Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt Head List Of 2024 Kennedy Center Honorees

The list of 2024 recipients for Kennedy Center Honors were just announced on Thursday (July 18). The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts named the legendary musicians Bonnie Raitt and Arturo Sandoval and the psychedelic rock band Grateful Dead, along with Oscar-winning filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola and the iconic Apollo Theater, as this year’s honorees who are set to receive the 47th Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievements. “The Kennedy Center Honors recognizes artists who have made an extraordinary impact on the cultural life of our nation and continue to have an immeasurable influence on new generations,” Kennedy Center Chairman David M. Rubenstein shared in a statement. President Deborah F. Rutter added, “Our Honorees this year have each played an invaluable, pioneering role in developing American culture—not with one act of art but with their decades-long devotion to pushing creative boundaries.” (People)