Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Entertainment
Live Music
Black Cat
LIVE MUSIC
(
www.blackcatdc.com
;
1811 14th St NW, U St; admission $5-15; U Street-Cardozo)
A pillar of
DC's music scene since the 1990s, the battered Black Cat has hosted all the greats of
years past (White Stripes, the Strokes, Arcade Fire among others). If you don't want to
pony up for $20-a-ticket bands on the upstairs main stage (or the smaller Backstage be-
low), head to the Red Room for jukebox, pool and strong cocktails.
9:30 Club
LIVE MUSIC
(
www.930.com
; 815 V St NW, U St; admission from $10; U Street-Cardozo)
The 9:30, which
can pack 1200 people into a surprisingly intimate venue, is the granddaddy of the live-
music scene in DC. Pretty much every big name that comes through town ends up on this
stage, and a concert here is the first-gig memory of many a DC-area teenager. Headliners
usually take the stage between 10:30pm and 11:30pm.
Verizon Center
CONCERT VENUE
( 202-628-3200;
www.verizoncenter.com
; 601 F St NW, Gallery Place-Chinatown)
DC's great
big sports-arena-cum-big-name-band venue.
Performing Arts
Kennedy Center
PERFORMING ARTS
( 202-467-4600;
www.kennedy-center.org
; 2700 F St NW, Georgetown; Foggy Bottom-GWU)
Perched on 17 acres along the Potomac, the magnificent Kennedy Center hosts a stagger-
ing array of performances - more than 2000 each year among its multiple venues includ-
ing the Concert Hall (home to the National Symphony), the Opera House and Eisen-
hower Theater. The Millennium Stage puts on free performances at 6pm daily.
Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts
PERFORMING ARTS
