PAST: MUSIC: Final Free R&B Concert in Fort Dupont Park in SE will be on SAT, August 18th at 8:00pm, Free

Final Concert in the Fort Dupont Summer Concert Series 
Saturday, August 18th

8:00pm concert, gates 5:00pm
Free, rain or shine
Bring your own lawn chair or blanket

Free Rhythm & Blues nights at Fort Dupont Park, an area of 376 rolling, wooded acres located east of the Anacostia River. The Fort Dupont Summer Theatre is a 39 year tradition in SE DC offering free high quality jazz and R&B performances that are primarily sponsored by the National Park Service. Concerts are only canceled in the event of electrical storms. Stay tuned for the line-up. For the most up to date information, please call 202-426-5961.

Saturday, August 18th
KLYMAXX featuring Bernadette Cooper, along with B'ela Dona.

More notes: The U.S. Park Police will again this year close the venue to the public at 3:00pm to perform a security sweep of the area prior to the concerts. Entry to the concert venue will open at 5:00pm, where all bags and coolers will be inspected prior to entry into the concert area. Prohibited items include: alcohol, glass containers, barbeque grills, candles and incense (part of the ban on all open fires) and fireworks. Visitors arriving at checkpoints with vending/sales items will be given the opportunity to take items back to their vehicles or to voluntarily throw away items in trash containers prior to entry into the concert area. Park staff or U.S. Park Police will not be responsible for holding coolers or items at the checkpoint locations.

Fort Dupont Park in SE
Randle Circle and Minnesota Avenue, SE (directions)
Park is bounded by Minnesota Avenue to the west; Ely Place and Ridge Roads to the north; Alabama Avenue to the east; and Massachusetts Avenue to the south.
Metro: Potomac Avenue and Minnesota Avenue are the closest on the orange line, Benning Road on the blue line. Fort Dupont Park is served by several Metrobus routes. The most direct buses are the V7 and U2 buses on weekdays, or the V8 bus on weekends. See Metro trip-planner for best access. There is also a Capital Bike Share station near each metro station, and you can drop the bikes off at the Randle Circle entrance of the Park.

Driving? Use the following address for reference: 3600 F St S.E. Washington, DC 20019. Ample parking is available in the park off of Minnesota Avenue at F Street. This area provides direct access to the concert area and includes better access for wheelchairs. Additionally there is a large parking lot on Ely Place at the FortDupont Ice Skating Rink that is available for concert parking. Both of these areas are short walks to the concert area. Parking is not permitted on Fort Dupont Drive in the park.
The main driving entrances to the park are Fort Davis Drive and Ridge Road; Fort Davis Drive and Massachusetts Avenue; and Randle Circle and Fort Dupont Drive.