John Kennedy News

Surfacing amidst the mayhem of 2020, his debut single ‘Rich Romance’ and a recent musical collaboration with Primitive Ignorant have seen his genre-bending sound praised by the likes of Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music and John Kennedy on Radio X, and tipped by key press outlets including Wonderland, Earmilk and Electronic Sound.

Award winning playwright Barb Scheffler, who brought you “Pirates Don’t Babysit!”, is back at the Fringe with something completely different. Her new play “Daphne’s Inferno” follows the journey of Daphne, a woman who accidentally stumbles into the portal to Hell.

As part of the If These Halls Could Talk exhibit, the Kennedy Center will invite young artists (ages 14-26) from across the United States to reflect on the legacy of John F. Kennedy by submitting all-original, creative portraits of  the Center's namesake.

Millennium Stage returns to the Kennedy Center with weekly, free, outdoor performance experiences curated by artists and organizations from around the Washington metropolitan area. Thursday-Saturday, May 27­­‑October 2, audiences will enjoy films, live performances, arts vendors, dance, and yoga lessons on The REACH plaza, with food and drinks from Victura Park, the Center's family-friendly outdoor wine and food garden.

On May 28, 2021 Vocal Arts DC in collaboration with Avie Records will release The Journey Home: Live from the Kennedy Center. Inspired by the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, the concert, which sold-out at the time, explores timeless themes of longing, loss, love, and the search for peace in the wake of catastrophe.

The band have also unveiled a very special livestream event, taking place in the city they played their first ever show together – Derry City, in the far north of Ireland.

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulties of presenting in-person concerts, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine has launched a weekly series of online music recitals, Tuesdays at 6, on the Cathedral’s Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Acclaimed Belfast band New Pagans have announced the release of their debut album The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All, which will be out March 19th via Big Scary Monsters.

Following a year when differences and divisions have dominated headlines, the Kennedy Center’s REACH campus will be home to a free outdoor art installation, UNITY | PEACE | FORWARD, from January 15 through February 28, 2021.

Alan Dershowitz, acclaimed civil liberties lawyer/bestselling author, Todd Kwait and Rob Stegman, the co producers/directors of TRUTH IS THE ONLY CLIENT: THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDER OF JOHN F. KENNEDY, and Bret Weinstein, a biologist/evolutionary theorist, are Tom Needham's special guests this Thursday on THE SOUNDS OF FILM.

LARRY PINK THE HUMAN have released their brand new single ‘WASTED DAYS [INBETWEENS]’, which features guest vocals from IDLES’ frontman Joe Talbot.

In an interview with Fox 5's 'Good Day New York,' Bette Midler appeared to confirm that she and her fellow Sanderson Sisters (played by Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy) will reunite for the upcoming 'Hocus Pocus' sequel.

Broadway, television, and film actress Sarah Jessica Parker wrote an impassioned op-ed in which she argued for the return of theatre, specifically as the lifeblood of New York City. 

Nigel Redden announced that in October 2021, he will step down as General Director of Spoleto Festival USA.

Vevo announces the release of Alfie Templeman's DSCVR at Home performances of “Happiness In Liquid Form” and “Maybe This Is Time.”

The Blinders have announced their rescheduled UK tour, with existing shows and new dates announced for March 2021. The news comes ahead of the release of their new album Fantasies Of A Stay At Home Psychopath, out this coming Friday (July 17th) via Modern Sky UK. 

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will cancel most previously announced performances and events through the end of 2020 with some planned programs moving to spring 2021 and beyond, due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19 and in accordance with D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's current guidelines for re-opening. The Center's leadership, programming, and education teams are exploring digital and, in consultation with health and safety experts, physical methods of enacting the mission of the nation's cultural center and engaging with artists and audiences as our country and region moves through phased reopening.

Welsh four-piece Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard have shared their new single “Double Denim Hop” from their debut release The Non-Stop EP (out July 10th via Missing Piece Records / Communion).

Spoleto Festival USA announces 17 days of Spoleto at Home: free digital and radio broadcast programming for audiences to enjoy in lieu of the 2020 season. a?oeWhen we initially announced the Festival's cancellation, we received an outpouring of overwhelmingly encouraging, albeit saddened, messages from our audience,a?? says General Director Nigel Redden.