Kennedy Center concert canceled after Trump name added

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🚨BREAKING: ARTISTS ARE STARTING TO WALK, KENNEDY CENTER CANCELLATIONS ARE GROWING. This is what happens when a man-child values ego and name placement over history, culture, and what the institution actually stands for.

Posts report the Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve jazz show was canceled after the building’s name was updated to include Trump, referenced in NYTimes and Politico. Quote from Politico: Chuck Redd, “When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert.”

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12/30/25, 11:00 PM
Fenice, la spilla di protesta degli orchestrali contro la nomina di Beatrice Venezi https://www.europesays.com/it/283929/ di Enrico Parola Tra arie e cori giovedì riecheggerà, silenziosa, la polemica che sta agitando il teatro in…
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12/30/25, 11:00 PM
apnews.com/article/kenn... Center renaming prompts a new round of cancellations. 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️😂
12/30/25, 10:58 PM
Roma D is VP of Public Post-FAFO Mewling, currently squatting in the vandalized Kennedy Center.
12/30/25, 10:53 PM
This guy .. putting his name on Kennedy Center .. outrageous
12/30/25, 10:52 PM
all say I support this racist fascist bullshit.. fuck Kiss, fuck Stallone, Fuck them all! Can't stand up to the idea of what the Kennedy center stands for...
12/30/25, 10:49 PM
Stop calling it the Kennedy Center: the orange shit stain carved his name on it and he can own its failing. No one is required to perform for fascists. Serious people absolutely won't.
12/30/25, 10:47 PM
I saw a video the workers laughing at people on the ground as they were defacing the Kennedy Center. I wanted to kick the ladder out from under them.
12/30/25, 10:35 PM
The orange baboon slaps his reviled name on the Kennedy Center, the flagship of the performing arts in America, then is surprised when artists (not known for their love for the right or authoritarians) refuse to preform there. Artists flee authoritarian regimes…they don’t flock there to perform.
12/30/25, 10:20 PM
i hate how she does this to me, falling into her trap like i got hit in the head in the same way she did but i don't know what she wants. are we supposed to stop people from boycotting the kennedy center by convincing them it might close if they do that? what does she think a boycott is
12/30/25, 10:16 PM
Artists cancel performances at Trump-Kennedy Center, citing ‘takeover’ by Trump administration
12/30/25, 10:12 PM
Loss of good will would certainly apply. And is Grinell suing Lin Manuel for yanking Hamilton off the schedule??
12/30/25, 10:07 PM
Do they actually think only Democrats attended performances there prior to now?
12/30/25, 10:06 PM
If the artists and performers were booked by the radical far leftists as said, then why is it so important that they perform at the Trump Kennedy Center? Aren't there far superior fascist artists that could replace them? Aren't there any immigrant musicians that could be forced into playing Wagner?
12/30/25, 10:03 PM
A goal was to kill the Kennedy center -- so every step to not subscribe or cancel just does what they wish. Catch 22
12/30/25, 09:56 PM
Cheers to all of the brave artists who canceled their Kennedy Center appearances. Bravo to your integrity. Integrity that so many corporations, universities, companies & people didn’t have.
12/30/25, 09:50 PM
Or because their contract was with the Kennedy centre and not the trump kennedy centre
12/30/25, 09:49 PM
Now that almost everyone who had a gig booked at the Kennedy Centre has canceled, is Trump going to sue all of them because I'm sure they all checked with their lawyers before doing it and with Trump's court cases so far at a -50, it would be a slam dunk against him.
12/30/25, 09:48 PM
Those artisrs were to perform at the "The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts". Not the "Donald J. Trump John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts". Look at their contracts.
12/30/25, 09:48 PM
Well I guess we know who you voted for Roma 🖕🖕Maybe the artists don’t want to perform in a house taken over and destroyed by Trump. I hope every artist that was slated from this moment forward cancels. Putting Trumps name on anything is one sure way to ensure it fails 😂
12/30/25, 09:48 PM
NYE canceled. Hamilton pulled. Jazz packed up: Nobody Wants to Play the Trump-Kennedy Center. NOBODY. open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
12/30/25, 09:45 PM
Kennedy Center Board Votes Unanimously to Add Donald Trump’s Name to Iconic D. C. Venue: www.breitbart.com/entertainmen...
