{"id":1745,"date":"2011-06-22T14:29:46","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T18:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2011\/06\/22\/smithsonian-folk-life-festival-on-the-national-mall-in-dc\/"},"modified":"2011-06-22T14:29:46","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T18:29:46","slug":"smithsonian-folk-life-festival-on-the-national-mall-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2011\/06\/22\/smithsonian-folk-life-festival-on-the-national-mall-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Folk Life Festival on the National Mall in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1744\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/festival04-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"festival04\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/festival04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/06\/festival04.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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