From Noah Kahan to Phish, here's your guide to outdoor summer shows in the DMV

As the humidity starts creeping back into the DC, summer concert season is shaping up to be one of the most stacked in recent memory. Bruce Springsteen, The Strokes, Noah Kahan, Chance the Rapper, Wu-Tang Clan, and James Taylor are just some of the names descending on the region's biggest outdoor stages.

Here's who you can expect this summer at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Jiffy Lube Live, Nationals Park, and Wolf Trap's Filene Center.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Columbia's beloved amphitheater has an eclectic summer ahead, with highlights ranging from the jam-band faithful (Phish gets two nights) to indie darlings and country upstarts. The Strokes bring their "Reality Awaits" North American tour on June 27, while Death Cab for Cutie plays July 21 with Japanese Breakfast in tow. The season closes out with the All Things Go Music Festival, a three-day affair running September 25–27 headlined by Mitski, Hayley Williams, and Brandi Carlile.

• June 4: Kali Uchis with Mariah the Scientist

• June 11: HARDY

• June 12: Bleachers

• June 13–14: All Good Now Festival

• June 16: The Black Crowes with Whiskey Myers

• June 20: Zach Top

• June 26: Jack Johnson

• June 27: The Strokes

• June 28: Goose

• July 11: Alex Warren

• July 17: Train with Barenaked Ladies and Matt Nathanson

• July 18–19: Phish

• July 21: Death Cab for Cutie with Japanese Breakfast

• July 22: 311 and Dirty Heads

• July 24: O.A.R. with Gavin DeGraw and Lisa Loeb

• July 25: Caamp

• July 28: Muse

• July 30: The Red Clay Strays with The Revivalists

• Aug. 2: "Weird Al" Yankovic

• Aug. 13: Thomas Rhett

• Aug. 14: The Fray

• Aug. 15: Zac Brown Band with Old Crow Medicine Show

• Sept. 4: Empire of the Sun

• Sept. 18: Mt. Joy

• Sept. 25–27: All Things Go Music Festival

Jiffy Lube Live

The Bristow amphitheater is set for its longest concert season in over twenty years. Highlights include the Pussycat Dolls' reunion tour on July 16, Wu-Tang Forever's "Final Chamber" on September 15, and Iron Maiden's "Run For Your Lives World Tour" on September 11. Country fans have plenty to look forward to too, with Tim McGraw, Riley Green, and Kesha all making appearances.

• May 29: Kid Cudi

• June 3: Machine Gun Kelly

• June 12: Forrest Frank

• June 13: Dave Matthews Band

• June 19: Mumford & Sons

• June 24: Santana and The Doobie Brothers

• June 27: Evanescence

• July 15: Buju Banton and Stephen Marley

• July 16: The Pussycat Dolls

• July 17: Ne-Yo and Akon

• July 18: Motionless in White

• July 20: Chicago and Styx

• July 25: Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner

• July 29: John Mellencamp

• Aug. 2: Hilary Duff

• Aug. 3: Mötley Crüe

• Aug. 8: Riley Green

• Aug. 14: Kesha

• Aug. 15: Tim McGraw

• Aug. 19: Pitbull with Lil Jon

• Sept. 4: $uicideboy$

• Sept. 11: Iron Maiden

• Sept. 12: BABYMETAL

• Sept. 15: Wu-Tang Forever

• Sept. 16: TLC and Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue

• Oct. 2: Chris Stapleton

• Oct. 23: Five Finger Death Punch

• Oct. 24: Breaking Benjamin

Nationals Park

The ballpark is going bigger than ever this summer with full-park headline shows alongside its beloved postgame concert series. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band kick things off on May 27, and Noah Kahan brings his "The Great Divide" tour on July 22. The postgame series is free with a game ticket, and features artists performing on the field roughly 30 minutes after the final out.

Headline shows

May 27: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

June 11: Shakey Graves (Plaza Stage)

June 20: Wale with Smino (Plaza Stage)

July 22: Noah Kahan

Aug. 17: Foo Fighters

Aug. 18: My Chemical Romance

Postgame Summer Concert Series:

May 29: Taio Cruz

July 24: Jason Derulo Aug. 7: Jordan Davis

Filene Center at Wolf Trap

For 55 years, Wolf Trap has served as the summer home of the National Symphony Orchestra, and that partnership anchors the 2026 season along with quite a few pop and rock headliners. Sting opens things with three nights in late May, Chance the Rapper headlines in August, and James Taylor closes the summer with three nights at the end of August into September.

• May 21–23: Sting

• May 30: Joe Satriani and Steve Vai

• June 6: Gary Clark Jr. with Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

• June 7: The Beach Boys

• June 9: Songwriters Celebrate John Prine (Emmylou Harris, Margo Price, Patty Griffin, and more)

• June 11: Lauren Daigle:

• June 12: Young the Giant with Cold War Kids

• June 14: Orville Peck

• June 18: Wilco

• June 25: National Symphony Orchestra with St. Vincent

• June 26–28: Riverdance 30

• June 30: The Human League with Soft Cell and Alison Moyet

• July 1: Daniel Donato's Cosmic Country and Molly Tuttle

• July 3: Harry Connick Jr.

• July 9: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in Concert

• July 10: A.R. Rahman

• July 11: National Symphony Orchestra performing Disney's The Little Mermaid

• July 14: Lindsey Stirling with PVRIS

• July 16–17: Alison Krauss & Union Station

• July 18: Trombone Shorty with Mavis Staples and The War & Treaty

• July 22: Tori Amos

• July 26: The Head and the Heart

• July 29: Joe Bonamassa and Gov't Mule

• July 30: Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

• Aug. 1: Chance the Rapper

• Aug. 8: The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA

• Aug. 12: Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms

• Aug. 16: Yacht Rock Revue

• Aug. 21: National Symphony Orchestra with Jon Batiste

• Aug. 22: Josh Groban

• Aug. 23: Gipsy Kings

• Aug. 26: National Symphony Orchestra with Gregory Alan Isakov

• Aug. 28–29: Tedeschi Trucks Band

• Aug. 30, Sept. 1–2: James Taylor & His All-Star Band

  Sept. 4: Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration

• Sept. 5: Hook in Concert

• Sept. 10: Philadelphia Ballet's Stars and Stripes Forever!

• Sept. 12: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis

• Sept. 13: Ray LaMontagne

• Sept. 17: Thee Sacred Souls

• Sept. 18–19: The Avett Brothers