The Birchmere

The Birchmere is a concert hall in Alexandria, Virginia, that features rock, blues, bluegrass, country, folk, jazz, ethnic, and comedic performers. Its main room seats 500 and provides dinner service, making for an intimate space, with tables only a few feet away from the stage.

Photo: Rudi Riet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Theater building
Description: concert hall in Alexandria, Virginia
Also known as: “Birchmere”
Address: 3701 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, 22305

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grace Episcopal Church and James M. Duncan, Jr. Branch Library.

Grace Episcopal Church

Church

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Grace Episcopal Church is an Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia, in the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia. Grace Episcopal Church is a center for worship and fellowship, a school for discipleship and stewardship and a community for healing and outreach. Grace Episcopal Church is situated 1,400 feet southwest of The Birchmere.

James M. Duncan, Jr. Branch Library

Library

Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0.

James M. Duncan, Jr. Branch Library is situated 1 mile south of The Birchmere.

Abingdon

Historic site

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Abingdon was an 18th- and 19th-century plantation owned by the prominent Alexander, Custis, Stuart, and Hunter families and worked at times by slaves and domesticated animals. Abingdon is situated 1¼ miles northeast of The Birchmere.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Potomac Yard and Parkfairfax.

Potomac Yard

Suburb

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Potomac Yard is a neighborhood in Northern Virginia that straddles southeastern Arlington County and northeastern Alexandria, Virginia, located principally in the area between U.S. Route 1 and the Washington Metro Blue Line /Yellow Line tracks, or the George Washington Memorial Parkway, depending on the definition used.

Parkfairfax

Neighborhood

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Parkfairfax is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia, located in the northwestern part of the city near the boundary with Arlington County. Nearby thoroughfares are Interstate 395, State Route 402, and West Glebe Road.

Crystal City

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Crystal City is the secondary "downtown" area of Arlington, Virginia, after the Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor. This article also includes the nearby neighborhoods of Pentagon City, Arlington Ridge, and Aurora Highlands.

The Birchmere

Categories: fixed construction, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Alexandria, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.84003° or 38° 50′ 24″ north

Longitude

-77.06143° or 77° 3′ 41″ west

Open location code

87C4RWRQ+2C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 182050660

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=theatre

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

Wikidata ID

Q7718050

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In Other Languages

From Czech to Slovak—“The Birchmere” goes by many names.

Czech: “The Birchmere”
Slovak: “The Birchmere”

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