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The Barns at Wolf Trap is the indoor performing arts/music venue at Wolf Trap - and as such sees most of it's use in the cool and cold weather months. The season kicks off in the Fall.
The interior of the place is extremely cool. It IS a large Barn. and the interior architectural elements are stunning. The way they have managed to use large timbers for the ceiling structure is interesting to look at - and the place retains a somewhat natural and country feel to it.
The acoustics are also excellent. From a sound standpoint, there really aren't any bad seats - both floor and balcony seating is available.
The last performance I attended there was the Celtic Rock band - The Young Dubliners. I can't wait to go back for another concert! I'm waiting for Wolf Trap to start selling tickets for the 2008-2009 Barns at Wolf Trap season - I'm going to score some tix to see Battlefield Band perform at The Barns - a very groovy and eclectic group from Scotland - they perform at the Barns this coming November!
As I mentioned in my review for the Filene Center - there are several distinct and separate addresses for Wolf Trap - the Barns, Filene Center, and the Center for Education - all have different street addresses - which apparently has caused some confusion for other Yelpers - as reviews for different Wolf Trap venues have been lumped under one address - the addresses are as follows:
Filene Center (1551 Trap Road)
The Barns at Wolf Trap (1635 Trap Road)
Center for Education at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road)
Wolf Trap is one of my favorite places to experience the performing arts and music, and last evening for the first time - a movie - as most folks will never experience!
I've been to the Filene Center many times - most notably in the last few years to see the play "H.M.S. Pinafore," as well as Great Big Sea and The Saw Doctors in concert.
But last night, a friend and I went to see a movie - the first time that "The Fellowship of the Ring," has ever been show in Digital High Definition, AND with an entire Orchestra performing the soundtrack of the movie.
The Filene Center is an outdoor concert venue, there is the covered area which shields one from precipitation, but not from heat or cold. Then there is the lawn area where folks can bring blankets, coolers, food, etc.
What a lot of folks don't realize is that Wolf Trap is a National Park - AND it is several different venues - each with a different physical address.
If you look at the existing Yelp reviews for Wolf Trap - they are all incorrectly lumped under the address for the Center for Education at Wolf Trap - at 1645 Trap Road. The Filene Center and The Barns at Wolf Trap have their own, distinct addresses:
Filene Center (1551 Trap Road)
The Barns at Wolf Trap (1635 Trap Road)
Center for Education at Wolf Trap (1645 Trap Road)
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6991 Useful, 1862 Funny, and 6589 Cool
Haymarket, VA
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Listen up Wolf Trap - your lawsuit is ridiculous and offensive. I am offended by the fact that you think if you don't sue to protect your name - that somehow - we the public, will be confused by the fact that both venues have the words "The Barns" in them. Let me "splain" something to you and your moronic lawyers - we, the public, are wayyyyyy smarter than you give us credit. And yes - we can absolutely indeed discern between the two venues without your idiotic lawsuit.
I encourage everyone else who has written a favorable Yelp review to downgrade their review to one star until such time as Wolf Trap drops their lawsuit and apologizes for their loutish, bullying behavior.