Kennedy Center Honors 2024: Complete list of performers honoring Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval, the Grateful Dead, Apollo Theater
The Kennedy Center Honors 2024 were presented Sunday night at a Washington, D.C. ceremony hosted by previous honoree Queen Latifah (who began the show with a medley of honoree hits). Honorees were Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola, Grammy-winning jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Bonnie Raitt, legendary rock and roll band Grateful Dead, and New York City’s Apollo Theater (the first time an institution has been selected). CBS and Paramount+ will air the 47th annual ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 22.
Based on various online reports we discovered on Sunday night, here is the complete list of performers and presenters to be seen on the two-hour program. Producers might alter the order as presented to the in-person audience.
APOLLO THEATER:
Remarks by Dave Chappelle
Remarks by Queen Latifah
Performance by Savion Glover (dance tribute)
Performance by The War and Treaty (Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell medley)
Performance by Kamasi Washington
Performance by Raye (“Cry Me a River”)
Performance by Doug E. Fresh
BONNIE RAITT:
Remarks by Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Performance by Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile (“I Can’t Make You Love Me”)
Performance by Emmylou Harris and Dave Matthews (“Angel from Montgomery”)
Performance by Keb’ Mo and Susan Tedeschi (“Walking Blues”)
Performance by Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Arnold McCuller, and Sheryl Crow (“Nick of Time”)
ARTURO SANDOVAL:
Remarks by Andy Garcia
Performance by Chris Botti
Performance by Trombone Shorty
Performance by Chucho Valdez
Performance by Timo Nunez
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA:
Remarks by George Lucas
Remarks by Robert De Niro
Remarks by Al Pacino
Remarks by Martin Scorsese
Remarks by Laurence Fishburne
Remarks by Talia Shire
Remarks by Jason Schwartzman
Remarks by Gia Coppola
GRATEFUL DEAD (Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir):
Video remarks by Nancy Pelosi, John Mayer, Norah Jones, Ben and Jerry
Remarks by David Letterman
Remarks by Miles Teller
Remarks by Chloe Sevigny
Performance by Dave Matthews, Maggie Rogers, Derek Trucks, Leon Bridges, Sturgill Simpson, Don Was, and Susan Tedeschi (including “Friend of the Devil,” “Ripple,” “Sugaree,” and “Not Fade Away”)