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Overview

No matter what your age or taste in shows, you'll find something you like onstage at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts. From May through September, multiple amphitheaters in the park present performances such as musicals, dance, opera, jazz, and popular and country music. A good time to explore the beauty and history of the park without the crowds is October - April.

From the National Park Service

History

The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.

What to see and do

Activities

  • Arts and Culture
  • Live Music
  • Theater
  • Food
  • Picnicking
  • Guided Tours
  • Hiking
  • Junior Ranger Program

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Plan your visit

Hours

Park Operating Hours: Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is open to the public from sunrise to dusk every day. During the performance season, the park is closed to public visitation which is not performance related during park festivals and Filene Center performances to avoid conflict among visitor use activities. This public use restriction begins two hours prior to Filene Center show times and ends one hour after Filene Center performances have completed.

Getting there

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is located in Vienna, Virginia. The park can be accessed by traveling from Route 7, the Dulles Toll Road (Route 267), Beulah Road or Old Courthouse Road. For more detailed information visit the park's directions page.

Visitor centers

  • Ranger Station

Weather

The weather at Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is typical for the mid-Atlantic area. There are four seasons. The majority of visitation is during the summers, which can be hot and humid during the day and cooler at night.

Phone: 7032551800

Whose lands these are

These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.

Photos

Bust of Catherine Filene Shouse with building in back
Catherine Filene Shouse Bust · NPS Photo / N. Adams
A ranger swears in two new Jr. Rangers during Jr. Ranger Day activities at the park.
Junior Ranger Day · NPS Photo
Native garden with the Filene Center in the background
Dimple Meadow · NPS Photo / N. Adams
Filene Center in the background with autumn leaves
Natural Side of a Park for the Performing Arts · NPS Photo / N. Adams
Sold out show at Theatre-in-the-Woods
Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods Performances · NPS Photo / N. Adams

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