The Anthem (music venue)

The Anthem is a music venue and auditorium in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The venue opened on October 12, 2017, with a performance opened by The Struts and headlined by the Foo Fighters.^[1][2] The Anthem is part of The Wharf, a comprehensive redevelopment of the Southwest Waterfront area.

The Anthem

The Anthem stage on October 16, 2017, before Phoenix's performance.
Address	901 Wharf Street SW Washington, D.C. 20024 United States
Coordinates	38.8801°N 77.0260°W / 38.8801; -77.0260
Public transit	Washington Metro at Waterfront at L'Enfant Plaza
Type	Music venue, auditorium
Genre(s)	Entertainment, convention center
Seating type	GA: Standing Room and Reserved Balcony Seating or Full Theatre Seating
Capacity	2,500 – 6,000 (variable) / Fully seated 2,300 – 3,200
Construction
Opened	October 12, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-10-12)
Construction cost	$60 million (US)
Website
theanthemdc.com

The 57,000-square-foot venue, which cost $60 million (USD), has a movable stage and backdrop that allows capacity to vary from 2,500 to 6,000.^[3][1] Balconies are closer to the stage than most venues.^[3] The venue is operated by I.M.P., which also manages Washington's 9:30 Club and Lincoln Theatre and Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion.^[1] The Anthem also hosts conventions.^[4]

Concerts

The Anthem is located along the riverfront of the Wharf in Southwest D.C.

Main article: List of concerts at The Anthem

In its first few months of operation, the venue hosted musical acts including AJR, Lorde, Meek Mill, The National, The War on Drugs, Greensky Bluegrass, GRiZ, Phoenix, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, The Killers, Tegan and Sara, Erykah Badu, Bob Dylan, Judas Priest, Noel Gallagher, Queens of the Stone Age, David Byrne, LCD Soundsystem, Pentatonix, Fantasia Barrino, Thievery Corporation, Phil Lesh, Little Big Town, and Kraftwerk.

Jack White filmed Jack White: Kneeling At The Anthem D.C., his first concert film as a solo artist, at The Anthem on May 30, 2018. It was released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video on September 21, 2018, with an accompanying live EP on Amazon Music.^[5]