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12/30/25, 09:45 PM
A good New Years resolution would be to buy a tall ladder and a hammer and or pry bar and remove Trumps stupid name from the Kennedy Center .…Just a thought .
12/30/25, 09:40 PM
Chuck Redd's legal defense should be: my contract was with the Kennedy Center, not the Trump Kennedy Center.
12/30/25, 09:35 PM
It seems like it has become more embarrassing for performers to appear at the $Трамп-Kennedy Center than in Riyadh. 🍊🤡💩
12/30/25, 09:33 PM
Here's The Cookers upcoming schedule. They'll be in Detroit, Denver, Minneapolis, Seattle, Oakland and NYC. www.thecookersmusic.com/events/ They deserve support for standing on principle and not inside the Kennedy Center under current malevolent mismanagement.🎶🎷🎹
https://www.thecookersmusic.com/events/
12/30/25, 09:32 PM
At the high end, artist contracts commonly include morals clauses or reputation clauses. They let the artist (or the venue) walk away if the other party’s actions would cause reputational harm, public backlash, or conflict with stated values.
12/30/25, 09:31 PM
Trumps name will be removed from the Kennedy Center to a Lin Manuel + original cast Hamilton spectacle where Hillary Clinton receives a standing ovation.
12/30/25, 09:30 PM
More artists cancel Kennedy Center shows after Trump name change... Trump will soon change the US to Trumpland
12/30/25, 09:30 PM
Trending Now: Kennedy Center renaming prompts second cancellation | Celebrity News – Fans React Trending Now: This entertainment story covers the latest buzz, reactions, and updates surrounding Trending Now: Kennedy Center renaming prompts second cancellation | Celebrity News - Fans React.. A…
12/30/25, 09:29 PM
Artists have the choice to perform when and where they wish. It's called freedom of expression. Artists aren't civil servants obliged to "perform for everyone". You know who does have that obligation? Elected government leaders and actual civil servants. #Trump #🇺🇸 #KennedyCenter #democracy #arts
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12/30/25, 09:28 PM
I’m guessing every extant contract is with “The Kennedy Center” so the new venue with its new dumbass name has no authority to take action against them. And Schlumpy has no authority to rename a living memorial for his horrific, stupid, obese, felonious, adulterous, grifting, immoral self.
12/30/25, 09:27 PM
Could someone else just make another theater in DC and call it "the kennedy center" now that it's "name was changed"?
12/30/25, 09:26 PM
it is obvious that the performers have been disgusted by donny boy adding his name to the Kennedy Center. it is not shocking that non political people would be outraged by trump putting his name where it does not belong.
12/30/25, 09:25 PM
When the motherfucking Kennedy Center was great!
12/30/25, 09:22 PM
Derangement Syndrome is appointing yourself the president of the Kennedy Center and then renaming it after yourself and installing seats with marble armrests.
12/30/25, 09:19 PM
and thin lizzy had to put out a press release saying the ONLY reason they would be at the Kennedy center was to support KiSs, not Trump. weird press release.
12/30/25, 09:16 PM
I doubt that left leaning was ever given a thought, it's very simple to understand, they're cancelling because Donald Trump slapped this shit name on an a wonderful instution, I think that's illegal anyway. When Democrats take back the house some republicans #GOP in Congress are going to prison.
12/30/25, 09:12 PM
Trump's spin doctors must have been working overtime on gaslighting us about this. He's basically saying that the thing that prevented right-wing people from attending the Kennedy Center was that it didn't have Trump's name on it.
12/30/25, 09:06 PM
Even though several judges have ordered the fat Felon to stop filing frivolous lawsuits, he and his MAGA morons continue to do so; an example: the Felon's minions suing entertainers for canceling shows under the fucked up name the fat bastard had slapped on the Kennedy Center building. Fuck Trump.
12/30/25, 09:05 PM
If you honor your booking, Ric Grenell may organize the local Young Republicans to heckle your performance. If you cancel, he'll threaten to sue you for millions. Setting aside moral and ideological objections to the Trump management, the mechanics are terrible too.
12/30/25, 09:05 PM
Kennedy Center renaming prompts second cancellation apnews.com/article/kenn...
