The
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (on the building itself called the
John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the
Kennedy Center) is a
performing arts center located on the
Potomac River, adjacent to the
Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The Center, which opened September 8, 1971, produces and presents theater, dance, ballet, orchestral, chamber,
jazz, popular, and
folk music, in addition to multi-media performances for all ages.