--- title: Trump Inauguration: Who Will Perform? description: Toby Keith, rock band 3 Doors Down, and Broadway star Jennifer Holliday are slated to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration. canonical: https://time.com/4634892/toby-keith-trump-inauguration-performers/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-13T20:18:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:10.740Z og:title: Toby Keith and 3 Doors Down Will Perform at Trump's Inauguration og:description: Other entertainers include Jon Voight, Jennifer Holliday, and The Piano Guys og:url: https://time.com/4634892/toby-keith-trump-inauguration-performers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Toby Keith and 3 Doors Down Will Perform at Trump's Inauguration twitter:description: Other entertainers include Jon Voight, Jennifer Holliday, and The Piano Guys twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down to Perform at Trump Inauguration Celebration > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 13, 2017 8:18 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 13, 2017 8:18 PM UTC A handful of performers, including country star Toby Keith and rock band 3 Doors Down, have been confirmed by the Presidential Inaugural Committee for one of [Donald Trump’s inauguration celebrations](http://time.com/4634445/donald-trump-inauguration-prayer/). The _Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration_ taking place on January 19 will feature Keith and 3 Doors Down, as well as movie star Jon Voight, Broadway star Jennifer Holliday, and others performing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The official announcement was posted on [58pic2017.com site](https://www.58pic2017.org/press-releases/pic-announces-special-inaugural-celebrations-opens-ticketing-to-public-even), where chairman Tom Barrack noted in the press release that the celebration “will serve as tribute to one of our greatest attributes, the peaceful transition of partisan power. As Abraham Lincoln said, ‘when an election is over, it is altogether fitting a free people that until the next election they should be one people.’ We will be one people working together, leading together, and making America great again, together.” _America’s Got Talent_ singer Jackie Evancho will perform at the inauguration ceremony on January 20\. [The announcement arrives after many performers (including Sir Elton John and Charlotte Church) have been vocal about turning down their invitations](http://time.com/4609263/celebrities-on-donald-trump-inauguration-performance/) to perform at Trump’s inauguration. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4634892/toby-keith-trump-inauguration-performers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4634892/toby-keith-trump-inauguration-performers/"},"headline":"Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down to Perform at Trump Inauguration Celebration","datePublished":"2017-01-13T20:18:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:10.740Z","description":"Other entertainers include Jon Voight, Jennifer Holliday, and The Piano Guys","url":"https://time.com/4634892/toby-keith-trump-inauguration-performers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","politics","Music","Donald Trump","Culture","Inauguration 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4634892/toby-keith-trump-inauguration-performers/","name":"Toby Keith, 3 Doors Down to Perform at Trump Inauguration Celebration"}}]}] ```