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.
| Tue. Aug 20 | Target Family Night: The U.S. Air Force Band
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| Aug. 20 – Sep. 7 | Disney's Aladdin |
| Aug. 20 – Sep. 8 | Dear Evan Hansen |
| Wed. Aug 21 | MK Zulu
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| Fri. Aug 23 | Victory Boyd
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| Sun. Aug 25 | Saxophone Genesis
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| Wed. Aug 28 | Oh He Dead
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| Thu. Aug 29 | East River Jazz Collective
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| Fri. Aug 30 | M.A.K.U SoundSystem
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| Sat. Aug 31 | Monumental Theatre Company presents Montgomery
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| Aug. 31 – Sep. 2 | Page-to-Stage New Play Festival 2019 |
| Sun. Sep 1 | Synetic Theater's The Tempest + Movement Storytelling Workshop
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| Mon. Sep 2 | In Series Theatre present Stormy Weather
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| Tue. Sep 3 | The United States Air Force String Quartet
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| Wed. Sep 4 | NSO Pops: Jim James—The Order of Nature: A Song Cycle |
| Wed. Sep 4 | Mellifera
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| Thu. Sep 5 | Sariyah Idan
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| Sat. Sep 7 | The Chuck Brown Band with Special Guest Bootsy Collins
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| Sep. 7 – 22 | The REACH Opening Festival |
| Sun. Sep 8 | Brandee Younger
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| Mon. Sep 9 | The Broadway Collective
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| Tue. Sep 10 | Keali'i Reichel
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| Wed. Sep 11 | DC Strings Workshop
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| Thu. Sep 12 | Renée Fleming VOICES ft. Soloman Howard, Afro Blue, and The Mellow Tones
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| Fri. Sep 13 | Night Glitter
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| Sat. Sep 14 | J.PERIOD & The Live Mixtape ft. Mumu Fresh
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| Sun. Sep 15 | Dan & Claudia Zanes
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| Mon. Sep 16 | DCPS Teacher Showcase
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| Tue. Sep 17 | Step Team Showcase
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| Sep. 17 – Oct. 6 | Cats |
| Wed. Sep 18 | Latin Dance School Showcase
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| Sep. 18 – 20 | NSO Pops: An Evening with Maxwell |
| Thu. Sep 19 | Kennedy Center Youth Showcase
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| Fri. Sep 20 | Inside Jokes with Reese Waters with Special Guest Patton Oswalt
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| Sat. Sep 21 | National Dance Day
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| Mon. Sep 23 | The U.S. Army Band Pershing's Own Saxophone Quartet
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| Tue. Sep 24 | Yiddish Tango from Warsaw |
| Wed. Sep 25 | Toko Telo
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| Thu. Sep 26 | La Mojarra Electrica |
| Thu. Sep 26 | Renée Fleming VOICES: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi |
| Fri. Sep 27 | Nitty Scott
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| Sat. Sep 28 | NSO: Season Opening Concert
Noseda leads a jazz-inspired evening with Yuja Wang |
| Sat. Sep 28 | Dal’Ouna Ensemble & The Atlantic Reed Consort
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| Sun. Sep 29 | Lucibela
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| Mon. Sep 30 | Sintesis
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| Oct. 1 – 6 | The Improvised Shakespeare Company |
| Oct. 1 – Nov. 24 | Shear Madness |
| Thu. Oct 3 | Renée Fleming VOICES: Gavin Creel |
| Oct. 3 – 5 | Merce Cunningham at 100 |
| Oct. 3 – 5 | NSO: Carmina Burana |
| Fri. Oct 4 | Joe Chambers, M'Boom |