12/30/25, 09:01 PM
Legendary jazz saxophonist Billy Harper just CANCELLED his New Years Eve performance at the Kennedy Center. "I would never even consider performing in a venue bearing a name that represents overt racism" 😳👏 💪 Damn right.
12/30/25, 09:01 PM
Appreciation post for the artists refusing to perform at the Kennedy Center after Trump's fiasco. You're doing the Lord's work.
apnews.com/article/kenn... Kennedy Center renaming prompts new round of cancellations from artists 💙 🏳️‍🌈 #TuesdayTh...
"apnews.com/article/kenn... Kennedy Center renaming prompts new round of cancellations from artists 💙 🏳️‍🌈 #TuesdayThoughts #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #KindnessMatters #Motivation #Bluecrew"
12/30/25, 08:56 PM
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12/30/25, 08:55 PM
The Trump Kennedy Center: White Sale If you’re white, you get 50% off subscriptions.
12/30/25, 08:50 PM
There are no performing venues in the DC area without trump's name on them? None at all? You need to get out more, Megan.
12/30/25, 08:49 PM
apnews.com/article/kenn... Kennedy Center renaming prompts new round of cancellations from artists 💙 🏳️‍🌈 #TuesdayThoughts #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #KindnessMatters #Motivation #Bluecrew
12/30/25, 08:46 PM
Instead of bitching and moaning, how about you just book some replacement acts. I'm sure there are many wonderful artists who love the name change, are available, and will fill the auditorium. Looks like an opportunity to showcase all that Trump-loving talent, not a problem.
12/30/25, 08:40 PM
and the institution’s president saying the cancellations belie the artists’ unwillingness to see their music as crossing lines of political disparity. The fresh round of cancellations after Trump put his name on the building follows an earlier artist backlash in spring.
12/30/25, 08:39 PM
Idk dude, I think a Fascist war of aggression Venezuela that keeps getting more severe daily, and erasing Black soldiers in service of their ideology of white supremacy, vastly outweighs the Kennedy Center.
12/30/25, 08:37 PM
More artists cancel Kennedy Center performances after Trump renaming - PBS News💙✋🌊
12/30/25, 08:36 PM
It takes some strength to cancel a concert in this previously well respected venue. Turns out, when a wanna-be fascist dictator shows off by putting his name on a building, it doesn't make the place better
12/30/25, 08:36 PM
Hey, Wilmington ..... hometown shows coming up! Other venues as listed. Get yer tix before it's too late. Last month, we saw ol' Clifford in Carolina Beach, and then again at the Lincoln Memorial. Both were worth the drive. You'll think so too. #SupportLiveComedy #ImpeachConvictRemove
12/30/25, 08:26 PM
Is she insinuating that people only attend the opera out of HABIT? And that standing on principle will somehow cause these OPERA patrons to lose interest in opera? She KNOWS this isnt the case, ans everyone shes speaking to knows its not the case, so why say this out loud at all?
12/30/25, 08:22 PM
Well it looks like the Trump regime has found a replacement for the cancelled New Year's Eve performances at the Kennedy Center 🤣 🤭 😜 Rock on Donny!
12/30/25, 08:17 PM
I strongly disagree with Rona Daravi on a few key points, first of all cancelling a show because you fundamentally disagree with what the person or institution stands for is the most principled thing an artist can do, they are not selfish, if anything they are being selfless, sacrificing...TBC
12/30/25, 08:17 PM
NEWS: Mass Boycott of the Kennedy Center Grows as Artists Cancel Performances Because of Trump open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
12/30/25, 08:16 PM
The thing about the Kennedy Center is no one outside of the beltway cares about it.
12/30/25, 08:07 PM
川普将肯尼迪中心改名“川普-肯尼迪中心”后，又亲自颁发一年一度的荣誉奖，号召人们收看，结果只有200多万人收看颁奖典礼，比去年肯尼迪荣誉奖颁奖仪式减少35%，历年收看人数最低，都是川粉在看吧？
12/30/25, 08:07 PM
Kennedy Center Forced to Cancel Major Concert Due to Trump... newrepublic.com/post/204800/...
12/30/25, 08:06 PM
Not to mention that only trash would perform at the "Trump-Kennedy" center.
This story and especially its first line made me think of the book I wrote in 2017 when he first became president.
