As one of the nation's busiest cultural institutions, the Kennedy Center is both a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy and a world-class performing arts destination. Each year, the Center hosts more than 3,000 performances of music, dance, and theater across a multitude of stages – from grand venues like the Opera House, Eisenhower Theater, and Concert Hall – home of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Wasington National Opera – to more intimate spaces like the Family Theater, Terrace Theater, and KC Jazz Club.
| Mon. Dec 9 | Merry Tubachristmas!
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| Tue. Dec 10 | Strathmore Artist in Residence Calista Garcia
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| Dec. 10 – 29 | The Second City's Love, Factually |
| Dec. 10, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020 | Come From Away |
| Wed. Dec 11 | Lutoslawski Piano Duo
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| Thu. Dec 12 | WNO—Holidays with the Young Artists
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| Thu. Dec 12 | Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce |
| Fri. Dec 13 | Handel, Hamilton, and Holiday Songs
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| Dec. 13 – 14 | NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops! with Leslie Odom, Jr. |
| Sat. Dec 14 | Sweet Heaven Kings
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| Sat. Dec 14 | Art Ensemble of Chicago
50th Anniversary |
| Sun. Dec 15 | Levine First Music
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| Dec. 15 – 22 | The Washington Chorus: A Candlelight Christmas |
| Dec. 15 – 24 | Choral Arts Society of Washington: Songs of the Season |
| Mon. Dec 16 | The Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra Chamber Program
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| Tue. Dec 17 | The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School’s Shir Madness
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| Dec. 17, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020 | My Fair Lady |
| Wed. Dec 18 | Shayna Blass
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| Thu. Dec 19 | 9-Songwriter Series led by Justin Trawick
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| Dec. 19 – 22 | NSO: Handel's Messiah |
| Fri. Dec 20 | Nkula
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| Sat. Dec 21 | Holiday Go-Go
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| Sun. Dec 22 | Angelica Garcia
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| Mon. Dec 23 | Messiah Sing-Along
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| Tue. Dec 24 | The Beltway Brass
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| Tue. Dec 24 | Choral Arts Society of Washington: A Family Christmas |
| Wed. Dec 25 | All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam
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| Thu. Dec 26 | Encore Chorale
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| Fri. Dec 27 | DC Symphony and the Motown Sound
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| Sat. Dec 28 | Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington presents: Holiday Sing
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| Sun. Dec 29 | Joe Zimmerman
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| Mon. Dec 30 | The Legendary Ingramettes
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| Tue. Dec 31 | A Tribute to Aretha Franklin |
| Tue. Dec 31 | New Year’s Eve Party
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| Tue. Dec 31 | A Jazz New Year's Eve: Branford Marsalis |
| Jan. 4 – Mar. 7, 2020 | Dance Fitness |
| Wed. Jan 8, 2020 | NSO Pops: Game ON! |
| Fri. Jan 10, 2020 | WNO: American Opera Initiative: Three New 20-Minute Operas |
| Jan. 11 – 12, 2020 | Glimpse |
| Thu. Jan 16, 2020 | Martin Amini |
| Jan. 16 – 19, 2020 | NSO: Bronfman plays Beethoven / Holst's The Planets |
| Fri. Jan 17, 2020 | Stretch and Bobbito + the M19s Band: No Requests Album Release Concert |
| Sat. Jan 18, 2020 | Jazzmeia Horn |
| Jan. 18 – 26, 2020 | NSO Music for Young Audiences: Beauty and the Beat |
| Tue. Jan 21, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Jay Campbell |
| Jan. 21 – 26, 2020 | Matthew Bourne's New Adventures: Swan Lake |
| Wed. Jan 22, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Kian Soltani |
| Wed. Jan 22, 2020 | Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (part of Lunar New Year Celebration) |
| Thu. Jan 23, 2020 | Elijah Jamal Balbed Quintet: The Karma Suite |
| Fri. Jan 24, 2020 | Hip Hop Karaoke |
| Jan. 24 & 25, 2020 | NSO: Eschenbach returns / Tetzlaff plays Dvořák |
