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LetMyPeopleVote

(175,895 posts)
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 05:11 PM Dec 26

Who will be willing to preform at this venue after the Kennedy Center name change?

Here may be the upcoming list of performers

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Who will be willing to preform at this venue after the Kennedy Center name change? (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Dec 26 OP
Ketchup flinging contest with slob as predetermined winner? SheltieLover Dec 26 #1
I hope they don't sue the group that canceled their performance right beforehand because of name change Deuxcents Dec 26 #2
I will!! When the real name change is complete! usonian Dec 26 #3
Betty Bowers- it is amusing that Donald is too stupid to know what memorial means. If only .... LetMyPeopleVote Dec 26 #5
Ahead of his time! usonian Dec 26 #6
Frankly, I suspect some might be surprised B.See Dec 26 #4
you know those groups you used to... ret5hd Dec 26 #7
This will *really* get more artists to want to perform at the already scorned and blacklisted Trump Kennedy Center. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 28 #8
Upcoming acts/performance for the trump Center next season LetMyPeopleVote Dec 28 #9
Springtime for Putin is going to be a major hit LetMyPeopleVote Dec 28 #10
The Center's new musical director, Kid Rock, probably has a list of potential performers. Buns_of_Fire Dec 28 #11
Sarah Palin makes her stage and singing debut La Coliniere Dec 28 #12
That T-K C "list" is.pretty funny.... electric_blue68 Dec 29 #13
I was seriously considering turning them down DFW Dec 29 #14
To make up for cancellations and dwindling ticket sales, Roseanne Barr will sing the national anthem before each event LetMyPeopleVote Dec 29 #15
Here is a partial list of acts/performers who are canceling on trump's renamed center LetMyPeopleVote Dec 29 #16
Kid Rock and Scott Baio in Romeo and Juliet LetMyPeopleVote Dec 31 #17
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 31 #18
Truck Nuts, The Musical. Johonny Dec 31 #19
Who needs 'Hamilton' at the Kennedy Center when you can go watch lara trump perform LetMyPeopleVote Jan 1 #20
Aditional upcoming performers/acts/shows for the trumpies LetMyPeopleVote Jan 1 #21

Deuxcents

(25,746 posts)
2. I hope they don't sue the group that canceled their performance right beforehand because of name change
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:43 PM
Dec 26

usonian

(23,825 posts)
3. I will!! When the real name change is complete!
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:48 PM
Dec 26


Ode to Joy.

Nods to first violinist and chorus ...

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,895 posts)
5. Betty Bowers- it is amusing that Donald is too stupid to know what memorial means. If only ....
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:57 PM
Dec 26

Yes, it's obscene and will be removed. But it is amusing that Donald is too stupid to know what memorial means. If only . . .

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-12-19T18:08:45.932Z

B.See

(7,894 posts)
4. Frankly, I suspect some might be surprised
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:52 PM
Dec 26

by who just might.

I wrote awhile back about the general reluctance of many performers to get politically involved,

while (on the other hand) a 'select' few SEEMINGLY unlikely artists saw a Trump endorsement as some kind of cash cow,

in spite of the general outrage of their traditional fanbase. And that's still occurring.

But for those who THOUGHT to play it safe, Trump has made that difficult if not impossible, by politicizing entertainment itself.

By putting his malevolent thumb upon everything from movie production, programming, newscasts, late nite talk shows, performing arts, corporate buyouts, etc. - to national and international sporting organizations and major events.

Like the malignant cancer he is.

So now it's gotten so that who performs, where one performs, and for whom, amounts to an endorsement or ideological statement.

Imo, the price paid for timidity, indifference, and silence in the face of fascism.

ret5hd

(22,270 posts)
7. you know those groups you used to...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:50 PM
Dec 26

kinda know way back in the day…maybe they had one or two good songs but that was it…and now you see them on a billboard, playing at some Indian casino that’s 3 miles off the main highway?

them. that’s all the t-jfk will draw till the “t” is gone.

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,895 posts)
8. This will *really* get more artists to want to perform at the already scorned and blacklisted Trump Kennedy Center.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 02:23 PM
Dec 28

This will *really* get more artists to want to perform at the already scorned and blacklisted Trump Kennedy Center.

The petty bitches in the Trump administration are smart that way.

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-12-27T18:16:06.222Z

I suspect that Chuck Redd's contract required him to appear at a venue called "The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts." Since such a named venue does not currently exist, how could he fulfill his contract obligations? Therefore, how is there a breach by him?

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-12-27T19:01:42.998Z

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,895 posts)
9. Upcoming acts/performance for the trump Center next season
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 03:31 PM
Dec 28

Here are some of the acts/plays/performances that will appear at the trump center










Buns_of_Fire

(19,041 posts)
11. The Center's new musical director, Kid Rock, probably has a list of potential performers.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 04:32 PM
Dec 28
...just in case.

electric_blue68

(26,210 posts)
13. That T-K C "list" is.pretty funny....
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:35 AM
Dec 29

Hillary's E-mails: A Dramatic Reading

And there was a political comedy musical group from '81 - 2000 called The Capitol Steps. NPR would play one of their shows every so often.
So The Capitol Steps Riotiers is pretty damn funny in a snarky keep from sighing/crying way.

DFW

(59,800 posts)
14. I was seriously considering turning them down
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 06:26 AM
Dec 29

But they forgot to ask me, so it never came to that…..

LetMyPeopleVote

(175,895 posts)
15. To make up for cancellations and dwindling ticket sales, Roseanne Barr will sing the national anthem before each event
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 11:32 AM
Dec 29

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