New BrunswickA Moncton concert by controversial U.S. singer Sean Feucht on Thursday is up in the air after the city revoked the permit for the performance at city-owned Riverfront Park, citing security concerns.Permits recently revoked in P.E.I and N.S. for Christian rocker Sean Feucht over safety concernsKatelin Belliveau · CBC News · Posted: Jul 23, 2025 4:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoEvangelical musician Sean Feucht, pictured preaching on stage in Phoenix, Ariz., in 2024, is touring Canada this summer with a show called ‘Let Us Worship, Revive in 25.’ (AFP via Getty Images)The City of Moncton has revoked a permit a controversial American Christian rocker needed to perform at a city-owned park, derailing his upcoming performance.In a statement Wednesday, the city said a performance by Sean Feucht, scheduled for Thursday night at Riverfront Park, was “found to be non-compliant with the city’s Code of Conduct in City Facilities”.Feucht is currently touring parts of Canada with a show called “Let Us Worship, Revive in 25.”He is a missionary and an author who has spoken out against the 2SLGBTQ+ community, abortion rights and critical race theory on his website. WATCH | Feucht’s permits also revoked in Nova Scotia, P.E.I.: Safety concerns halt MAGA musician’s Moncton concertSean Feucht, a controversial Christian singer who’s spoken out against the 2SLGBTQ+ community, will not perform at Moncton’s Riverfront Park on Thursday after the City of Moncton revoked his permit, citing safety concerns. He also unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Congress as a Republican in 2020 and has led a number of religious movements, including mass worshipping events on college campuses in the U.S.The City of Moncton’s statement said its decision was also “due to evolving safety and security considerations, including confirmation of planned protests, the City has determined that the event poses potential risks to the safety and security of community members, event attendees, and organizers.”Permits were recently revoked in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia for two of Feucht’s shows, also because of security concerns.Feucht had planned a performance in Riverfront Park, owned by the City of Moncton, which revoked his permit on Wednesday. (CBC/Radio-Canada)When CBC News asked the City of Moncton for further comment, a spokesperson said it would not be giving interviews on the matter.The CBC also tried to reach Feucht late in the day Wednesday and has yet to receive a response.It remains unclear if his Moncton performance will be relocated to a private venue or cancelled altogether.Late Wednesday afternoon, Feucht went live on Facebook and said, “where are we gonna be tomorrow night in New Brunswick, we don’t know, but we’re going to be somewhere.”‘This is about making a community unsafe,’ advocate saysLocal feminist and 2SLGBTQ+ advocacy groups in the region have been calling for the show to be cancelled and sent a petition letter to local and federal government officials.The letter described it as appalling that the Feucht tour got through the city’s vetting process for events in the first place.”The city’s event vetting process needs to be reviewed to ensure that this cannot happen again.”A French non-profit that promotes feminism in New Brunswick is among more than 100 signatures on the letter.”This shows that there’s no space for hate in Moncton,” Kim Dubé, who is on the board of the group Regroupement Feministe du Nouveau-Brunswick, said of the petition.”Nobody that signed this letter is anti-religion or wants to remove people from being able to speak out about religion. This is about hatred. This is about making a community unsafe, feeling like they’re not welcome.”Kim Dubé, a professor in the department of sociology and criminology at the Université de Moncton, says a petition against the concert was not aimed at a religion but at hate. (Submitted by Kim Dubé)Dubé, a professor in the department of sociology and criminology at the Université de Moncton, said there is a misconception about free speech in Canada.”We have to make the difference between what he’s doing … using free speech, which is really big in the U.S.A. right now, and trying to push this into Canada.”Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Liberal MP for Moncton-Dieppe, and Lyne Chantal Boudreau, the provincial minister responsible for women’s equality, were both recipients of the petition letter and did not responded CBC’s request for comment.Tour hitting roadblocks across the MaritimesFeucht is touring other Maritime provinces, with shows scheduled in Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.Those events have been met with their own bumps in the road.Feucht’s concert in Halifax on Wednesday evening was relocated from the York Redoubt National Historic Site, to Shubenacadie after residents complained it was the original site was an inappropriate venue. Parks Canada revoked the permit Tuesday for the site. Permit revoked for MAGA musician’s concert at Parks Canada site, but show will go on Residents want MAGA musician’s concert at Parks Canada historic site cancelled In rescinding the approval of the permit, Parks Canada cited “evolving safety and security considerations.” Feucht took to social media Wednesday to speak out against the decision, calling it “anti-Christian.”Although a performance in Charlottetown was not cancelled at first, the city began distancing itself from the event by Tuesday, saying the concert was not sponsored by the city, and “from a legal standpoint we are limited in restricting access to public spaces.” Charlottetown distances itself from MAGA musician’s performance at city-owned venue But on Wednesday afternoon, the city announced it had revoked the permit needed for the performance at Conferation Landing, “after consultations with Charlottetown Police Services … due to evolving public safety and security concerns.”The two-line statement continued by stating that public safety remains top priority for the city.Following Moncton’s news, Quebec City also confirmed it was cancelling the scheduled event there.The rest of Feucht’s tour is westbound, with shows scheduled Toronto, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Kelowna and multiple U.S. locations, according to his website.ABOUT THE AUTHORKatelin Belliveau is a CBC reporter based in Moncton.
Moncton revokes permit for MAGA musician’s concert at city-owned park