| Jan. 24 & 25, 2020 | Gregory Maqoma's Vuyani Dance Theatre: Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro |
| Sat. Jan 25, 2020 | Kassa Overall's Blue Swamini featuring Carmen Lundy |
| Sun. Jan 26, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Nelly’s Harpsichord: Music from Mount Vernon |
| Sun. Jan 26, 2020 | Choral Arts Society of Washington: Living the Dream…Singing the Dream |
| Sun. Jan 26, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: MLK Tribute Concert |
| Jan. 28 & 29, 2020 | The National Ballet of Canada: Forsythe, Kylián and Ratmansky |
| Jan. 29 – Feb. 2, 2020 | Broadway Center Stage: Next to Normal |
| Thu. Jan 30, 2020 | Mason Bates's KC Jukebox: Juan Atkins Techno |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, 2020 | WORLD STAGES—Sundance Institute: Grey Rock |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, 2020 | NSO: Lugansky plays Mozart / Honeck conducts Dvořák |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 2, 2020 | The National Ballet of Canada: The Sleeping Beauty |
| Fri. Jan 31, 2020 | The Time Machine Roast |
| Fri. Jan 31, 2020 | Maz Jobrani |
| Sat. Feb 1, 2020 | Broccoli City Festival Preview |
| Sat. Feb 1, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Anne-Sophie Mutter |
| Feb. 4 – 9, 2020 | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
| Thu. Feb 6, 2020 | Linda May Han Oh, Aventurine |
| Feb. 6 – 8, 2020 | WORLD STAGES—Huff: featuring Cliff Cardinal |
| Feb. 6 & 9, 2020 | NSO: Dvořák's Cello Concerto |
| Fri. Feb 7, 2020 | ill Camille |
| Sat. Feb 8, 2020 | Ahmad Jamal |
| Sat. Feb 8, 2020 | Dulcé Sloan |
| Sat. Feb 8, 2020 | Revelations Celebration Workshop with Ailey Arts in Education Teaching Artists
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| Tue. Feb 11, 2020 | Working Rehearsal: American Ballet Theatre |
| Feb. 11 – 16, 2020 | American Ballet Theatre: Giselle |
| Feb. 12 – 14, 2020 | WORLD STAGES—Heroine: one female soldier's story |
| Feb. 13 – 14, 2020 | Bilal: Valentine's Day Residency |
| Feb. 13 – 15, 2020 | NSO Pops: Megan Hilty and Cheyenne Jackson |
| Feb. 13 – 15, 2020 | WORLD STAGES—The Clemency of Titus (with Havana Lyceum Orchestra) |
| Sun. Feb 16, 2020 | NSO Family Concert: Girl Power! Celebrating Women in Music |
| Sun. Feb 16, 2020 | Family Dance Workshop: American Ballet Theatre |
| Tue. Feb 18, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Paul Lewis & Steven Osborne |
| Wed. Feb 19, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Trio Con Brio Copenhagen |
| Feb. 20 – 22, 2020 | NSO: Noseda conducts Mahler's Fifth and Schubert |
| Feb. 22 – 23, 2020 | NSO Music for Young Audiences: Mozart Mash-Up |
| Sun. Feb 23, 2020 | The Kennedy Center Chamber Players—Winter Concert |
| Thu. Feb 27, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: West-Eastern Divan Ensemble |
| Thu. Feb 27, 2020 | Mason Bates's KC Jukebox: Ekhodom and Mason Bates |
| Feb. 27 – 29, 2020 | NSO: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto |
| Fri. Feb 28, 2020 | Jason Moran and The Bandwagon + Cassandra Wilson & Marvin Sewell |
| Fri. Feb 28, 2020 | Story District's Funnier Than Fiction |
| Sat. Feb 29, 2020 | Renée Fleming VOICES: Norm Lewis |
| Sat. Feb 29, 2020 | Jason Palmer, Upward |
| Feb. 29 – Mar. 1, 2020 | YAO YAO |
| Feb. 29 – Mar. 22, 2020 | WNO: Don Giovanni |
| Sun. Mar 1, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: I Am a Man |
| Mar. 1 – 21, 2020 | WNO: Samson and Delilah |
| Mon. Mar 2, 2020 | DEMO by Damian Woetzel: NOW 2020 |
| Tue. Mar 3, 2020 | Fruits borne out of rust by Tabaimo and Maki Morishita |
| Wed. Mar 4, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Daniil Trifonov |
| Thu. Mar 5, 2020 | The Apollo Orchestra with Peter Orth, piano |
| Mar. 5 – 7, 2020 | BGR!Fest Secret Shows |
| Mar. 5 – 7, 2020 | Martha Graham Dance Company: The EVE Project |
| Sat. Mar 7, 2020 | Let's Talk Dance: Panel Discussion: Martha Graham, Women in Dance, and Dance as Activism |
| Mar. 7 – 8, 2020 | NSO Music for Young Audiences: 1-2-3 Andrés |
| Sun. Mar 8, 2020 | Riot! |
| Sun. Mar 8, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Seong-Jin Cho |
| Wed. Mar 11, 2020 | Jaimie Branch's Fly or Die (part of DIRECT CURRENT) |
| Sat. Mar 14, 2020 | Direct Current: Camila Meza and the Nectar Orchestra |
| Mar. 15 – 28, 2020 | WNO: Blue |
| Thu. Mar 19, 2020 | The Amours |
| Mar. 20 – 21, 2020 | Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah |
| Sat. Mar 21, 2020 | Immanuel Wilkins |
| Tue. Mar 24, 2020 | SHIFT Festival: Jacksonville Symphony |
| Wed. Mar 25, 2020 | SHIFT Festival: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| Thu. Mar 26, 2020 | Mason Bates's KC Jukebox: Jeremy Kittle's Whorls with Joshua Roman and the Verona Quartet |
