Greetings and Welcome! For the official Carter Barron Amphitheatre web site go to www.nps.gov . We are long time concert goers and fans of the Carter Barron Amphitheatre and of all of the artists, musicians, musical groups and concerts that have been there, and all of the great D.C. history that it has had for over 50 years! Here you will find Carter Barron Schedule Information, Updates, Concert Reviews, Memories, Friends, Fans, Performers, and more!The Carter Barron Amphitheatre is a 4,200-seat outdoor theater located in Rock Creek Park, a wooded area that is the setting for summer performances of Symphonic, Folk, Pop, R&B, Jazz music and Shakespearean theater. The amphitheatre opened on August 5th, 1950. Yes, that is right! The Carter Barron Amphitheatre is now 58-years-old! Happy Birthday, Carter Barron Amphitheatre! August 5th, 1950!Carter Barron has been home to for The National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), "The Mikado," and numerous musicals, the Kingston Trio, Victor Borge, Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman, Ethel Merman, Henry Mancini, Harry Belafonte, Andy Williams, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Peter, Paul, and Mary, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, B.B. King, the O'Jays, Smokey Robinson, and the Four Tops, Kool and the Gang, Bruce Springsteen, U.S. Navy Band, NSO, Shakespeare Festival, Richard Pryor, Chick Corea, and many, many more.The Summer 2007 Season was a blast!Looking forward to this year's Summer Concert Season 2008!Professional MySpace Layouts by Iron Spider
