Kennedy Center

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts


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Location: 2700 F Street, NW

Description: Features Broadway-bound plays, the National Symphony, grand opera, great American films, and rooftop historical tours of the city. The Millennium stage offers free performances at 6:00pm daily.

Reserved tours: If you’d like to make reservations for a tour of the Kennedy Center, please list this site in your tour request form and we will reserve a tour for you. The tour will be on a weekday at 9:30am or 4:30pm.

Public tours: Public tours are offered seven days a week and no prior reservation is required. Tours are given from 10:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday, and 10:00am to 1:00pm Saturday and Sunday. Please call (202) 416-8340 or visit the Kennedy Center website for more information:

Closet Metro Stations: Foggy Bottom-GWU. A free, wheelchair-accessible Kennedy Center Shuttle runs between this station and the Kennedy Center every 15 minutes from 9:45am to midnight Monday through Saturday, and noon.