{"id":18141,"date":"2025-07-23T14:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/18141\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T14:23:11","slug":"parks-canada-pulls-plug-on-controversial-maga-musicians-concert-in-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/18141\/","title":{"rendered":"Parks Canada pulls plug on controversial MAGA musician\u2019s concert in Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"

A controversial concert by a rising MAGA musician<\/a> that was scheduled for a national historic site in Halifax has been cancelled by Parks Canada, but the singer has found a new venue in the province.<\/p>\n

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American Christian rocker and missionary\u00a0Sean Feucht<\/a> was set to begin his Canadian tour at York Redoubt, a national historic site in Nova Scotia, on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Late Tuesday night, Parks Canada sent Global News a statement to say it had revoked the organizer\u2019s permit because of \u201cheightened public safety concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to evolving safety and security considerations based on confirmation of planned protests, input from law enforcement, and the security challenges with the configuration of York Redoubt, Parks Canada has reassessed the conditions of the permit and potential impacts to community members, visitors, concert attendees and event organizers,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

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Feucht is known for speaking out against abortion rights and the LGBTQ2 community. He unsuccessfully ran as a Republican in California\u2019s 3rd congressional district in 2020.<\/p>\n

He has also hosted worship concerts to protest COVID-19 restrictions and has previously visited the president for a faith briefing at the White House.<\/p>\n

Residents of the Halifax-area neighbourhood were upset when they found out about the event at the 230-year-old site.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did it happen? Who approved it? Did they even check it out? You know, it\u2019s kind of unbelievable how they can let someone just not even question it,\u201d neighbour Leslie Lee said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Residents said they intended to protest outside the event if it went through.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI protested when I was in my early 20s, I can protest again,\u201d said Marilyn Howard.<\/p>\n

On social media Wednesday, Feucht posted a video in response to Parks Canada\u2019s decision, alleging the decision was anti-Christian and intolerant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show is going on baby. God is with us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He later announced a new location for his worship event in Shubenacadie, N.S. \u2014 about 40 minutes outside of Halifax.<\/p>\n

The Halifax show is the start of a 11-concert tour across Canada, with shows in Charlottetown, Moncton and Quebec City scheduled for later this week.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\tOpposition in Moncton<\/p>\n

Groups in New Brunswick are also speaking out in hopes of cancelling a concert date in Moncton, which is scheduled for Moncton Riverfront Park on Thursday.<\/p>\n

At least five organizations signed an open letter and petition<\/a> that was sent to the City of Moncton, councillors, local MP Ginette Petitpas-Taylor and Lyne Chantal Boudreau, the federal minister responsible for women\u2019s equality.<\/p>\n

The petition calls on the City to cancel the event and to also review its approval process to \u201censure that an event like this does not happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Among the signatories is the New Brunswick Feminist Group, Alter Acadie New Brunswick, and River of Pride.<\/p>\n

The Minister of St. Paul\u2019s United Church \u2013 Riverview, David-Roger Gagnon, has also sent a letter to Moncton City Council asking for the concert to be cancelled.<\/p>\n

In the letter, which Gagnon shared with Global News, he says as a pastor in a progressive Christian faith community, he wanted to condemn Feucht\u2019s messages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe values Sean Feucht promotes are not, in our view, Christian values, but, rather, an example of using religion as a vehicle to promote hatred and intolerance in the name of the Holy One,\u201d Gagnon wrote.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is unacceptable and inconceivable to me as a minister that the City of Moncton would allow such an event in a city park, and this just days before the city will raise the rainbow flag and proclaim its support of the LGBTQ2S+ community.\u201d<\/p>\n

City of Charlottetown distances itself from concert<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the City of Charlottetown is distancing itself from Feucht\u2019s concert in Prince Edward Island \u2014 also scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n

On its website, the City notes that this week marks the beginning of Pride Fest 2025, and that the City \u201cstands in full support of our diverse and vibrant 2SLGBTQ+ community.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the same statement, it says while the City is aware of the concert taking place at Confederation Landing and concerns \u201craised by the public regarding the performer,\u201d the event is not City-sponsored.<\/p>\n

\u201c(While) a permit was issued to the organizers, from a legal standpoint we are limited in restricting access to public spaces,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City wishes to be clear in its support of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. If there are any opinions or statements expressed by any performer to the contrary, they are not the views of the City.\u201d<\/p>\n

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