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At Kennedy Center, Guster Perform With Cast of LGBTQ+ Musical Canceled by Trump Takeover

Guster performed Friday at the Kennedy Center, with the band bringing out the cast of 'Finn,' an LGBTQ musical whose shows at the venue were canceled.

Guster performed Friday night at the Kennedy Center, with the band using their show to stage a protest of sorts amid the Trump administration’s sweeping changes at the historic Washington, D.C. venue. “I have a friend named Michael who wrote the songs for a musical called Finn,” singer Ryan Fisher told the audience ( via The Handbasket). Guster drummer Brian Rosenworcel told The Handbasket following Friday’s performance, “We’ve tried to stay focused on these shows being for our fans and the working symphony members and the excellent staff here, but when the new board promises to make programming ‘less inclusive’ you gotta use your platform to fight that.

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