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Welcome to the Library of Congress. We’ve added new policies to help keep our community safe. Free timed-entry tickets are required for entry. Groups of 21 people or more must request free timed-entry tickets by completing our group registration form. Masks are optional, but use is encouraged.
Welcome to the 2024-2025 season of Concerts from the Library of Congress, which offers a vivid and diverse array of concerts, conversations, lectures and film screenings that range across genre and style to mark a century of extraordinary music at the nation’s library.
The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution, and it serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with more than 162 million items. The collections include books, sound recordings, motion pictures, photographs, maps, and manuscripts.
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Concerts from the Library of Congress continues a major, 18-month centennial celebration in the 2024-2025 season, presenting a vivid and diverse array of concerts and conversations, lectures and film screenings that range across genre and style to mark a century of extraordinary music at the nation’s library.
It is possible to pre-register online by completing a simple Web form (this can be done up to two weeks prior to visiting the Library of Congress in person). You will still need to report to the Reader Registration Station and present your valid identification.
The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize Watch the Gershwin Prize tribute concert to Elton John and Bernie Taupin at 8 p.m. ET on Monday, April 8 (check local listings) on PBS external link . Performances from Joni Mitchell, Garth Brooks, Brandi Carlile, Annie Lennox, Metallica, Maren Morris, Billy Porter, Charlie Puth and Jacob Lusk of Gabriels.
The 2024 National Book Festival will be held in the nation's capital at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Saturday, August 24, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (doors open at 8:30 a.m.). The event is free and open to the public. A selection of programs will be livestreamed online and videos of all programs will be available shortly after the Festival.
The mission of the Library of Congress is written on these walls. Follow this path to read the story of the Library as imagined in 1897, when the Thomas Jefferson building opened to the public.
Concerts from the Library of Congress will return to the historic Coolidge Auditorium for the 2022-2023 season. The fall series begins Oct. 14 with multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Magda Giannikou and her global pop e nsemble Banda Magda.