Nova ScotiaParks Canada says a U.S. singer and rising star in the MAGA movement will not perform at a national historic site near Halifax after the federal agency revoked the organizer’s permit, but the show is slated to go on at a new venue.Parks Canada rescinded approval of permit due to ‘evolving safety and security considerations’Aly Thomson · CBC News · Posted: Jul 23, 2025 6:07 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoMusician Sean Feucht preaches during the final stop of ‘Kingdom to the Capitol’ prayer rally at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, outside the Arizona State Capitol, in Phoenix on Oct. 19, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)Parks Canada says a U.S. singer and rising star in the MAGA movement will not perform at a national historic site near Halifax after the federal agency revoked the organizer’s permit, but the show is slated to go on at a new venue.Christian rocker Sean Feucht was scheduled to play a concert on Wednesday night at the York Redoubt National Historic Site, a fortification constructed in 1793 to help protect the port city.Feucht, who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican in 2020, is also a missionary and an author who has spoken out against the 2SLGBTQ+ community, abortion rights and critical race theory on his website.Residents who live near the site and throughout the province had raised concerns about the performance, which they argued went against Parks Canada’s guiding principles of inclusion and safety for all visitors. Some had planned to stage a protest at the concert.In a news release late Tuesday, Parks Canada stressed that the event was not being put on by the agency, but rather was being hosted by a permit holder.York Redoubt was constructed in 1793 at the entrance of the Halifax Harbour to help protect the port city. (Parks Canada)It said due to “evolving safety and security considerations” based on the planned protests, input from police and security challenges with the configuration of York Redoubt, Parks Canada has reassessed the conditions of the permit and the potential impact to community members, visitors, concert attendees and event organizers.”After careful review, and due to heightened public safety concerns, Parks Canada has notified the organizer that the permit has been revoked,” it said in a statement issued just after 11 p.m. AT.Feucht did not immediately return a request for comment Wednesday.Sean Feucht’s tour bus in Shubenacadie, N.S., on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (CBC)In a video on his Facebook page late Wednesday morning, Feucht noted that people have been gathering for Halifax Pride Festival events over the past week, “but now they’re not so tolerant when peaceful Christians come together.””This is not the hour to cower. This is not the hour to bow down to the mob. No, we need to rise up. And so tonight, we are going to gather,” he said.”The show’s going on, baby.”On Wednesday morning, the event page said the show would go ahead at a “new location that’s even better than the old one,” and asks people to send a direct message for the venue.The free concert will now take place at a location in Shubenacadie, N.S., a rural area about 60 kilometres north of Halifax. That address is associated with a religious group called Lighthouse Ministries.N.S. show kicks off summer tourFeucht has called for government policy in the United States to be based on traditional Christian values in the midst of a “spiritual war” in that country. His website calls on young people to stand up against the “progressive agenda being forced upon America.”Feucht’s show in Nova Scotia kicks off his “Revive in 25” tour across Canada, but the singer has also been facing backlash in other cities.He was scheduled to play in Charlottetown, P.E.I., on Thursday, but the City of Charlottetown revoked his permit. Feucht was also scheduled to play in Moncton, N.B. on Thursday before heading to the Quebec City, Ottawa and Toronto areas over the weekend. Feucht will take his tour to Western Canada in late August.ABOUT THE AUTHORAly Thomson is an award-winning journalist based in Halifax who loves helping the people of her home province tell their stories. She is particularly interested in issues surrounding women’s health, justice, education and the entertainment industry. You can email her with tips and feedback at aly.thomson@cbc.ca.
MAGA musician set to perform in Gatineau Saturday gets permit revoked in Nova Scotia
