celebration of the Andean roots. The Argentine musician Nadia Larcher delves into her Andean roots to honor her Daiguita Ca…

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Courtney Marie Andrews - Millennium Stage (June 27, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Courtney Marie Andrews is a Grammy®–nominated songwriter and musician who’s released a series of acclaimed albums including Old Flowers, which the Ne…

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Sisterfire Reunion - Millennium Stage (July 29, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Evelyn Harris and Kim Jordan reunite at Sisterfire after 40 years. They are joined by Michelle Lanchester, Marcia Gomes, and Yasmeen Williams. Sisterfire …

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Announcing the 2024 - 2025 Comedy Season by The Kennedy Center

Just announced: our 2024–2025 comedy season! 😅 Discover the full line up and events ➡️ https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/comedy/ From stand up to sketch co…

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Broadway Center Stage: Bye Bye Birdie | The Kennedy Center by The Kennedy Center

The classic, lighthearted satire of the music industry! In this ebullient winner of four Tony Awards®, teen idol Conrad Birdie is drafted into the Army, but before he leaves, he’ll perfor…

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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

The Dead Tongues - Millennium Stage (June 12, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Across the last 15 years, Ryan Gustafson of The Dead Tongues has emerged as one of modern folk’s most distinct voices. As idiosyncratic and spectral as …

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Mokoomba - Millennium Stage (June 14, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: See one of Zimbabwe’s most popular bands! Mokoomba is based in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Living in a border city that attracts tourists from all over th…

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Transhumance: A clown’s journey through gender - Millennium Stage (June 13, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Join award-winning clown Ania Upstill on a heartfelt and surreal journey through and around gender norms, full of joy and buoyancy. In a time when the con…

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We Move In Color: See and Feel the Journey - Millennium Stage (June 19, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: We Move In Color: See and Feel the Journey is an immersive performing and visual art experience chronicling the inspirational journey of African Americans…

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Pride Anthems: In celebration of Pride Month - Millennium Stage (June 15, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Pride Anthems is a show for all ages to come together in song and celebration of where the LGBTQ+ has come from, and how far it has come since Stonewall! …

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Tall Heights - Millennium Stage (June 20, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Boston’s Tall Heights thinks the sound of togetherness is profound right now. Childhood friends Paul Wright and Tim Harrington (cello/guitar harmony duo…

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Ann Powers with Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell - Millennium Stage (June 22, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers has spent the better part of a decade tracing the path of Joni Mitchell, the popular music icon as elusive as she i…

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World Refugee Day: Danny Ocean - Millennium Stage (June 21, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in collaboration with the Kennedy Center, presents Danny Ocean—Venezuelan artist and UNHCR high profile supporter. For Wor…

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Angélica Negrón Needs Your Help! | Send Your Sounds Today by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/festivals-series/sounds-of-us/hear-here/ A centerpiece of Sounds of Us will be Hear Here, an innovative piece by Angélica Negrón and YOU. This worl…

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Jerry Seinfeld Does Kevin Hart a Favor | 2024 Mark Twain Prize by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/ Watch the full show on NETFLIX! The Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, w…

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Back To The Future: Anatomy of a Scene | July 23–August 11, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/back-to-the-future-musical/ Great Scott! Back to the Future, the beloved, cinematic classic is now a Broadway musi…

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Chris Rock Regrets Giving Kevin Hart Advice | 2024 Mark Twain Prize by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/ Watch the full show on NETFLIX! The Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, w…

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Kevin Hart Acceptance Speech | 2024 Mark Twain Prize by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/ Watch the full show on NETFLIX! The Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, w…

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Dave Chappelle Toasts Kevin Hart | 2024 Mark Twain Prize by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/ Watch the full show on NETFLIX! The Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, w…

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Jimmy Fallon's Country Song for Kevin Hart | 2024 Mark Twain Prize by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/marktwain/ Watch the full show on NETFLIX! The Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize, which is named to honor one of the world’s greatest humorists, w…

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Chan Hon Goh on bringing Choo San Goh's "Ballade" to D.C. by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/dance/2023-2024/asian-choreo-festival/ A blossoming initiative to recognize and elevate Asian creatives working in ballet will grace…

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Friday, June 7, 2024

There's So Much to Do at The Kennedy Center! by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/our-story/ Welcome to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a vibrant cultural hub that connects thousands of artists with millions of people ea…

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Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Day 1 - Millennium Stage (June 6, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Under the direction of Jason Moran, Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz, Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead is an international two-week jazz residency per…

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Leigh Pilzer Startet - Millennium Stage (June 5, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Washington, D.C. native Leigh Pilzer is a baritone saxophone specialist, composer, arranger, and educator. Her performance resumé includes appearances wi…

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Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead Day 2 - Millennium Stage (June 7, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Under the direction of Jason Moran, Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz, Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead is an international two-week jazz residency per…

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The AAMS Emerging Young Artists - Millennium Stage (June 8, 2024) by The Kennedy Center

Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: The AAMS presents emerging young artists from career development and professional empowerment workshops. This final performance will complete a weeklong w…

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Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Who is your Conrad Birdie? The Cast Answers! by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/bcs-bye-bye-birdie/ The classic, lighthearted satire of the music industry! In this ebullient winner of four Tony …

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Monday, June 3, 2024

Broadway Center Stage: Bye Bye Birdie | In Rehearsal | Jun. 7 - 15, 2024 by The Kennedy Center

https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2023-2024/bcs-bye-bye-birdie/ The classic, lighthearted satire of the music industry! In this ebullient winner of four Tony …

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