{"id":2524944,"date":"2025-12-25T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-center-jazz-performance-canceled-due-to-renaming-fight\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T13:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T18:46:34","slug":"kennedy-center-jazz-performance-canceled-due-to-renaming-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-center-jazz-performance-canceled-due-to-renaming-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Center jazz performance canceled due to renaming fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkennedy-center-jazz-performance-canceled-due-to-renaming-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2524944&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An annual Christmas Eve jazz tradition at the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts was abruptly canceled after the center&#8217;s board voted Dec. 18 to add President Donald Trump&#8217;s name to the building. Jazz drummer and longtime organizer Chuck Redd said he pulled the &#8220;Jazz Jams,&#8221; which he has overseen as 2006, after seeing the venue&#8217;s updated name online and on the building. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >renaming prompted objections<\/a> from the Kennedy family and a Dec. 22 lawsuit by Rep. Joyce Beatty, who says federal law still designates the site as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center and the board lacks authority to rename it. Othre performers have also withdrawn from kennedy Center appearances since Trump returned to the White House, including Lin-Manuel Miranda canceling plans for Hamilton.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Holiday sour note: Kennedy Center jazz performance canceled due to Trump renaming fight<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2453965\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>An annual <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/christmas\/\">Christmas<\/a> Eve jazz tradition at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kennedy-center\/\">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts <\/a>was abruptly called off after the venue&rsquo;s board moved last week to add President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> name to the building.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck Redd, the musician who has overseen the Kennedy Center&rsquo;s Christmas Eve &ldquo;Jazz Jams&rdquo; since 2006, said the decision to cancel the performance came after Trump&rsquo;s name was added to the venue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3924217\/trump-most-controversial-pardons-clemency-2025\/\">Trump&#8217;s five most controversial pardons of 2025<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4361812\/trump-sends-special-merry-christmas-message-radical-left-scum\/\">Trump sends special &#8216;Merry Christmas&#8217; message to &#8216;Radical Left Scum&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4361772\/white-house-touts-historic-drop-murder-rate\/\">White House touts historic drop in annual murders<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Redd told the <em>Associated Press<\/em> that seeing the updated name first appear on the Kennedy Center&rsquo;s website and then on the building itself prompted him to pull the show.<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy Center&rsquo;s board unanimously approved a Dec. 18 vote to rename the venue the &ldquo;Trump-Kennedy Center,&rdquo; triggering immediate objections from members of the Kennedy family who said the move eroded President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-f-kennedy\/\">John F. Kennedy&rsquo;s<\/a> legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Ex officio board member Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) filed a lawsuit on Dec. 22 challenging the move. Beatty argued the board lacks legal authority to alter the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-mounts-furious-diplomatic-effort-to-head-off-wider-war-in-middle-east-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"US mounts furious diplomatic effort to head off wider war in Middle East - Washington Examiner\">center&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s name. Federal law still designates the venue as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and the statute that created it does not grant the board power to rename it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4356419\/joyce-beatty-sues-trump-grenell-kennedy-center-name-change\/\"><strong>BEATTY SUES TRUMP AND GRENELL OVER KENNEDY CENTER NAME CHANGE&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Trump returned to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> on Jan. 20, a number of performers withdrew from scheduled appearances at the Kennedy Center, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-security-detail-for-the-new-zealand-cricket-team\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Security Detail For The New Zealand Cricket Team?\">canceled plans<\/a> to stage the musical <em>Hamilton<\/em> at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Redd&rsquo;s career has included extensive international touring and collaborations with prominent artists, among them jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie, according to his biography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kennedy Center jazz show canceled over Trump renaming<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2524945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25354629535132.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[69463,36572,22066,50057,69462],"class_list":["post-2524944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-arts-controversy","tag-event-cancellation","tag-jazz","tag-kennedy-center","tag-renaming-dispute"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25354629535132.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2524944"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2524948,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2524944\/revisions\/2524948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2524945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2524944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2524944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2524944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}