Christian musician Sean Feucht, pictured here in 2020, has been outspoken about abortion rights, 'woke ideology' and more.Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press
Park operators across eastern Canada have revoked and withheld permits for American musician Sean Feucht’s tour across the region this week, after a surge of local concerns about the Make America Great Again affiliate’s activism against the LGBTQ community, abortion rights and “woke ideology.”
Parks Canada on late Tuesday revoked Feucht’s permit for a kickoff concert scheduled for Wednesday night at the York Redoubt National Historic Site near Halifax, after criticism from Nova Scotia residents over his stances.
Charlottetown officials followed suit Wednesday, releasing a statement that they were pulling his permit for a concert Thursday owing “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 says.
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.”
Officials in Vaughan, Ont., said Wednesday that the city had not issued an event permit for a concert Feucht had announced at Dufferin District Park on Sunday.
The singer-guitarist also had a “Revive in 25″ tour event scheduled for Saturday at a park in Gatineau, Que., but local representatives said late Wednesday that they would withhold his requested permit after “consultation with the Gatineau Police Service and due to concerns about public safety and security for and around the event.” He is scheduled to tour Western Canada next month.
Feucht is a self-described missionary and proponent of Christian nationalism. He 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.