{"id":1141,"date":"2011-06-22T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T19:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dca\/2011\/06\/22\/smithsonian-folk-life-festival-on-the-national-mall-in-washington-dc\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T15:18:11","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T19:18:11","slug":"smithsonian-folk-life-festival-on-the-national-mall-in-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dca\/2011\/06\/22\/smithsonian-folk-life-festival-on-the-national-mall-in-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Folk Life Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/festival04-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"festival04\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>The Folklife Festival will take place June 30-July 4 and July 7-11. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage.\u00a0 Attracting more than one million visitors yearly, the two-week long celebration is the largest annual cultural event in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival will celebrate Rhythm &amp; Blues Music in the U.S., the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps and the traditions of Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>The Festival is held outdoors on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between the Smithsonian museums. <strong>There is no admission charge. <\/strong>Visitors should dress for hot and humid weather. Parking around the Mall is extremely limited, so visitors are advised to use Metrorail. The Smithsonian station (Mall exit) is at the Festival site. Federal Triangle and National Archives stations are close by. For general Smithsonian visitor information, call 202.633.1000.<\/p>\n<p>Festival hours are 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festival.si.edu\/2011\/schedule_06_30.aspx\">special events<\/a> taking place most evenings.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend that you visit their website to plan your visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festival.si.edu\/\">http:\/\/www.festival.si.edu\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Folklife Festival will take place June 30-July 4 and July 7-11. The Annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage.\u00a0 Attracting more than one million visitors yearly, the two-week long celebration is the largest annual cultural event in the United States. This year\u2019s festival will celebrate Rhythm &amp; Blues  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dca\/2011\/06\/22\/smithsonian-folk-life-festival-on-the-national-mall-in-washington-dc\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[25,44,53,76,116,147],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fun-things-we-do","tag-blues","tag-colombia","tag-culture-free-event","tag-festival","tag-national-mall","tag-smithsonian"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Smithsonian Folk Life Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC - Judit &amp; Michelle&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smithsonian Folk Life Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC - Judit &amp; Michelle&#039;s Au Pair In America Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 The Folklife Festival will take place June 30-July 4 and July 7-11. 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