Near yesterday’s gas station is Merriweather Post Pavillion. It is an open air music venue with seating close to the stage under cover and open field areas behind. For people from central and western and possibly all of Maryland, this venue is the closest one for them to see many big name acts. However, it’s just a little bit tinier than its counterpart in Virginia, and as thus Marylanders are too often forced to see musical acts on the other side of the Potomac.
I think it’s one of the nicer places to see a show, especially becasue the seating area is fairly large. However, there’s another catch. It’s in Columbia, so there are restrictions on the time of night that you can still play loud music. In fact I once went to see a band, which was the last of three playing that day. After sitting through two long sets of other bands, the main act only had 50 minutes on the stage before the show had to end.
We are looking at the pavilion from the very back of the venue. I’ve never been too sure where these sculptures came from.
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1 Trig // Nov 4, 2009 at 7:58 AM
Definitely need to find out about those sculptures.
2 shelly // Nov 4, 2009 at 11:44 AM
I’ve lived in within a half hour of Merriweather my entire life and I just realized that I’ve never seen a concert there.
And yet, I’ve been to Nissan at least 10 times. Weird.
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