KC Spotlight: Fill your week with a different daily LIVE performance

Plus more streaming theater, dance, and music performances!

Fill your week with a different daily performance from all across the U.S.!

Arts Across America

Monday–Friday at 4 p.m. EDT

Part of our Social Impact Initiatives

In collaboration with arts organizations from coast to coast, we’re presenting 20 weeks of FREE, online programming available on Facebook Live, YouTube, and our website.

Arts Across America will feature over 200 artists from all 50 states and 5 territories, plus Washington, D.C., who play leadership roles in their communities, exemplify unique regional artistic styles, and are using their medium as a tool for advocacy and social justice.

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This week’s lineup:

Today

Kennedy Center Hip Hop Culture and Sankofa.org - Goapele

Sep. 3

Washington, D.C. | Akua Allrich & Braxton Cook

Sep. 4

California |  Sankofa presents Hank Willis Thomas, BMike Odom, Sofia Dawson, and Rene Payne

Next on our Digital Stage

Jason Moran, James Reese Europe & The Harlem Hellfighters: The Absence of Ruin

Full performance available September 4

Remind Me ⏰

National Symphony Orchestra

NSO Labor Day Concert

Sunday, September 6 | RFK Stadium

The NSO returns for our annual Labor Day Concert, and you’re invited to watch the live simulcast at Park Up DC! Hear works by Acclaimed composer Jessie Montgomery, D.C. native George Walker, Gabriela Lena Frank, William Grant Still, Aaron Copland, and more! 

Reservations Required.

Reserve Your Spot: Use Code NSOLABORDAY

NSO/Noseda Fridays: Music of Leonard Bernstein

Now Streaming

Through September 25, enjoy a digital series of NSO performances released bi-weekly. Every other Friday, a new concert from our archive of live full orchestra broadcasts created in partnership with Medici.tv will be made available for on-demand streaming free of charge. Each program will be accessible for 30 days – from 8 p.m. ET except as otherwise listed.

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Fill your home with music

Order a copy of the NSO and Gianandrea Noseda’s first album, featuring two composers who contributed greatly to the tapestry of American music, Antonín Dvořák and Aaron Copland.

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Eat. Drink. Relax.

At Victura Park pop-up wine bar & café at the REACH!

Join us!

Fridays 3–10 p.m.

Saturdays 12–10 p.m.

Sundays 12–8 p.m.

Labor Day weekend hours

Thursday 3–10 p.m. | Friday 3–10 p.m | Saturday 12–10 p.m. | Sunday 12–8 p.m. | Monday 12–8 p.m.

Victura Park is a family-friendly outdoor oasis located at the River Pavilion at the REACH named after John F. Kennedy’s iconic wooden sailboat The Victura, purchased when he was 15.

A collaboration between the culinary creative team of The Hilton Brothers and Chef Erik Bruner-Yang, Victura Park is a winery-inspired landscape.

The health and safety of our guests and staff is our top priority. Guests are required to maintain social distance and wear a mask when not seated.

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Join us for Family Meal!

Our family meal series features a menu ever-changing delicious dishes curated by Chef Erik Bruner-Yang for $20 per plate. Dishes may vary from week to week, and at times feature collaborations and surprises from guest chefs.

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Shop the Kennedy Center

New additions & back to school favorites!

Limited-Release Face Masks

Shop the Collection

New in Books

How to Lead: Wisdom from the World’s Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers

By David Rubenstein

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Get $5 flat-rate shipping on all orders $50+*

*U.S. domestic orders only

FREE KC tote bag with purchase of $60+**

**While supplies last

See you soon!

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve announced physically distanced on-site events and live digital programming until our 2021 season begins on January 14. We can’t wait to welcome you back with extraordinary performances!

Our JFK Memorial is now open to visitors Wed.–Sun. from 10 a.m.–5 p.m., and Victura Park at the REACH is open select hours Fri.–Sun. For the most up-to-date information regarding our response to COVID-19, please visit our website.

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