| Sat. Oct 5 | Nemr |
| Sat. Oct 5 | Let's Talk Dance: Artist Talk: Dancing for Merce Cunningham |
| Tue. Oct 8 | Working Rehearsal: Mariinsky Ballet |
| Oct. 8 – 13 | Mariinsky Ballet: Paquita |
| Oct. 9 – 13 | Broadway Center Stage: Footloose |
| Oct. 10 – 12 | NSO: Janowski conducts Bruckner's Seventh / Steinbacher plays Mozart |
| Fri. Oct 11 | Marc Maron |
| Sun. Oct 13 | Washington Performing Arts: Pink Martini |
| Tue. Oct 15 | David Sedaris |
| Tue. Oct 15 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Takács Quartet I |
| Wed. Oct 16 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Takács Quartet II |
| Wed. Oct 16 | Washington Performing Arts: Melbourne Symphony
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| Oct. 17 – 19 | NSO Pops: Nat King Cole at 100 |
| Sat. Oct 19 | Washington Performing Arts: Drew Petersen |
| Oct. 19 – Nov. 3 | Kid Prince and Pablo |
| Sun. Oct 20 | NSO Family Concert: Halloween Spooktacular |
| Oct. 25 & 26 | DEMO by Damian Woetzel: BalletX |
| Oct. 26 – Nov. 16 | WNO: Otello |
| Sun. Oct 27 | 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor celebrating Dave Chappelle |
| Tue. Oct 29 | Washington Performing Arts: Spektral Quartet |
| Wed. Oct 30 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio |
| Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 | Balancing Bodies |
| Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 | NSO: Urbański conducts Tchaikovsky's Fourth / De la Salle plays Chopin |
| Fri. Nov 1 | Nick Offerman |
| Fri. Nov 1 | Dorado Schmitt and The Django Festival Allstars |
| Nov. 1 – 2 | WORLD STAGES—The Manganiyar Seduction |
| Nov. 2 – 3 | Get'm |
| Nov. 2 – 23 | WNO: The Magic Flute |
| Nov. 2, 2019 – Mar. 7, 2020 | Dance Fitness |
| Sun. Nov 3 | The Kennedy Center Chamber Players—Fall Concert |
| Nov. 7 & 9 | NSO: Noseda conducts a dance-inspired program / Bar-Josef plays Piazzolla |
| Nov. 8 & 9 | Renée Fleming VOICES: Joyce DiDonato |
| Sat. Nov 9 | Jason Moran and The Bandwagon + Ingrid Laubrock, Black Stars |
| Nov. 9 – 10 | EGG-tion HERO |
| Sun. Nov 10 | No Such Thing as a Fish |
| Wed. Nov 13 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Cantus |
| Nov. 13 & 15 | NSO: Noseda conducts Tristan and Isolde—Act II with Gould and Goerke |
| Nov. 13 – 16 | Mark Morris Dance Group: Pepperland |
| Thu. Nov 14 | Any Level Class for Seniors with Mark Morris Dance Group |
| Fri. Nov 15 | Janeane Garofalo |
| Sat. Nov 16 | The Kojo Odu Roney Experience featuring Antoine Roney |
| Sun. Nov 17 | Washington Performing Arts: Zoltán Fejérvári |
| Nov. 21 – 23 | NSO: Fleming and Gilfry in an NSO co-commission / Noseda conducts Also sprach Zarathustra |
| Sat. Nov 23 | Family Look-In: The Magic Flute |
| Nov. 23 – 24 | NSO Music for Young Audiences: Peter and Friends |
| Nov. 23, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020 | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical |
| Mon. Nov 25 | WNO: 2019 Marian Anderson Vocal Award Winner: Soloman Howard in Concert |
| Nov. 27 – Dec. 1 | Atlanta Ballet: The Nutcracker |
| Nov. 29 – Dec. 1 | NSO Pops: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert |
| Dec. 3 – 29 | The Second City's Love, Factually |
| Wed. Dec 4 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Pamela Frank and Peter Serkin |
| Dec. 5 & 7 | NSO: Celebrating Slatkin at 75 / Kern plays Rachmaninoff |
| Dec. 6 & 7 | Maya Beiser, Wendy Whelan, Lucinda Childs & David Lang: The Day |
| Sat. Dec 7 | NPR's A Jazz Piano Christmas |
| Dec. 10, 2019 – Jan. 5, 2020 | Come From Away |
| Thu. Dec 12 | Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce |
| Dec. 13 – 14 | NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops! with Leslie Odom, Jr. |
| Sat. Dec 14 | Art Ensemble of Chicago
50th Anniversary |
| Dec. 17, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020 | My Fair Lady |
| Dec. 19 – 22 | NSO: Handel's Messiah |
| Tue. Dec 31 | A Jazz New Year's Eve: Branford Marsalis |
| 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 |
| Jan. 16 – 19, 2020 | NSO: Bronfman plays Beethoven / Holst's The Planets |
| 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 |
| Thu. Jan 23, 2020 | Elijah Jamal Balbed Quintet: The Karma Suite |