"This story and especially its first line made me think of the book I wrote in 2017 when he first became president."
12/30/25, 08:05 PM
🧵I’ll reply here, under the rubric of NAMING: Richard Grenell sending Chuck Redd a nasty note & threatening him with a $1,000,000 lawsuit (think Dr. Evil) is the DEPTHS of stupidity. They must know the new Kennedy Center name can’t stand up in court, 😒😑‼️ —— @harryshearer.bsky.social
12/30/25, 08:02 PM
I guess my feeling is that any act of protest can be read as performative by people who are inclined to take it in bad faith. The act causes material damage the Kennedy center under this admin- i think it’s worth doing and I applaud those making the sacrifice.
12/30/25, 08:00 PM
Greetings, esteemed individuals! What is your favorite dish soap brand? Have you attended any performances at the Kennedy Center recently? Also, how often do you replace your home air filters? I eagerly await your insights!
12/30/25, 08:00 PM
Which artist are canceling their scheduled shows over the Kennedy Center renaming?
12/30/25, 07:53 PM
Guy whose whole bit is Being In Touch With The Working Class: YOU CAN'T BOYCOTT THE KENNEDY CENTER Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
12/30/25, 07:52 PM
People are not boycotting the “Kennedy Center.” They’re boycotting the “Trump-Kennedy Center.”
12/30/25, 07:51 PM
Kennedy center should close until the douche is out of office.
12/30/25, 07:46 PM
Huge respect to Chuck Redd, The Cookers, Doug Varone and Dancers, Rhiannon Giddens, and Kristy Lee for canceling their shows and boycotting the Kennedy Center renaming. That’s what standing on principle actually looks like.🙌🏽🙌🏽
12/30/25, 07:46 PM
How many cancellations occurred once 🤬💩 first hijacked The Kennedy Center? I know there were board members who quit (e.g., Renee Fleming) immediately. I am trying to remember who cancelled their engagements at the time.
12/30/25, 07:45 PM
Two more musicians have cancelled shows at the Kennedy Center, after its board voted to rename the venue to include US President Donald Trump's name.
12/30/25, 07:43 PM
Where I think they're really going to hurt is setting up performances in the future. These folks were already committed. Now artists can just "no" without fear of reprisal. And they will.
12/30/25, 07:43 PM
More and more artists are dropping out of performing at the Kennedy Arts Centre after Trump smeared his disgusting name on it. Good, Trump has made it his priority to destroy American culture. Time for artists and all other culture creators to turn their backs on Trump.
12/30/25, 07:43 PM
After the Trump-picked board voted to add Trump’s name, a handful of artists have canceled their performances, which the Trump-selected chairman has called “a form of derangement syndrome.” www.jezebel.com/i-cant-belie...
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12/30/25, 07:41 PM
AWESOME⚡️⚡️⚡️ #MusiciansCancelKennedyCtr THANK YOU ALL! This is what integrity looks like! For those artists who had the integrity to cancel the Trump event at the Kennedy Center!✨🎶✨🎶✨🎶✨🎶✨🇺🇸✨🙏
12/30/25, 07:31 PM
Artists cancel Kennedy Center shows after Trump name change https://www.europesays.com/2666496/ Two more musicians have cancelled shows at the Kennedy Center, after its board voted to rename the venue…
https://www.europesays.com/2666496/
12/30/25, 07:28 PM
And that's (one reason) why they reacted so strongly to being called "weird" and why things like getting booed at the Kennedy Center shows visibly bother them - it interrupts the facade. It's one tool among many, but an important one nonetheless.
12/30/25, 07:27 PM
Thank you to these musicians! #MusiciansCancelKennedyCtr ⚡️🇺🇸⚡️🙏⚡️🎶✨🎶✨
12/30/25, 07:26 PM
Cancellations of performances at the Trump-Kennedy Arts Center shows that Trump's stamping his name on institutions and projects is the kiss of death. It's like when Michael kissed Fredo.
12/30/25, 07:22 PM
Trump attempts to appropriate the Kennedy Centre and is incandescent that artists refuse to perform there under his name. thehill.com/blogs/in-the...
