Foo Fighters To Play First Concert At New DC Music Venue

WASHINGTON, DC — The Anthem, a new music venue from the owners of the 9:30 Club, is opening at The Wharf in October. Foo Fighters, led by Virginia-born rocker Dave Grohl, will headline the venue's first show October 12, the owners announced Monday.

I.M.P. Productions — which operates the Merriweather Post Pavilion, Lincoln Theater and the 9:30 Club — is behind The Anthem. The Anthem is a $60 million venue that will feature an acoustically advanced concert hall against DC's waterfront in the $2 billion mega-project The Wharf.

Grohl says the club is set to become the "number one venue in America," according to a press release. The club will have a capacity between 2,500 and 6,00 people, depending on how the stage is configured. In comparison, 9:30 Club can hold around 1,200 people.

The multi-billion dollar development The Wharf is a mile-long stretch along the Potomac River that will open in October 2017. The area is coming to life with new restaurants, retailers, residences and businesses.

Tickets to The Anthem's first show go on sale through Ticketfly 10 a.m. Friday. They will cost $100-$175.

Photo: Foo Fighters, Ed Vill/Flickr