Christian musician Sean Feucht, pictured here in 2020, has been outspoken about abortion rights, ‘woke ideology’ and more.Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press
American musician Sean Feucht is facing a wave of permit cancellations for his eastern Canadian tour this week, after a surge of local concerns about the Make America Great Again affiliate’s anti-LGBTQ+ activism and outspokenness against abortion rights, “woke ideology” and more.
Parks Canada this week revoked Feucht’s permit for a kickoff concert scheduled for Wednesday night at the York Redoubt National Historic Site near Halifax following expressions of concern from Nova Scotia residents over his stances. Charlottetown officials followed suit Wednesday, pulling his permit for a concert Thursday due to similar “due to evolving public safety and security concerns.”
Soon after, Moncton officials issued a press release saying it had also cancelled Feucht’s concert this week at a local park. “The City of Moncton remains committed to creating a respectful, positive, and safe environment for users of municipal facilities,” the statement added. Quebec City then said it had also terminated Feucht’s contract to perform on the grounds of the ExpoCité entertainment complex, issuing a statement in French that officials had not been aware he was a “controversial artist.”
The singer-guitarist also has “Revive in 25″ tour events scheduled in the coming days at parks in Gatineau, Que. and Vaughan, Ont. Representatives for those jurisdictions did not immediately comment Wednesday.
Feucht is a self-described missionary and proponent of Christian Nationalism who has protested Disney’s support for LGBTQ+ communities and celebrated both the fall of Roe v Wade and U.S. President Donald Trump’s choice not to highlight the Transgender Day of Visibility. In 2020, he lost the Republican primary campaign for a U.S. congressional seat in California.
Representatives for Feucht did not respond to comment requests, but he wrote on social media after Parks Canada’s initial Halifax-area cancellation that the federal agency “just made it clear that peaceful Christians worshipping their God has no place under their jurisdiction.”
He said on social media that the Halifax-area show would be moved to a different location north of the city.