Carter Barron Amphitheatre

4850 Colorado Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20011

Located in Rock Creek Park. Capacity 4,000.

Opened August 5, 1950. Closed after 2013 for repairs.

Artists

• Nat “King” Cole
• Benny Goodman
• Louis Armstrong (1959)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1959)
• Oscar Peterson (1959)
• Vince Guaraldi (1962)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1963)
• Charlie Byrd (1963)
• Stan Getz (1963)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1964)
• Oscar Peterson (1964)
• Charlie Byrd (1964)
• Louis Armstrong (1964)
• Dave Brubeck (1964)
• Stan Getz (1965)
• Jazz at the Philharmonic (1967)
• Art Blakey (1967)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1968)
• Ella Fitzgerald (1969)
• Return to Forever (1975)
• Keith Jarrett (1977)

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Bibliography

https://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbhistory.htm

https://www.rockcreekconservancy.org/get-involved/rock-creek-blog/592-the-history-of-carter-barron-amphitheater