Jazz Musician Chuck Redd Seeks Dismissal of Kennedy Center Lawsuit Over Canceled Gig
The Kennedy Center, now rebranded as the "Trump Kennedy Center," sued acclaimed jazz musician Chuck Redd after he canceled a Christmas Eve 2025 concert in protest of the name change. The Center's lawyers offered to drop the lawsuit under certain conditions, but Redd is seeking full dismissal. The case highlights the tension between artists and the politically rebranded Washington cultural institution.
The “Trump Kennedy Center” earlier this month followed through on its threat to sue acclaimed jazz musician Chuck Redd, after he backed out of a Christmas Eve 2025 concert over the Washington, D.C., cultural institution’s name change to add President Donald Trump. A lawyer representing the Kennedy Center offered to drop the lawsuit against Redd […]