Venues cancel Christian musician's Canadian concerts over "safety concerns"

Sean Feucht says his Canadian tour will continue despite six cities pulling permits and cancelling outdoor concerts in recent days, citing “safety concerns.”

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Christian musician Sean Feucht says his Canadian tour will continue despite six cities pulling permits and cancelling outdoor concerts in recent days, citing “safety concerns.”

Municipal governments and federal agencies have blocked Feucht’s performances in Halifax, Charlottetown, Moncton, Gatineau, Quebec City, and Vaughan, amid concerns tied to his political views.

Feucht, a prominent U.S. evangelical figure and former Republican congressional candidate, is known for his outspoken support of U.S. President Donald Trump and opposition to abortion and gender ideology.

He has described his Let Us Worship: Revive in 25 tour as a spiritual revival movement in response to anti-Christian bias.

“They can cancel our permits across Canada, but they cannot steal our joy,” Feucht wrote on X after holding an impromptu concert in a farmer’s field near Shubenacadie, N.S., on Sunday. The concert had originally been scheduled at York Redoubt National Historic Site in Halifax, but was cancelled by Parks Canada due to “heightened public safety concerns” and the configuration of the site.

Parks Canada said in a statement that “planned protests,” security risks, and law enforcement input led to the decision.

Feucht faced similar cancellations in P.E.I., where Charlottetown officials revoked his permit to perform at Confederation Landing during the city’s Pride Week celebrations.

The city said it stood with the “2SLGBTQ+ community” and cited “evolving public safety and security concerns.”

The concert was ultimately moved to a private Christian church outside the capital.

P.E.I. Liberal MP Sean Casey publicly supported the city’s decision, writing on Facebook that “this event does not reflect the values of inclusivity and respect that define the City of Charlottetown or the Government of Canada.”

Moncton, New Brunswick, cancelled a scheduled performance at Riverfront Park, saying the event did not comply with its code of conduct and posed potential safety risks.

The show was relocated to Bar None Camp, a private Christian campground nearly 200 kilometres northwest in Taxis River.

The National Capital Commission cancelled Feucht’s concert at Jacques-Cartier Park North in Gatineau on similar grounds.

Meanwhile, Quebec City officials said they rescinded a performance contract at ExpoCité after learning of Feucht’s “controversial” profile, which was not disclosed at the time of booking.

In Vaughan, Ontario, the city revoked a special event permit for a concert at Dufferin District Park, citing health and safety as well as community well-being.

Feucht took to social media to explain what he sees as double standards.

“Here’s the hard truth: If I had shown up with purple hair and a dress, claiming to be a woman, the government wouldn’t have said a word,” he wrote.

“But to publicly profess deeply held Christian beliefs is to be labelled an extremist, and to have a free worship event classified as a public safety risk.”

In a post to X on Thursday, Feucht said the backlash had drawn national attention to his tour and sparked a broader debate about religious freedom.

“This is my third year in a row of bringing ‘Let Us Worship’ to Canada,” he wrote. “Never before has every major news outlet in the nation been talking about this. … Just like the book of Acts, what the activists tried to stop has now gone viral — it backfired.”

He added: “We did not seek this controversy — yet God will use it for His glory. We will not be silent.”

Feucht says his Let Us Worship movement emerged during the pandemic in response to what he described as Canada’s “oppressive” COVID-19 policies, and that the backlash to his 2025 tour reflects ongoing discrimination against Christians.

Despite the cancellations, the tour is expected to resume in late August with performances planned for Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and the Alberta legislature grounds in Edmonton.