Kennedy Center Honors

Kennedy Center Honors
Logotype symbolizing "a spectrum of many skills within the performing arts"
Awarded forLifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts.
CountryUnited States
Presented byBoard of Trustees of the Kennedy Center
First awarded1978
Websitewww.kennedy-center.org/programs/specialevents/honors Edit this at Wikidata
The 2006 honorees at the Kennedy Center on December 6, 2006, with President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush; from left, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Steven Spielberg, Dolly Parton, Zubin Mehta, Smokey Robinson, Vice President Dick Cheney and Second Lady Lynne Cheney.

The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture. They have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in a gala celebrating five Honorees in the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington, D.C.[1] While the awards are primarily given to individuals, they have occasionally been given to duos or musical groups, as well as to one Broadway musical, one television show, and one performing arts venue.[2]

  1. ^ "About the Honors". John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
  2. ^ Andrews, Travis M. (July 18, 2024). "Coppola, Raitt and the Dead make latest Kennedy Center Honors class". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 18, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.