Kennedy Cen­ter moves Hon­ors cer­e­mo­ny to Cap­i­tal One Are­na

For the first time in the ceremony’s his­to­ry, the Kennedy Cen­ter Hon­ors cer­e­mo­ny will not be held at the John F. Kennedy Cen­ter for the Per­form­ing Arts and will instead by held at Wash­ing­ton, D.C.’s Cap­i­tal One Are­na.
This year’s annu­al cer­e­mo­ny, sched­uled for Dec. 7, 2026, will take place in the down­town are­na, which is the home of the Wash­ing­ton Cap­i­tals and Wash­ing­ton Wiz­ards and a con­cert space as well. A Kennedy Cen­ter spokesper­son called the are­na “one of the nation’s pre­mier live enter­tain­ment venues” in a state­ment.

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