{"id":3862,"date":"2019-06-24T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=3862"},"modified":"2019-06-18T11:29:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T15:29:26","slug":"smithsonian-folklife-festival-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2019\/06\/24\/smithsonian-folklife-festival-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Folklife Festival will take place June 29 &amp; 30.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3485\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/06\/Smithsonian-Folklife-Festival-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"260\" 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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>This year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/festival.si.edu\"><strong>Smithsonian Folklife Festival<\/strong><\/a> theme is &#8220;The Social Power of Music&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This year will celebrate the power of music to entertain, educate, inspire, preserve history, strengthen identity, and build community. This is one of the largest annual cultural events in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Festival will be a little different, with two days of concerts instead of the usual two weeks of events. Visitors will still be able to enjoy live music and a variety of food and drink options from local food trucks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3863 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/9328324500_05df5cf108_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/9328324500_05df5cf108_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/9328324500_05df5cf108_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/9328324500_05df5cf108_z-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/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 style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Photo: S Pakhrin (Flickr)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Folklife Festival will take place June 29 &amp; 30.\u00a0 This year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/festival.si.edu\">Smithsonian Folklife Festival<\/a> theme is &#8220;The Social Power of Music&#8221;. This year will celebrate the power of music to entertain, educate, inspire, preserve history, strengthen identity, and build community. 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