Upcoming Events in Washington, DC Area
Event Information Provided by Washington, DC Convention & Tourism Corporation
DC Jazz Festival
Date: June1-June 13, 2010
Description: With more than 100 performances in dozens of venues across the city, the DC Jazz Festival is the largest music festival in Washington, D.C. and one of the most highly anticipated cultural events in the nation.
More Information: http://www.dcjazzfest.org/
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Capital Pride
Date: June 4-June 13, 2010
Description: The fourth-largest gay pride event in the United States, Capital Pride events and the Capital Pride Festival is a nine-day festival focusing on diversity, cultural achievement, civil rights issues and entertainment by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals, families, and friends. Capital Pride celebrates the uniqueness of all individuals who participate in the annual celebration through creating involvement in the annual parade and street festival.
Location: Parade - 23rd and P Streets, NW. Festival - Pennsylvania Avenue
Admission: Free.
Metro: www.metroopensdoors.com
More Information: capitalpride.org
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National Capital Barbeque Battle
Date: June 20-June 21, 2010
Description: Here in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, tens of thousands of people witness barbecue teams and restaurants from around the country compete to win over $25,000 in cash & prizes and the title of National Pork BBQ Champion, as well as a chance to represent the Mid-Atlantic United States at the Barbecue World Championship, Memphis in May. Benefiting the Metropolitan Police Boys & Girls Clubs the Safeway Barbecue Battle celebrates the art of barbecue in a spirit of community, family and fun. The event has raised over $800,000 for it's beneficiaries. The Barbecue Battle features serious competition between top BBQ competitors, great BBQ restaurants from our area and around the country, cooking demonstrations, free food samples, interactive cooking displays and children's activities.
Location: Pennsylvania Avenue between 9th and 14th Sts.
Admission: $10 adult and $5 kids 6-12. Kids under 5 are Free. Click here to buy your tickets online.
Metro: Federal Triangle (Blue/Orange Lines)
More Information: http://www.bbqdc.com/
Sponsored by Safeway and produced by Barbecue Battle, Inc.
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DC Caribbean Carnival
Date: June 27-June 28, 2010
Description: The annual Extravaganza Parade will be staged along the Georgia Avenue corridor on Saturday, June 28, 2008, and will commence at Missouri Avenue at 11:00 am and terminate at the international marketplace at "DE SAVANNAH" - Banneker Recreation Park. DC Caribbean Carnival will host the international marketplace at "DE SAVANNAH " from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m featuring food, craft and entertainment. There will be a $10 cover charge at "DE SAVANNAH".
Location: Georgia Avenue and Banneker Recreation Park
Admission: Free for the parade, but $10 for events at Banneker Recreation Park
Metro: www.metroopensdoors.com
More Information: dccaribbeancarnival.org
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Date: June 24-July 5, 2010
Description: Initiated in 1967, The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is a national, even international, celebration of contemporary living traditions. The Festival typically includes daily and evening programs of music, song, dance, celebratory performance, crafts and cooking demonstrations, storytelling, illustrations of workers' culture, and narrative sessions for discussing cultural issues. The Festival encourages visitors to participate - to learn, sing, dance, eat traditional foods, and converse with people presented in the Festival program. Over the years, it has brought more than 16,000 musicians, artists, performers, craftspeople, workers, cooks, storytellers and others to the National Mall to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and aesthetics that embody the creative vitality of community-based traditions. To date the Festival has featured exemplary tradition bearers from 90 nations, every region of the United States, scores of ethnic communities, more than 100 American Indian groups, and some 70 occupations. Festivals typically include international, regional/state, occupational, and thematic programs.
Open daily 11 - 5:30 pm. Evening events 6 pm.
Location: National Mall
Admission: Free.
Metro: Smithsonian (Blue/Orange Lines) or L'Enfant Plaza (Green/Yellow Lines)
More Information: www.festival.si.edu
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Independence Day Celebrations
Date: July 4-July 5, 2010
Description: Celebrate the nation's birthday in the nation's capital. Don't miss the parade, with more then 100 marching units stepping out at noon along Constitution Avenue. When that's over, popular music groups entertain from mid-afternoon until the fireworks.The National Symphony Orchestra, with guest stars and soloists, performs at 8 pm. The fireworks show begins around 9:20 pm over the Washington Monument grounds.
Location: Constitution Avenue between 7th and 17th Streets
Admission: Free.
Metro: Federal Triangle & Smithsonian (Blue/Orange lines), Archives-Navy Memorial (Green/Yellow lines)
More Information: www.festival.si.edu
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America Supports Your Freedom Walk
Date: July 7, 2010
Description: IThe tradition began with a walk in Washington DC, and the National ASY Freedom Walk continues. Now in its fourth year, the National ASY Freedom Walk draws people not only from the Washington metropolitan region, but from throughout the nation. This year, on Sunday, September 6 the sixth-annual America Supports You National Freedom Walk will take place in Washington, DC. The National ASY Freedom Walk is free of charge and open to the public. You must register in advance to participate.
Location: The America Supports You Freedom Walk will begin at the Washington Monument and will follow a route across Arlington Memorial Bridge to the crash site at the Pentagon.
Admission: Free but participants must register in advance and can do so online here.
Metro: Arlington Cemetery
More Information: americasupportsyou.mil/freedomwalk
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