{"id":3730,"date":"2018-06-20T18:03:46","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T18:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2018-06-20T18:03:46","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T18:03:46","slug":"smithsonian-folklife-festival-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2018\/06\/20\/smithsonian-folklife-festival-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Folklife Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Folklife Festival will take place June 27-July 1\u00a0and July 4-8.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/festival.si.edu\"><strong>Smithsonian Folklife Festival<\/strong><\/a> is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage. 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><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3485 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/Smithsonian-Folklife-Festival-image.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/Smithsonian-Folklife-Festival-image.jpg 390w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/Smithsonian-Folklife-Festival-image-300x200.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"260\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Festival is held outdoors on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between the Smithsonian museums.\u00a0<strong>There is no admission charge.\u00a0<\/strong>Visitors should dress for hot and humid weather. Parking around the Mall is extremely limited, so visitors are advised to use public transportation. L\u2019Enfant Plaza is the closest Metro station to the Festival site. National Archives, Smithsonian, and Federal Center stations are within a half-mile. For assistance planning how to get around, visit www.goDCgo.com. For general Smithsonian visitor information, http:\/\/www.si.edu\/Visit or call 202.633.1000 (voice).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SddppkKB3Lk?feature=oembed\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Festival hours are 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., with\u00a0special events\u00a0taking place most evenings beginning at 6:30 p.m. View the schedule <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festival.si.edu\/schedule\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend that you visit their website to plan your visit\u00a0<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 27-July 1\u00a0and July 4-8.\u00a0 The annual <a href=\"https:\/\/festival.si.edu\">Smithsonian Folklife Festival<\/a> is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage. Attracting more than one million visitors yearly, the two-week long celebration is the largest annual cultural event in the United States. The Festival is held outdoors on the National Mall  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2018\/06\/20\/smithsonian-folklife-festival-3\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[255,273,380,625,1148,942],"class_list":["post-3730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cultural-exchange","tag-dc","tag-folklife-festival","tag-national-mall","tag-smithsonian-museum","tag-washington"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Smithsonian Folklife Festival - Au Pair Chatter<\/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 Folklife Festival - Au Pair Chatter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Folklife Festival will take place June 27-July 1\u00a0and July 4-8.\u00a0 The annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an international exhibition of living cultural heritage. 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