| 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 | Washington Performing Arts: MLK Tribute Concert |
| Sun. Jan 26, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Nelly’s Harpsichord: Music from Mount Vernon |
| Jan. 28 – Feb. 2, 2020 | The National Ballet of Canada: Forsythe, Kylián, Ratmansky & More (Jan. 28 & 29) / The Sleeping Beauty (Jan. 30–Feb. 2) |
| Jan. 29 – Feb. 2, 2020 | Broadway Center Stage: Next to Normal |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, 2020 | NSO: Lugansky plays Mozart / Honeck conducts Dvořák |
| Jan. 30 – Feb. 1, 2020 | WORLD STAGES—Sundance Institute: Grey Rock |
| Fri. Jan 31, 2020 | Maz Jobrani |
| 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 |
| Sat. Feb 8, 2020 | Revelations Celebration Workshop with Ailey Arts in Education Teaching Artists
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| Sat. Feb 8, 2020 | Ahmad Jamal |
| 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 – 15, 2020 | WORLD STAGES—The Clemency of Titus (with Havana Lyceum Orchestra) |
| Feb. 13 – 15, 2020 | NSO Pops: Megan Hilty and Cheyenne Jackson |
| 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 |
| Feb. 27 – 29, 2020 | NSO: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto |
| Fri. Feb 28, 2020 | Jason Moran and The Bandwagon + Cassandra Wilson & Marvin Sewell |
| Sat. Feb 29, 2020 | Jason Palmer, Upward |
| Sat. Feb 29, 2020 | Renée Fleming VOICES: Norm Lewis |
| Feb. 29 – Mar. 1, 2020 | YAO YAO |
| Feb. 29 – Mar. 22, 2020 | WNO: Don Giovanni |
| 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 | 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) |
| Mar. 13 & 14, 2020 | Jazz Doodle Jam! Jason Moran & Bandwagon + Mo Willems |
| Sat. Mar 14, 2020 | Direct Current: Camila Meza and the Nectar Orchestra |
| Mar. 15 – 28, 2020 | WNO: Blue |
| Sat. Mar 21, 2020 | Immanuel Wilkins |
| Tue. Mar 24, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Jacksonville Symphony |
| Tue. Mar 24, 2020 | Jacksonville Symphony (part of SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras) |
| Wed. Mar 25, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| Wed. Mar 25, 2020 | Shift: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| Fri. Mar 27, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Knoxville Symphony |
| Fri. Mar 27, 2020 | Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (part of SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras) |
| Sat. Mar 28, 2020 | Washington Performing Arts: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| Sat. Mar 28, 2020 | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (part of SHIFT Festival of American Orchestras) |
| 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 (Mar. 31; Apr. 1 & 5) / Peck, Cunningham & Balanchine/Robbins (Apr. 2–4) |
| Apr. 2 & 3, 2020 | Made in Puerto Rico |
| 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 | Washington Performing Arts: Jenny Lin |
| Sun. Apr 5, 2020 | Family Dance Workshop: New York City Ballet |
| 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 | Washington Performing Arts: The Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Wed. Apr 15, 2020 | Fortas Chamber Music Concerts: Dover Quartet |
| Wed. Apr 15, 2020 | Laurin Talese |
| Apr. 16 & 18, 2020 | NSO: Langrée conducts Brahms's First / Hough plays Beethoven |
| 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 | Washington Performing Arts: Chineke! Orchestra |
| Tue. Apr 21, 2020 | Chineke! Orchestra with Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello |
| Apr. 23 – 25, 2020 | NSO: Eschenbach conducts Ravel's Boléro / Carpenter plays Poulenc |
| Apr. 23 – 27, 2020 | Broadway Center Stage: Bye Bye Birdie |
| 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 | Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M |
| May. 1 – 2, 2020 | NSO Pops: Disney•Pixar’s Up in Concert |
| Sat. May 2, 2020 | Unifying Uniquenness with A.I.M |
| 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 | Washington Performing Arts: Beatrice Rana |
| Tue. May 12, 2020 | Beginning Ballet for Adults with Scottish Ballet |
| 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 |
