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Davina Sowers and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows, level-A musicianship, sharp-dressed professionalism, and Sowers’ commanding stage presence.

New York–based Progressive Americana band Nefesh Mountain has been hailed as one of the formative boundary-pushing ensembles in roots music.

Praised for his innovative style and energetic live performances, Jamaican American vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Masego makes his highly anticipated Kennedy Center debut. Known for his wide-ranging and distinctive sound blending R&B, hip hop, and jazz, his music has often been described as “trap house jazz.”

Experience Whitney Houston’s astounding musical legacy like never before. This new concert tribute features original master recordings of Whitney’s vocals set to new orchestrations of her biggest hits—including “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” “Higher Love,” and “I Will Always Love You”—accompanied by home movies, film performances, and never-before-seen footage. Presented in collaboration with the Estate of Whitney Houston, Park Avenue Artists, and Primary Wave Music.

Culture icon, music innovator, and seven-time Grammy® Award–winning artist and multi-hyphenate André 3000 makes his historic Kennedy Center debut with a special presentation of New Blue Sun LIVE in Concert. Join us for an adventurous evening of mind-opening, soul-stirring, and thought-provoking music.

Machel Montano—the “King of Soca”—turns 50 at the Kennedy Center with a black-tie birthday affair!

Grammy® winners Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer will lead and all ages sing-along, strum-along ukulele jam session. Come strum, come sing, come join the fun community and the joy of uke! Other small instruments welcome. Join the chorus, join the band.

After making history as the first DJ and hip-hop artist to headline the Kennedy Center Opera House in 2022 and launching his three-day Club Quarantine Live Residency in 2023, legendary artist, DJ, photographer, and Kennedy Center Hip Hop Culture Council Member D-Nice brings Club Quarantine Live back for another year—this time in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall!

Multifaceted artist and D.C. native Noochie brings his groundbreaking series, Noochie’s Live from the Front Porch, to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall for a special, one-night-only engagement with a host of special guests.

Max Richter is one of the most acclaimed composers of his time. His fusion of classical technique and electronic technology, heard across genre-defying solo albums and countless scores for film, dance, art, and fashion, has won him legions of fans around the world and blazed a trail for a generation of musicians. Please note: the NSO does not perform on this program.

Birmingham Royal Ballet makes a thunderous debut with its thrilling, headbanging hit Black Sabbath – The Ballet. Get ready for sparks to fly in the first true heavy metal ballet experience, honoring Birmingham–born band Black Sabbath.