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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
As one of the nation's busiest cultural institutions, the Kennedy Center is both a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy and a world-class performing arts destination. Each year, the Center hosts more than 3,000 performances of music, dance, and theater across a multitude of stages – from grand venues like the Opera House, Eisenhower Theater, and Concert Hall – home of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Wasington National Opera – to more intimate spaces like the Family Theater, Terrace Theater, and KC Jazz Club.
Calendar of Events
| Oct 7 - Jan 31 | Shear Madness |
| Apr 26 - Aug 19 | The Washington Ballet 2013-2014 Season |
| May 10 - Aug 7 | National Symphony Orchestra 2013-2014 Season |
| May 10 - Aug 7 | Fortas Chamber Music 2013-2014 Season |
| May 11 - Jul 24 | Washington National Opera 2013-2014 Season |
| May 11 - Aug 7 | Kennedy Center Theater 2013-2014 Season |
| May 11 - Aug 7 | Kennedy Center Ballet 2013-2014 Season |
| Jun 3 - Aug 7 | Kennedy Center Jazz 2013-2014 Season |
| Jun 19 - Jun 23 | The Guardsman |
| Jun 19 - Jul 7 | Anything Goes |
| Jun 20 - Jun 22 | NSO: Krzysztof Urbanski, conductor / Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano, plays MacMillan & Saint-Saëns |
| Jun 22 | NSO Kinderkonzert: Peter & the Wolf |
| Jun 23 | The Legacy of Bob Marley |
| Jun 25 | Theater Look-in: Anything Goes |
| Jul 9 - Aug 18 | The Book of Mormon |
| Jul 13 | Carnegie Hall's National Youth Orchestra of the USA: Valery Gergiev, conductor |
| Aug 31 - Sep 2 | 12th Annual Page to Stage |
| Sep 12 - Sep 13 | Saburo Teshigawara / KARAS |
| Sep 15 - Sep 27 | WNO: Tristan and Isolde |
| Sep 19 - Sep 22 | NSO Pops: Cirque de la Symphonie / Steven Reineke, conductor |
| Sep 24 - Oct 6 | Million Dollar Quartet |
| Sep 26 | NSO Pops: Wayne Shorter Quartet with Esperanza Spalding / Vince Mendoza, conductor |
| Sep 29 | NSO: Season Opening Ball Concert: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Cameron Carpenter, organ |
| Oct 2 | Fortas Chamber Music Concert: Emerson String Quartet |
| Oct 3 - Oct 5 | NSO: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / NSO Hechinger Commission: Roger Reynolds's george WASHINGTON |
| Oct 4 | KC Jazz Club: Grace Kelly |
| Oct 5 | Cecil Taylor, Solo Piano
With Jason Moran |
| Oct 6 | The Kennedy Center Chamber Players play Bach, Mendelssohn & Brahms |
| Oct 10 - Oct 12 | NSO: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Celebrating Wagner at 200: Act III of Parsifal, in concert |
| Oct 11 | ACS: Allen, Carrington, Spalding |
| Oct 12 - Oct 26 | WNO: The Force of Destiny |
| Oct 17 - Oct 19 | Hubbard Street Dance Chicago |
| Oct 18 | KC Jazz Club: Winard Harper and Jeli Posse |
| Oct 19 | KC Jazz Club: Javon Jackson, We Four: Celebrating John Coltrane, with Jimmy Cobb |
| Oct 25 - Oct 26 | NSO Pops: Michael Cavanaugh: The Songs of Elton John and More / Steven Reineke, conductor |
| Oct 29 - Nov 10 | Sister Act |
| Oct 29 - Oct 31 | Susan Marshall & Company |
| Oct 31 - Nov 2 | NSO: Kristjan Jrvi, conductor / Jennifer Koh, violin, plays Barber |
| Nov 1 | KC Jazz Club: Curtis Fuller Brasstet |
| Nov 1 | Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Tommy Tune |
| Nov 2 - Nov 3 | Man of the House |
| Nov 2 | Django Reinhardt Festival All-Stars |
| Nov 6 - Nov 10 | The Suzanne Farrell Ballet |
| Nov 7 - Nov 9 | NSO: John Storgrds, conductor / Sol Gabetta, cello, plays Shostakovich |
