Another music act cancels upcoming New Year’s Eve performances at Trump-Kennedy Center

by Winston Rogers Mon, December 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM Updated Tue, December 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM Workers updated the letters along the building of the Kennedy Center to reflect President Donald Trump’s name on Dec. 19, 2025. (7News) WASHINGTON (7News) — Another musical act cancelled their upcoming performances at the Kennedy Center in D.C. after a board, much of whom were appointed by President Donald Trump, voted to add his name to the performing arts venue. Both performances by The Cookers as part of “A Jazz New Year’s Eve” were cancelled after the jazz group shared their decision to pull the shows on their website. The group, in its official statement, did not mention the renaming as the reason for their cancellation, but said the decision was made at the last minute. “Jazz was born from struggle and from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, and of the full human voice. Some of us have been making this music for many decades, and that history still shapes us,” a portion of the statement read. “We are not turning away from our audience, and do want to make sure that when we do return to
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