Origins of the Go Go Live at the Capital Centre Concert: The Compared to What Group and Arts Programming in DC Parks
Abstract
This article looks at the origins of Compared to What, a non-profit arts program that was in operation during the 1970s in Washington, DC. It focuses on the organization’s collaboration with the National Park Service in several DC-area parks, among them the National Mall, Anacostia Park, and Rock Creek Park, and argues that such engagement prepared the founders of the organization to be a major player in the go-go promotion scene of the 1980s, notably in organizing the Go Go Live at the Capital Centre concert.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Arts
Culture
and Music Studies
American Environmental and Regional History
Recreation
Leisure
Wilderness Management
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Parks Stewardship Forum
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 1
- Publication date
- 15 January 2026
- Language
- EN