National Symphony Orchestra's WorldPride concert disappears from Kennedy Center website after Trump takeover

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Kennedy Center Scrubs Pride Concert From Website
February 14, 2025

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National Symphony Orchestra’s WorldPride concert disappears from Kennedy Center website after Trump takeover

The show by the National Symphony Orchestra, “A Peacock Among Pigeons,” has been scrubbed from the entertainment venue’s website and ticketing system. It was scheduled for WorldPride this summer.

CHRISTOPHER WIGGINS
FEBRUARY 13 2025 4:49 PM EST

The Kennedy Center has quietly removed a highly anticipated National Symphony Orchestra concert celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride from its website, intensifying fears that federally affiliated cultural institutions could be the next battleground in President Donald Trump’s war on the LGBTQ+ community.

The event, “A Peacock Among Pigeons: Celebrating 50 Years of Pride,” was scheduled for May 21–22 as part of the center’s acknowledgment of WorldPride 2025 inWashington, D.C. A centerpiece of the Kennedy Center’s Conflux initiative—its flagship social impact partnership program—the concert was designed to celebrate LGBTQ+ identity and visibility through music.

It was set to feature singer-songwriter John Bucchino, special guests, and the orchestral premiere of Bucchino’s choral work A Peacock Among Pigeons, a piece about embracing one’s uniqueness, according toBroadway World. The NSO was also slated to perform works by LGBTQ+ composers and allies.

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