Most of the activity in the park is centered around performances at the Filene Center and the Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods. Tickets are now on sale for most performances. Purchase tickets at the Box Office at the Main Gate to the Filene Center.
Performances at the Filene Center run from late May through mid-September and the Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods offers performances from late June through mid-August. Click here for the current schedule of performances.
Did You Know?
Transporting goods and people by canal dates back to antiquity. The lock gates used on the C&O Canal were an adaptation of a design by Leonardo DaVinci in the late 1400's. Until the advent of the railroad, water travel was far superior to land travel.