CBS' Kennedy Center Honors 2024 - Full Performers Lineup & Set List Revealed!

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CBS' Kennedy Center Honors 2024 - Full Performers Lineup & Set List Revealed!

The night has arrived for the airing of the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors special and there are so many incredible performers set to take the stage!

Queen Latifah, who was honored at last year’s show, is hosting the event for the first time.

The recipients to be honored at the annual national celebration of the arts are acclaimed director and filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola; the legendary American rock band the Grateful Dead (Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bobby Weir); blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Bonnie Raitt; jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer Arturo Sandoval; and The Apollo, which will receive a special Honors as an iconic American institution.

The event was taped on December 8 at the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington D.C. and President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were both in attendance with their spouses.

CBS is airing the special on Sunday night (December 22) from 8:30pm ET to 11:00pm ET. You can also stream it on Paramount+.

Head inside to check out the performers lineup…

Check out the performers lineup and song set list below…

BONNIE RAITT TRIBUTE

Julia Louis-Dreyfus as emcee

Dave Matthews and Emmylou Harris – “Angel From Montgomery”

Keb Mo and Susan Tedeschi – “Walking Blues”

Sheryl Crow and Brandi Carlile – “I Can’t Make You Love Me”

Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Sheryl Crow and Arnold McCuller – “Nick of Time”

ARTURO SANDOVAL TRIBUTE

Andy Garcia

Chucho Valdés

Chris Botti – “Smile”

Ruben Rodriguez, Trombone Shorty, Chucho Valdés, Pedrito Martinez, Yasser Tejada, Randy Brecker, and José Sibaja – “A Mis Abuelos”

APOLLO TRIBUTE

Dave Chappelle

Doug E. Fresh

Queen Latifah

Kamasi Washington

Savion Glover

The War and Treaty – “You’re All I Need to Get By,” “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA

Grace VanderWaal – “The Impossible Dream”

Robert De Niro

George Lucas

Laurence Fishburne

Al Pacino

Talia Shire

Jason Schwartzman

Gia Coppola

Martin Scorsese

GRATEFUL DEAD TRIBUTE

David Letterman

Miles Teller

Chloe Sevigny

Sturgill Simpson

Maggie Rogers

Leon Bridges

Dave Matthews

Grahame Lesh

Don Was

Kendrick Scott

Terrence Higgins

Jeff Chimenti

Rick Mitarotonda

Derek Trucks

Susan Tedeschi

Learn more about this year’s list of nominees!

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