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Carter Barron Amphitheatre
Carter Barron Amphitheatre Review
On Saturday and Sunday nights from June to September, this 3,750-seat outdoor theater hosts pop, jazz, gospel, and rhythm-and-blues artists such as Chick Corea and Nancy Wilson. The National Symphony Orchestra also performs here, and for two weeks the Shakespeare Theatre presents a free play.
- Address: Rock Creek Park, 4850 Colorado Ave. NW, Upper Northwest, Washington, DC, 20008 | Map It
- Phone: 202/426-0486
- Website: www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbarron.htm
- Location: Washington, D.C.
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