12/30/25, 07:21 PM
#QOTD The Trump-Kennedy Center has lost many, many shows. The Board of the Trump-Kennedy Center are desperate. They come to you: You can have any play, movie, or other entertainment in the formerly great theater. And, as a bonus, Donald Trump will be tied down to the front-row, center seat […]
12/30/25, 07:20 PM
Did she discuss trade-offs when the fascists cancelled the Gay Men's Choir at the Kennedy Center a few months ago? Narrator's voice: She did not.
12/30/25, 07:15 PM
Sad. The Kennedy center honors was so elite...the recipients had reached iconic status and gifted the world with their talent. I loved watching honorees and artist that performed for them. It was a wonderful American institution. Another American institution ruined by a really disgusting person.
12/30/25, 07:10 PM
Kennedy Center renaming prompts new round of cancellations from artists https://abc7.com/post/kennedy-center-renaming-prompts-new-round-cancellations-artists/18333602/
https://abc7.com/post/kennedy-center-renaming-prompts-new-round-cancellations-artists/18333602/
12/30/25, 07:00 PM
Let the radical leftists boycott the Trump Memorial Center as they want; we already found a replacement for the New Year's Concert:
12/30/25, 06:58 PM
The board chose to put a massive stain on the name of the center, the board should be wearing all of this. It’s almost like they flung feces on the wall. Oh wait, that was Trump fans in the capitol building on January 6th. Same thing.
12/30/25, 06:56 PM
Notice how Trump is never assigned blamed for this tradeoff. Slapping his name on the Kennedy Center was always going to have this result. It's his fault, not the boycotters.
12/30/25, 06:53 PM
We're learning that, in a polarized era when highly informed, culture-consuming citizens mostly hate Trump there is little mass market for non-ideologically-branded outlets that cater to Trump (WaPo, Bari's town halls) or for pro-Trump cultural outlets (Kennedy Center).
12/30/25, 06:51 PM
The Trump regime is threatening artists who cancel and doing the exact wrong thing, as the Kennedy Center loses its New Year's Eve concert. TURNS OUT CELEBRATED ARTISTS DON’T SUPPORT A CHILD RAPIST, RUSSIAN ASSET, TRAITOR PRESIDENT ! substack.com/@politicusus...
12/30/25, 06:51 PM
Huge respect to Chuck Redd, The Cookers, Doug Varone and Dancers, Rhiannon Giddens, and Kristy Lee for canceling their performances and boycotting the Kennedy Center renaming. This is how culture pushes back when power overreaches.👏🏽👏🏽
12/30/25, 06:50 PM
But if his contract was with the Kennedy Center, not the Trump Kennedy Center....
12/30/25, 06:46 PM
Of course this was always going to be the outcome of a Kennedy center takeover. Why preform for the king when the king doesn’t even pay your salary?
12/30/25, 06:43 PM
Künstler sagen Auftritte wegen Trump-Umbenennung im Kennedy Center ab https://lvz.de
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12/30/25, 06:43 PM
the kennedy center comeback show, after they remove the board and that pos other name, is gonna be lit af too
12/30/25, 06:39 PM
They might if the only shows the Kennedy Center can bring is “Springtime for Hitler” and “The Book Of Mormon: Read Live by Rosanne Barr” 🤷‍♂️
12/30/25, 06:38 PM
paidprotester.substack.com/p/more-artis... Trump said that if he did a really good job hosting the Kennedy Center Honors that he might give up the presidency. We aren't going to be that lucky. #KennedyCenter #Kennedy #JohnFKennedy #artists #cancellations #protest
12/30/25, 06:32 PM
Oh, boo-hoo. It's okay to boycott Bud Light but not the Kennedy Center? Hypocrites. apnews.com/article/kenn...
12/30/25, 06:32 PM
Kennedy Center renaming prompts new round of cancellations from artists apnews.com/article/kenn... Lame Duck knows no limits to stolen valor. The Felon’s name above President John F Kennedy’s, which is a memorial to that late president, is his way to steal the honor from one who has earned it. Sick
12/30/25, 06:31 PM
New Year's Eve concerts among latest Kennedy Center cancellations - The Hill apple.news/AICrFL1pHS76...
12/30/25, 06:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: ARTISTS ARE STARTING TO WALK, KENNEDY CENTER CANCELLATIONS ARE GROWING. This is what happens when a man-child values ego and name placement over history, culture, and what the institution actually stands for.

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