{"id":964,"date":"2010-06-22T11:12:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T15:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=964"},"modified":"2010-06-22T11:12:16","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T15:12:16","slug":"smithsonian-folklife-festival-june-24-28-july-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2010\/06\/22\/smithsonian-folklife-festival-june-24-28-july-1-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithsonian Folklife Festival &#8211; June 24-28 &amp; July 1-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Folklife Festival will take place June 24-28 and July 1-5.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 This year&#8217;s festival will feature the traditions of Mexico and Asian Pacific Americans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-965\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/kylin_dancers_390-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"kylin_dancers_390\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/kylin_dancers_390-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/06\/kylin_dancers_390.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Festival is held outdoors on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between the Smithsonian museums. There is no admission charge. 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=\"\/visitor\/evening.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\/<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Folklife Festival will take place June 24-28 and July 1-5.\u00a0 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.\u00a0\u00a0 This year&#8217;s festival will feature the traditions of Mexico and  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2010\/06\/22\/smithsonian-folklife-festival-june-24-28-july-1-5\/\">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":[3],"tags":[273,335,380,388,819,859,942],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-dc","tag-event","tag-folklife-festival","tag-free","tag-smithsonian","tag-summer","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 - June 24-28 &amp; 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