Highlights from the 47th Kennedy Center Honors! Watch the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday, December 22, 8:30-11:00 PM (ET/PT) on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.

Situated on the south end of the Kennedy Center Campus, the REACH is a premier Washington, DC event venue. To host a wedding at the Kennedy Center, we require all couples to work with a professional wedding planning company.

Be part of Washington’s most popular free holiday event, the Kennedy Center’s Messiah Sing-Along. Back by popular demand, the evening concert features conductor Nancia D’Alimonte as she leads members of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, guest soloists, a chorus of 150, and a very enthusiastic audience in Handel’s masterpiece.

The Kennedy Center Honors provide recognition to living individuals who throughout their lifetimes have made significant contributions to American culture through the performing arts. The primary criterion is excellence, and artistic achievement in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures, and television is considered.

Join us for a special bottomless brunch at the Kennedy Center’s Earth to Space festival, celebrating the unsung heroes of science and space exploration.

Kennedy Center Members at the Producer Circle level or higher have access to a reserved parking section located on Parking Level C. Reserved parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis and can be accessed by displaying the …

Feb 9, 2025 · Wildly relevant and bitingly funny, Eureka Day comes to the Kennedy Center in an exclusive engagement direct from Broadway! Jonathan Spector’s play, directed by Tony Award® winner Anna D. Shapiro, is set in a private California elementary school reeling from an outbreak of …

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has always been a treasured part of the Kennedy Center experience since we opened our doors in 1971. The company is a powerful incubator of pure talent, and you’ll watch as Ailey’s newest dancers showcase their skills amidst the virtuosity of the most tenured artists.

Concert Hall. Jorge Federico Osorio, hailed as “an imaginative interpreter with a powerful technique” (New York Times), takes on Beethoven’s intensely energetic Piano Concerto No. 3.Rachmaninoff’s lush and lively Symphonic Dances comes alive under the baton of Carlos Miguel Prieto—who returns following his “high-octane” 2018 …

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