Sting performs "The Rising" for 2009 Kennedy Center Honoree Bruce Springsteen, who wrote the song in reaction to the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City. The Kennedy Center Honors …
Steve Carell gives a tribute to 2007 Honoree and "National Treasure" Steve Martin. The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of c…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: 2022 is the 49th year of Merry TUBACHRISTMAS events which are presented throughout the world. TUBACHRISTMAS was conceived in 1974 by Harvey Phillips as a …
Violinist Jennifer Koh has been appointed Artistic Director of the Fortas Chamber Music Concerts, replacing Joseph Kalichstein, who passed away in March 2022. Koh's appointment is effective …
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/millennium-stage/ Join us for FREE performances in the Grand Foyer or catch the livestream online! WEDNESDAYS through SATURDAYS at 6p.m. Plus Film S…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/opportunities-for-artists/pre-professional-artist-training/betty-carters-jazz-ahead/ Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead identifies outstanding, emerging jazz…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Makana is a singer, composer, cultural educator, and master of Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar. His music combines deep tradition with unbridled innovation to …
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play an assortment of chamber music. Program Valerie Coleman: Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Sarah Kirk…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Donna The Buffalo is not just a band; one might rather say Donna The Buffalo has become a lifestyle for its members and audience. The band has played thou…
President Joe Biden speaks at the reception honoring the recipients of the 45th Kennedy Center Honors"George Clooney, Amy Grant, Tania León, Gladys Knight and the band U2"in the East Room…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: John Doe is a member of the punk rock band X, who released six studio records, six singles, and one live record from 1978"1993. He has recorded eight solo…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Slovo. Theater Group presents Mothermotherland, a performance that explores motherland, maternity, and self through the lens of the 1924 short story "I am…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Becky Hill is a percussive dancer, choreographer, and educator. She is a 2018 OneBeat alumna, a 2021 Strathmore Artist-in-Residence, and 2022 Artist-in-Re…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Singer, guitarist, and folk music interpreter Jake Xerxes Fussell has distinguished himself as one of his generation's preeminent interpreters of traditio…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/memorial/jfk-exhibit-art-and-ideals/ Free and open daily. Located in the heart of The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., this new immersive exhibit uses the…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: "Parents will be as entertained by the sublime musicianship and droll lyricism as the kids." "The Boston Globe "Phenomenally talented duo...singing and …
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Old Man Saxon is a rapper from Denver, most recently featured as the crowd favorite on the hit Netflix series with Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, and T.I., R…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Cimafunk is an Afro-Cuban rock star. His name refers to his heritage as a 'cimarrón,' Cubans of African descent who resisted and escaped slavery, as we…
On October 16, 2022, the Kennedy Center threw a free Block Party on the REACH Plaza hosted by Education Artist-in-Residence Jacqueline Woodson and Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran. It…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Pop Singer - Songwriter, AYO, a graduate of Howard University collaborates with Distrik.Kollective, a collection of creatively forward thinking musicians …
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Germán López is one of the most internationally distinguished "timple" virtuosos from the Canary Islands. Since his professional beginnings, Lópe…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: Born and raised in Guatemala, Gaby Moreno grew up inspired by artists such as Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and Aretha Franklin. She immersed herself in b…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage: "Staying true to his Spanish language Folk-Funk-Rock hybrid has paid off." "Billboard Alex Cuba's sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks, and powerful …