Live Tonight on Millennium Stage : Carpathia Folk Dance Ensemble will present folk dances from a variety of nations in Eastern Europe, with a program mostly centered on Ukraine and nations…
Experience a unique collaboration from Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Dr. Cornel West. Recorded live at the Kennedy Center in 2021, this streaming premiere features…
Goldie Hawn honors Bette Midler during the 44th Kennedy Center Honors. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is proud to celebrate the 44th Honorees for lifetime artistic achie…
See the making of Washington National Opera's "Blue," a contemporary opera on racial injustice in the US today, with a libretto by Tazewell Thompson set to music by Jeanine Tesori. This sh…
Tune in to Kennedy Center YouTube or Facebook on March 29 at 6 p.m. EST for the online premiere of Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra with Dr. Cornel West. Recorded live at …
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage : According to Nina Goodman of DC Music Review, "Carly is grace, confidence, originality, and the right amount of sexy swagger all at once. She commands th…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage : Members of the Washington National Opera Orchestra emerge from the orchestra pit and take their place on the Millennium Stage to share the rich and varie…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage : Bio Ritmo's music is rooted in Afro-Caribbean rhythms mixed with retro big-band jazz, a little funk, and all things 1970s. The 10-piece powerhouse began …
Hip Hop Icon and Founding Kennedy Center Hip Hop Culture Council Member MC Lyte presents I Am Woman: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop. Join us April 15th, 2022 for an incredible evening of …
https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2021-2022/thomas-brueggergosman/ 2019 Kennedy Center Honoree Michael Tilson Thomas appears as both conductor and composer in his jazzy post-apocalypt…
Patrick Ness's piercing novel A Monster Calls is brought to the stage in a powerful new adaptation by visionary director Sally Cookson. Thirteen-year-old Conor and his mum have managed jus…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage : Malian tradition lies at the heart and foot-stomping soul of Cheick Hamala Diabate and his band, but their melodies and undeniable rhythms cut across age…
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage : Called "one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation," by The New York Times, singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson is a native Englishman who …
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage : Christylez Bacon is a Grammy Nominated Progressive Hip-Hop artist and multi-instrumentalist from Southeast, Washington, DC. As a performer. He multi-task…
Hamilton is the story of America then, told by America now. Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B, and Broadway, Hamilton has taken the story of American founding father Alexand…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/theater/2021-2022/mean-girls Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from book writer TINA FEY ("30 Rock), com…
Did you know that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had two great passions in life? One was law. The other was opera. The Washington National Opera fondly remembers RBG's love of op…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/our-story/kc50/new-works/cartography/ The Cartography Project is a new curatorial music program led by the National Symphony Orchestra and Washington National…
Robert Glasper and Jason Moran Sat. Apr. 16, 2022 8p.m. To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz Jason Moran and Grammy Award-winning pianist and prod…
The 44th Honorees receive their medallions during a special tribute ceremony held at the Library of Congress. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is proud to celebrate the 44…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/home/2021-2022/because/ How can music change a young person's life? See for yourself when Kennedy Center Education Artist-in-Residence Mo Willems' story o…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/2021-2022/written-in-stone/ What stories do our monuments tell? What legacies do they embody? What memories do they cement? Four iconic places. Four…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/dance/2021-2022/aim-untitled-love/ Kyle Abraham is one of the most sought after choreographers and dancers of our time. The bold cre…
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/dance/2021-2022/aim-untitled-love/ Kyle Abraham is one of the most sought after choreographers and dancers of our time. The bold …
Live Tonight on Millennium Stage : The National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship Program is an orchestral training program for high school musicians with the goal of studying music perf…