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Inside the Newly Renovated Wolf Trap, the Only National Park That Exists Solely to Host Concerts

Wolf Trap National Park is also a music venue. Go inside the new renovations that were unveiled during its 2024 summer season.

The park’s centerpiece, the 7,000-capacity amphitheater Filene Center, hosts more than 70 musical performances each season, the 2024 edition of which ended last month with a two-night run by James Taylor. So, in the mid-’60s, she approached then-President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and told them she wanted to use the land for a public sanctuary that would blend art and nature. She requested this area be designated part of the National Park Service — which was founded in 1916 with the creation of Yellowstone in Wyoming — to ensure a high level of care and permanent protection.

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