Arts & Entertainment
Wolf Trap Summer 2021 Tickets On Sale To Public
Tickets are available for the June and July performances of the 50th anniversary season.

VIENNA, VA — As Wolf Trap prepares for the 50th anniversary season of the Filene Center, tickets are now available for the first summer 2021 performances.
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts had announced live performances will return after over a year. The 2020 summer season had been canceled for the first time in nearly 50 years.
The tickets are on sale for June and July performances as of 10 a.m. Friday. August and September performances will be announced at a later time.
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Performances will have reduced audience capacity with socially-distanced pod seating, a mask requirement and other safety measures. Summer 2021 tickets will be sold in socially-distanced pods of two to eight tickets. Ticket buyers will buy a full pod, and no single tickets will be sold. Guidelines are subject to change.
Four of the performances in the June lineup will not be open to the public. Four Thank You Concerts will be held June 24 to 27 by invitation only for health care workers, volunteers and educators. The shows are free for the invited audience.
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Another highlight of the season will help celebrate the Filene Center's 50th anniversary. The Fifty Years Together: A Celebration of Wolf Trap will feature National Symphony Orchestra and all-female special guest artists, including Broadway and film star Cynthia Erivo, world-renowned soprano and Wolf Trap Opera alumna Christine Goerke, and Van Cliburn International Piano Competition's silver medal winner Joyce Yang
Below is the schedule for performances in June and July. For tickets, visit www.wolftrap.org or call 703-255-1868.
- June 18 – Wolf Trap Opera: Bologne “The Anonymous Lover” in Concert with National Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey McDonald (conductor)
- June 24 – Thank You Concert with National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, Marin Alsop (conductor) and Madeline Adkins (violin) (invitation only)
- June 25 – Thank You Concert with “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band – Free Country (invitation only)
- June 26 - Thank You Concert with “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band – Big Band (invitation only)
- June 27 - Thank You Concert with “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band – “Celebrating 50 Years at Wolf Trap” (invitation only)
- July 1 – Fifty Years Together: A Celebration of Wolf Trap with National Symphony Orchestra,
- JoAnn Falletta (conductor), Cynthia Erivo (vocalist), Christine Goerke (soprano), Joyce Yang (piano)
- July 2 + 3 – Wolf Trap Opera: Sondheim “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet” in Concert with National Symphony Orchestra, Roberto Kalb (conductor)
- July 7 – Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange)
- July 8 + 9 – Beethoven and Bologne with National Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Heyward (conductor), Francesco Dego (violin)
- July 10 – Aria Jukebox, The Audience Gets to Choose! (streaming online beginning July 10)
- July 10 + 11 – Max Weinberg’s Jukebox
- July 16 – Wolf Trap Opera: Viardot “Cinderella” (“Cendrillon”) | Holst “Savitri” in Concert, Wolf Trap Orchestra, Kelly Kuo (conductor)
- July 17 – Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- July 18 – Big Tony and Trouble Funk with Special Guest Sugar Bear, The Legendary DJ Kool
- July 20 – Inez Barlatier “Ayiti: Stories and Songs from Haiti” – Children’s Performance
- July 21 – Oran Etkin: Timbalooloo “Finding Friends Far From Home” – Children’s Performance
- July 21 + 22 – An Evening with Amos Lee
- July 23 – Wolf Trap Opera: “STARias: Opera’s Most Powerful Moments” with National Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Allen (conductor), Tamara Wilson (soprano), Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), Paul Groves (tenor), Ryan Speedo Green (bass-baritone), and more
- July 24 – Dan + Claudia Zanes with Friends “New Beginnings” – Children’s Performance
- July 24 + 25 – Chris Thile
- July 27 – Joanie Leeds “All the Ladies” – Children’s Performance
- July 28 – Elena Moon Park and Friends – Children’s Performance
- July 28 – Aoife O’Donovan with members of The Knights
- July 29 – The War and Treaty
- July 30 + 31 – Norm Lewis with National Symphony Orchestra
- July 31 – Maryland Youth Ballet “Snow White” – Children’s Performance
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