| Fri. Mar 27, 2020 | SHIFT Festival: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra |
| Fri. Mar 27, 2020 | Mortified |
| Mar. 27 & 28, 2020 | Spring Performance |
| Sat. Mar 28, 2020 | SHIFT Festival : Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| Tue. Mar 31, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: A Far Cry |
| Mar. 31 – Apr. 5, 2020 | New York City Ballet: Balanchine, Wheeldon & a New Work |
| Apr. 2 & 3, 2020 | Made in Puerto Rico |
| Apr. 2 – 4, 2020 | New York City Ballet: Peck, Cunningham & Balanchine/Robbins |
| Apr. 2 – 4, 2020 | NSO: Kozhukhin plays Grieg's Piano Concerto |
| Sat. Apr 4, 2020 | Beginning Creative Movement for Adults with New York City Ballet |
| Sun. Apr 5, 2020 | Family Dance Workshop: New York City Ballet |
| Sun. Apr 5, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Jenny Lin |
| Thu. Apr 9, 2020 | Clarence Penn, Penn Station |
| Fri. Apr 10, 2020 | Cyrus Chestnut: The Saga of the Cross |
| Tue. Apr 14, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Argus Quartet |
| Apr. 14 – 26, 2020 | Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Wed. Apr 15, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Dover Quartet |
| Wed. Apr 15, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: The Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Wed. Apr 15, 2020 | Laurin Talese |
| Apr. 16 & 18, 2020 | NSO: Langrée conducts Brahms's First / Hough plays Beethoven |
| Apr. 16 – 18, 2020 | The Second City & Kennedy Center's Jazz Comedy Experiment |
| Sat. Apr 18, 2020 | Renée Fleming VOICES: René Marie |
| Sat. Apr 18, 2020 | René Marie |
| Sun. Apr 19, 2020 | NSO Family Concert: Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs (a Symphonic Spectacular) |
| Tue. Apr 21, 2020 | Chineke! Orchestra with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello |
| Tue. Apr 21, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Chineke! Orchestra |
| Thu. Apr 23, 2020 | Mason Bates's KC Jukebox: Michael Abels and Rob Garza |
| Apr. 23 – 25, 2020 | NSO: Eschenbach conducts Ravel's Boléro / Carpenter plays Poulenc |
| Apr. 23 – 27, 2020 | Broadway Center Stage: Bye Bye Birdie |
| Fri. Apr 24, 2020 | Washington Improv Theater's iMusical |
| Apr. 24 – 26, 2020 | Pokon: An unstoppable game of growth |
| Sat. Apr 25, 2020 | Jason Moran's Fats Waller Dance Party |
| Apr. 30 – May. 2, 2020 | The Girl Who Swallowed A Cactus |
| May. 1 – 2, 2020 | NSO Pops: Disney•Pixar’s Up in Concert |
| May. 1 & 2, 2020 | Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M |
| Sat. May 2, 2020 | Unifying Uniquenness with A.I.M |
| Sun. May 3, 2020 | Choral Arts Society of Washington: Schumann: Requiem, Op. 148 |
| Mon. May 4, 2020 | Renée Fleming VOICES: Mariza |
| May. 7 – 9, 2020 | NSO: Noseda conducts Mahler's Fourth / NSO stars play Haydn |
| May. 8 & 9, 2020 | 25th Anniversary: Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival |
| May. 9 – 10, 2020 | Havana Hop |
| May. 9 – 23, 2020 | WNO: Porgy and Bess |
| May. 9 – 24, 2020 | Dreamer: A South African Journey |
| Sun. May 10, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Maurizio Pollini in recital |
| Tue. May 12, 2020 | Beginning Ballet for Adults with Scottish Ballet |
| Tue. May 12, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Beatrice Rana |
| Tue. May 12, 2020 | Opera Master Class with Denyce Graves |
| May. 13 – 17, 2020 | Scottish Ballet: The Crucible |
| Thu. May 14, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Emerson String Quartet and Renée Fleming |
| May. 14 & 16, 2020 | NSO: Memory and Myth: Music by Sibelius and an NSO premiere |
| Fri. May 15, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Igor Levit |
| Sun. May 17, 2020 | The Kennedy Center Chamber Players—Spring Concert |
| Thu. May 21, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Wynton Marsalis |
| Sat. May 23, 2020 | Lang Lang in Recital |
| May. 28 & 29, 2020 | NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 |
| May. 30 & Jun. 3, 2020 | NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 |
| Jun. 2 – 7, 2020 | Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet |
| Jun. 2 – 28, 2020 | Tiny Beautiful Things |
| Jun. 5 & 6, 2020 | NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 |
| Jun. 9 & 10, 2020 | NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8 |
| Jun. 12 – 14, 2020 | NSO: Beethoven at 250: Symphony No. 9 |
| Jun. 16 – Aug. 20, 2020 | Hamilton |
| Jun. 23 – Jul. 12, 2020 | Once on This Island |
| Jun. 25 – 28, 2020 | NSO Pops: Bernstein's On the Town in Concert |
| Jul. 21 – Aug. 9, 2020 | A Monster Calls |
| Aug. 25 – Sep. 27, 2020 | To Kill a Mockingbird |
