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Tonight the Kennedy Center Honors returns for its 47th year to celebrate the lifetime achievements of some of America’s greatest artists. With the return of 2023 honoree Queen Latifah as master of ceremonies this year, the 2024 gala follows tradition and recognizes five deserving honorees at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., but this year’s events will make history for the first time that an institution and not an individual is among the recipients.

The 47th annual gala will honor Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band The Grateful Dead; Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt; Oscar-winning director and producer Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather Trilogy, Apocalypse now); Cuban-American jazz trumpeter and pianist Arturo Sandoval; and the iconic theater and live performance venue, the Apollo Theater in New York City.

The ceremony traditionally includes personal tributes and testimonials from fellow artists to the honorees, and this year was no exception. Emmylou Harris and Dave Matthews performed a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s “Angel from Montgomery,” with Sheryl Crowe also giving a speech about Raitt’s influence on her. Actors Miles Teller and Chloe Sevigny and talk show host David Letterman came out to toast the Grateful Dead, while Coppola received praise from previous Kennedy Center honorees including Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and George Lucas.

Artists who honored Arturo Sandoval included brass player Trombone Shorty, flamenco dancer Timo Nunez and pianist Chucho Valdez from Sandoval’s original band. And the Apollo’s influence and history were portrayed with musical numbers from The War and Treaty, tap dancing from Savion Glover and stories from comedy legend Dave Chappelle.

To watch the 2024 Kennedy Center Honors tonight at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time, You must have access to CBS, whether through a traditional cable subscription, a TV antenna, a live TV streaming service (e.g. Fubo, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV), or a Paramount Plus with Showtime subscription , which offer everything you have access to your local live CBS station via the streamer. The ceremony will be available to stream on-demand for all Paramount Plus subscribers starting Sunday, December 22nd.

Get a sneak peek of tonight’s ceremony with a highlights reel above before watching the entire 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremony tonight on CBS.