Merriweather Post Pavilion is an outdoor concert venue located in the planned community of Columbia, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore and Washington, DC. In 2010, Merriweather was named the second best amphitheater in the United States by Billboard magazine. The venue was also ranked as the fourth best amphitheater in the United States by Rolling Stone in 2013. It was again ranked by Consequence of Sound at number 29 of all music venues in the nation out of 100 in 2016. In 2023, Fodor's Travel named Merriweather the 6th-best outdoor music venue in the country.