The Barns of Wolf Trap 2016 Season: New Shows Announced Tuesday

VIENNA, VA -- The first performances of The Barns at Wolf Trap's 2016-17 season kick off next month, and on Tuesday, Wolf Trap announced the addition of new shows that were previously not announced.

Wolf Trap announced new shows to The Barns at Wolf Trap lineup for 2016-2017, including John Paul White of The Civil Wars, singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, Chris Collingwood’s new project Look Park, rocker Steve Vai and more, plus added shows for Laura Benanti and Aaron Tveit. In all, 60-plus shows are on sale now, and tickets for the new shows go on sale this Friday, Sept. 9.

Grammy-winning jazz legend Dee Dee Bridgewater makes her Barns at Wolf Trap debut, opening the season on Oct. 5.

Other season highlights include:

• Celtic Fiddle Festival: Thursday, 10/6/16
• Patti LuPone Don't Monkey With Broadway: Friday, 10/7/16; 10/8/16
• Southside Johnny & The Poor Fools: Thursday, 10/13/16
• Chaise Lounge: Friday, 10/14/16
• Bickram Ghosh's Drums of India: Saturday, 10/15/16 (two performances)
• JD Souther/Nellie McKay: Wednesday, 10/19/16
• Mahmoud Ahmed: Friday, 10/21/16
• Bumper Jacksons: Saturday, 10/22/16
• Alan Doyle & the Beautiful Gypsies: Thursday, 10/27/16
• Wu Han, piano; Philip Setzer, violin; David Finckel, cello; Chamber Music at the Barns: Friday, 10/28/16
• Laura Benanti: Saturday, 10/29/16
• Enter the Haggis: Thursday, 11/3/16
• Sheila E.: Wednesday, 11/9/16; 11/10/16
• Cristina Pato: Friday, 11/11/16
• Willie Nile: Saturday, 11/12/16
• Eric Burdon & The Animals: Wednesday, 11/16/16; 11/17/16; 11/18/16
• An Evening of Indian Dance: Saturday, 11/19/16
• John Eaton, The Fabulous 40's: Friday, 11/25/16
• Laurel Canyon: Golden Songs of Los Angeles 1966-72: Saturday, 11/26/16
• Art Garfunkel: In Close-Up: Tuesday, 11/29/16
• Art Garfunkel: In Close-Up: Wednesday, 11/30/16
• Art Garfunkel: In Close-Up: Thursday, 12/1/16
• The Swingles, Yule Songs Chamber Music: Friday, 12/2/16
• Boston Brass, Christmas Bells are Swingin'! Chamber Music: Sunday, 12/4/16
• Alessio Bax, piano, Lucille Chung, piano, Chamber Music: Sunday, 1/8/17
• Ailyn Perez, soprano; Kim Pensinger Witman, piano Chamber Music: Friday, 1/20/17
• Aaron Tveit: Saturday, 1/21/17
• International Guitar Night featuring: Lulo Reinhardt, Luca Stricagnoli, Chrystian Dozza and Debashish Bhattacharya: Wednesday, 2/1/17; 2/2/17
• Passing the Torch Debut Artists from SUNY Stony Brook w/ Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, & Paul Watkins Chamber Music: Friday, 2/3/17
• Cherish the Ladies: Tuesday, 2/14/17; Wednesday, 2/15/17
• Solas: Thursday, 2/16/17; Friday, 2/17/17
• Masters of Hawaiian Music: Saturday, 2/25/17
• Ballake Sissoko & Vincent Segal: Wednesday, 3/1/17
• Livingston Taylor: Thursday, 3/2/17
• Escher String Quartet Chamber Music at The Barns: Friday, 3/3/17
• Jim Brickman: Wednesday, 3/8/17; Thursday, 3/9/17
• John Eaton: Sunday, 3/19/17
• The Second City: We're All in This Room Together Wednesday, 3/22/17; Thursday, 3/23/17
• tenThing Chamber Music at The Barns: Friday, 3/24/17
• The Second City: We're All in This Room Together: Saturday, 3/25/17 (two shows); Sunday, 3/26/17
• The Bad Plus: Saturday, 4/1/17
• Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival: Friday, 4/14/17
• Gay Men's Chorus of Washington DC Saturday, 4/15/17
• Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, DC, Rock Creek Singers / Potomac Fever: Saturday, 4/15/17
• Tinariwen: Wednesday, 4/19/17
• John McCutcheon: Thursday, 4/20/17
• Branford Marsalis Quartet with special guest Kurt Elling, Saturday, 4/22/17 (two shows)
• Tom Paxton: Thursday, 4/27/17
• Emerson String Quartet Chamber Music at the Barns: Friday, 4/28/17
• 30th Annual Evening of ComedyThe Barns at Wolf Trap: Friday, 5/5/17; Saturday, 5/6/17 (two shows)

PHOTO: Rickie Lee Jones photo courtesy of Wolf Trap