Live-music venues worth the trip in Manassas, Virginia

The Hylton Performing Arts Center is a George Mason University venue in Manassas whose 1,123-seat Merchant Hall its own site calls “an elegantly styled opera house with a 100-foot stage and orchestra pit”, and it presents its American Roots Series of “up-close, down-home concerts with the best of bluegrass, country, blues, jazz, and more” in its 242-seat Gregory Family Theater.

Harris Pavilion is a pavilion and seasonal ice rink on Center Street in Historic Downtown Manassas that hosts a concert season, and its own site promotes “Concerts & Other Fun” there.

theYard, one of the venues on the NOVA LIVE campus in Manassas, is an outdoor stage for live bands, and its own site says it aims for an experience “where live music takes center stage”, with a mix of tribute acts and local bands and a country festival each summer.