The Anthem is a music venue and auditorium in the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

[1][2] The Anthem is part of The Wharf, a comprehensive redevelopment of the Southwest Waterfront area.

The 57,000-square-foot venue, which cost $60 million (USD), has a movable stage and backdrop that allows capacity to vary from 2,500 to 6,000.

[3] The venue is operated by I.M.P., which also manages Washington's 9:30 Club and Lincoln Theatre and Maryland's Merriweather Post Pavilion.

[4] In its first few months of operation, the venue hosted musical acts including AJR, Lorde, Meek Mill, The National, The War on Drugs, Greensky Bluegrass, GRiZ, Phoenix, Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile, The Killers, Tegan and Sara, Erykah Badu, Bob Dylan, Judas Priest, Noel Gallagher, Queens of the Stone Age, David Byrne, LCD Soundsystem, Pentatonix, Fantasia Barrino, Thievery Corporation, Phil Lesh, and Little Big Town.