| Nov 8 | Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Lucie Arnaz |
| Nov 12 | Fortas Chamber Music Concert: Enso String Quartet |
| Nov 12 - Nov 17 | Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty--New Adventures |
| Nov 13 | WNO: American Opera Initiative: Three 20-Minute Operas |
| Nov 14 - Nov 16 | NSO: Neeme Jrvi, conductor / Alice Sara Ott, piano, plays Liszt |
| Nov 15 | Something to Sing About: Kathleen Battle, soprano
with Cyrus Chestnut, piano |
| Nov 22 | Renée Fleming: American Voices: Master Session 1: Classical |
| Nov 22 | Renée Fleming: American Voices: Master Session 2: Jazz with Dianne Reeves |
| Nov 23 | Renée Fleming: American Voices: Concert with the NSO: Steven Reineke, conductor / Renée Fleming, host |
| Nov 23 - Dec 31 | Elephant and Piggie's We Are in a Play! |
| Nov 23 | Renée Fleming: American Voices: Master Session 4: Pop / Rock |
| Nov 23 | Renée Fleming: American Voices: Master Session 3: Country / Bluegrass |
| Nov 23 | Renée Fleming: American Voices: Master Session 3: Country / Bluegrass |
| Nov 24 | Renée Fleming: American Voices: Master Session 5: Musical Theater with Sutton Foster |
| Nov 24 | Renée Fleming: American Voices: Master Session 6: Gospel with Kim Burrell |
| Nov 27 - Dec 1 | The Joffrey Ballet's The Nutcracker |
| Nov 29 - Nov 30 | NSO Pops: An Evening with Matthew Morrison / Steven Reineke, conductor |
| Dec 5 | Fortas Chamber Music Concert: Cantus: All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 |
| Dec 5 - Dec 6 | Ballet Hispanico |
| Dec 6 - Dec 7 | NSO: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Brahms's Symphony No. 1, plus two by Mozart |
| Dec 6 | Barbara Cook's Spotlight: Patina Miller |
| Dec 7 | NPR's A Jazz Piano Christmas |
| Dec 12 - Dec 14 | NSO Pops: Happy Holidays! with Brian Stokes Mitchell / Steven Reineke, conductor |
| Dec 14 - Dec 22 | WNO Commission Holiday Family Opera: The Lion, the Unicorn, and Me |
| Dec 14 | 50 Years: The Life, Passion, and Music of Arturo Sandoval |
| Dec 17 - Jan 5 | Elf The Musical |
| Dec 19 - Dec 22 | NSO: Handel's Messiah |
| Dec 25 - Jan 19 | Flashdance--The Musical |
| Dec 30 | Fortas Chamber Music Concert: The Last Stand Quartet, with Special Guests: An Evening of Shakespeare in Words and Music |
| Dec 31 | A Jazz New Year's Eve: Straighten Up and Fly Right: The Nat King Cole Tribute with Ramsey Lewis & John Pizzarelli |
| Dec 31 | New Year's Eve at The Kennedy Center with Ellis Hall |
| Jan 16 - Jan 18 | NSO: Sir Mark Elder, conductor / Stephen Hough, piano, plays Liszt |
| Jan 18 | Supersized Jazz Club: Roy Hargrove's RH Factor |
| Jan 21 - Jan 22 | Fortas Chamber Music Concert: Takács Quartet: Bartók Quartets 1, 3, 5 |
| Jan 23 - Jan 25 | NSO: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Dvorák's "From the New World" Symphony, plus Mozart and an NSO debut |
| Jan 24 | NSO: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Beyond the Score: Dvorák's Symphony No. 9 - Whose World? |
| Jan 27 | Fortas Chamber Music Concert: Matthias Goerne, baritone & Christoph Eschenbach, piano: Die schne Müllerin |
| Jan 28 - Feb 16 | Peter and the Starcatcher |
| Jan 28 - Feb 2 | Mariinsky Ballet: Swan Lake |
| Jan 30 - Feb 1 | NSO: Christoph Eschenbach, conductor / Joshua Bell, violin, plays Mendelssohn; Matthias Goerne, baritone, & Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano, sing Hindemith |
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
800-444-1324 phone 202-416-8524 TTY website
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