Actor Andy Garcia, and singer-songwriters Barbara Mandrell and Paul Anka will be among the 2026 Kennedy Center honorees, organizers announced Monday.

Andy Garcia was announced as one of this year's Kennedy Center honorees Monday. File Photo by Rune Hellestad/UPI UPI Barbara Mandrell speaks after being introduced as a 2009 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. File Photo by Frederick Breedon IV/UPI UPI Paul Anna performs on stage at the Hard Rock Live in the Seminole Hotel and Casino Hollywood in Florida in 2023. File Photo by Gary I Rothstein/UPI UPI David Foster and Katharine McPhee attend the Breakthrough Prize ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on April 18. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI Helen Mirren reacts to comments by director David Mamet as she is introduced during an unveiling ceremony honoring her with the 2,488th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI UPI

Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Actor Andy Garcia, and singer-songwriters Barbara Mandrell and Paul Anka will be among the 2026 Kennedy Center honorees, organizers announced Monday.

Also set to be recognized for their artistic achievement will be music composer-producer David Foster and playwright David Mamet.

The ceremony is to take place in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 7.

"Since its founding in 1978, the Kennedy Center Honors has celebrated the lifetime contributions of some of the world's most influential artists in music, dance, theater, opera, motion pictures and television," the center's website said.

"This year's celebration will be hosted at Capital One Arena, a world-class, next-generation sports and entertainment destination and a fixture of downtown Washington, D.C. Together, the Kennedy Center teams will transform the arena to capture the elegance and spirit that have defined the Honors ceremony for generations."

The location has been changed from its traditional venue, the Kennedy Center opera house, to the arena amid a legal battle involving objections to U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to renovate and add his name to the building.