Sit Back, Watch All the Kennedy Center Honors Performances, and Prepare to Feel Inspired

Updated on Dec 29, 2018 at 2:00 PM

It was another elegant evening of entertainment at the annual Kennedy Center Honors. This year's gala honored Cher, Reba McEntire, Philip Glass, Wayne Shorter, and the creators of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Thomas Kail, Andy Blankenbuehler, and Alex Lacamoire, for their contributions to the performing arts and culture. Standout performances included Adam Lambert's stirring rendition of Cher's "Believe," the original Hamilton cast's performance of "The Schuyler Sisters," and Kelly Clarkson's tribute to Reba McEntire, who is also her mother-in-law! There were plenty of other exceptional moments, however. Watch all of the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors performances ahead.

Adam Lambert Performs a Rendition of Cher's "Believe"

Little Big Town Performs a Medley of Cher Songs

Cyndi Lauper Covers Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time"

Lauper and Lambert Perform "I Got You Babe"

Kelly Clarkson Performs a Rendition of Reba McEntire's "Fancy"

Lady Antebellum Performs McEntire's "Is There Life Out There" and "The Greatest Man I Never Knew"

Kristin Chenoweth Performs "Doin' What Comes Naturally" from Annie Get Your Gun

Brooks & Dunn Cover McEntire's "Why Haven't I Heard From You"

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire, and Christopher Jackson Perform "One Last Time" From Hamilton

Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Phillipa Soo Perform "The Schuyler Sisters"

St. Vincent and Jennifer Koh Perform Philip Glass's "Osamu's Theme"

S. Epatha Merkerson Performs Glass's "Knee Play 5"

The Philip Glass Ensemble Performs "The Grid"

Jon Batiste Performs the "Opening" from Glassworks

Esperanza Spalding Performs Wayne Shorter's "Endangered Species" and "Elegant People"

Renée Fleming Sings "Aurora" to Honor Shorter

A Jazz Ensemble Performs Shorter's "Footprints"

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Sit Back, Watch All the Kennedy Center Honors Performances, and Prepare to Feel Inspired

Adam Lambert Performs a Rendition of Cher's "Believe"

Little Big Town Performs a Medley of Cher Songs

Cyndi Lauper Covers Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time"

Lauper and Lambert Perform "I Got You Babe"

Kelly Clarkson Performs a Rendition of Reba McEntire's "Fancy"

Lady Antebellum Performs McEntire's "Is There Life Out There" and "The Greatest Man I Never Knew"

Kristin Chenoweth Performs "Doin' What Comes Naturally" from Annie Get Your Gun

Brooks & Dunn Cover McEntire's "Why Haven't I Heard From You"

Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire, and Christopher Jackson Perform "One Last Time" From Hamilton

Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Phillipa Soo Perform "The Schuyler Sisters"

St. Vincent and Jennifer Koh Perform Philip Glass's "Osamu's Theme"

S. Epatha Merkerson Performs Glass's "Knee Play 5"

The Philip Glass Ensemble Performs "The Grid"

Jon Batiste Performs the "Opening" from Glassworks

Esperanza Spalding Performs Wayne Shorter's "Endangered Species" and "Elegant People"

Renée Fleming Sings "Aurora" to Honor Shorter

A Jazz Ensemble Performs Shorter's "Footprints"

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