Open Doors Festival 2024
Accessibility Statement
Our goal is to make the space a love letter to the body – to allow easy access to all who come through the doors and for people to know they are expected and welcome. We will do our best to anticipate people’s access needs and be ready to accept requests.
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Travel – Directions
Via Metro
Be sure to check the elevator service status on the day of the festival
| October 18 The Kennedy Center | October 19 Woolly Mammoth |
| The Foggy Bottom/George Washington University/Kennedy Center subway station (on the Orange, Blue, and Silver lines) is a short walk via New Hampshire Avenue. | Option 1: Take either the Yellow or the Green line to Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter. Get off at 7th Street and Indiana Avenue, walk up 7th Street half a block, turn right on D Street, and you will see us on your left. |
| The Kennedy Center Shuttle Hours of Operation – (wheelchair accessible) 9:45 a.m. – 12 Midnight | Option 2: Take either the Red, the Yellow, or the Green line to Gallery Place-Chinatown. Get off at the 7th and F Street exit, walk two blocks down 7th Street, turn left onto D Street, and you will see us immediately on your left. 7th Street is a hill and slopes downward from F to D. |
Via Metrobus
For details, call Metro information at (202) 637-7000
| October 18 The Kennedy Center | October 19 Woolly Mammoth |
| Metro Busses 43 and 44 now come to the Kennedy Center from Mt Pleasant. | Option 1: The 70, 71, D1, D3, and D6 buses stop at the corner of 7th Street and E Street. Get off of the bus, walk one block south on 7th Street, and turn left on D Street. We are immediately on your left. |
| Option 2: The P1, P2, P6, 13A, 13B, 13F, 13G, 32, 36, and 54 buses stop at 7th Street & Pennsylvania Ave. Head north on 7th Street toward Indiana Avenue; you will see the Metro stop for Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter-Gallery Place. Walk about two blocks and turn right onto D Street. We are on the left. |
Parking
October 18 The Kennedy Center Parking
Parking is currently available on a first-come, first-served basis at the parking entrances. Accessible parking spaces are available on all levels and are located on the west side of the motor lobbies nearest the river. All major credit cards accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express. Parking costs $25.
Garage portals are located at the north and south ends of the building.
Garage Entry/Exit: All entrances to the garage are currently open. These entrances can be accessed via 25th Street for all south entrances, and via New Hampshire Avenue and F Street as well as Rock Creek Parkway northbound for all north entrances. Rock Creek Parkway northbound can be accessed from both the south and north garage exits during performance times.
Note: For vehicles taller than 6 ft., there are limited spaces available on all levels (max. clearance 7 ft.).
October 19th Woolly Mammoth Parking
Through a partnership with the Clara Barton Interpark Garage located at 616 E Street NW, we are able to offer $10 parking to our patrons. All you need to do is take a ticket from the automated entry gate, park your car, and ask the box office for a $10 discount sticker when you pick up your tickets.
Here’s how parking at Woolly Mammoth works:
- Enter the garage at 616 E Street NW: just to the right of the alley on the south side of E Street NW between 6th and 7th Streets NW (see map below).
- Take your ticket with you so you can get back into the garage.
- The pedestrian exit for the garage is located on 7th Street NW next to Carmine’s restaurant. Turn left out the exit, then left at the next corner on D Street NW to find Woolly Mammoth. 7th Street is a hill and slopes downward from F to D.
- Ask our box office staff for a $10 sticker when you pick up your tickets for the show.
- After the show, return to the entrance next to Carmine’s and use your ticket to re-enter the garage.
- Scan the original code on your parking ticket, then scan the $10 discount sticker at the self-pay machines to reduce your parking cost to only $10. Again, if you paid online, you’re ready to go!
Please note third party apps such as ParkWhiz or SpotHero will not be honored by our partnered discount. However, patrons are welcome to use SpotHero to find guaranteed parking spots in case our partner garage meets capacity.