Kennedy Center Christmas Eve Jazz Concert Canceled Over Trump Name On Building

December 25, 2025 Deadline

A Christmas Eve jazz concert held annually for two decades at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was canceled by its host this year in protest of the addition of Donald Trump’s name to the Washington, D.C., building. Chuck Redd, a jazz drummer and vibraphonist who has hosted the annual holiday “Jazz Jams“ at […]