29th Annual Washington Folk Festival

The 29th Annual Washington Folk Festival will be held on Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31, 2009. The festival runs from noon to 7:00pm on Saturday and Sunday at Glen Echo Park. The festival is FREE to the public.The festival features music, dance, storytelling, and crafts from artists in the Washington, DC area. With performances representing cultures from around the world as well as around the country, it is your chance to find out what is going on in the folk communities of the area.This Year's Program For a look at this year's program click here. For a look at the craft exhibitors at the this year's festival click here. Crafts We are looking for a few new crafters. If you are interested you can find more information by clicking here. -->Volunteers This is an all-volunteer event: everyone, including the performers, planners, technicians, and sound engineers, EVERYONE donates their services. We Need You! Tell us about some of your talents and interests and we will find a place for you to contribute to the Washington Folk Festival's ongoing success. During the festival, we need help with stage crews, information booths, parking, food service, trash patrols, theater ushers, volunteer and performer check-in, chronicling live performances, and facilitating last minute changes. In addition, we also need volunteers every weekend in May to help prepare for the festival. To volunteer click here. The Program For Last Year For a look at the 2008 program click here. For a look at the craft exhibitors at the 2008 festival click here. Parking and Metro Access Glen Echo Park is located at 7300 MacArthur Blvd. Because of the popularity of the Festival, Glen Echo Park does not have enough parking for everyone. To accommodate our Festival patrons, GEICO is providing satellite parking at the GEICO campus in Friendship Heights, MD. GEICO is located just two blocks west of Wisconsin Avenue on Western Avenue. The Festival provides free continuously running shuttle buses to and from the festival site. You can also ride METRO to the Friendship Heights Station, walk the short distance to GEICO and ride the free shuttle. Festival Support The Washington Folk Festival is pleased to once again have WAMU 88.5 FM as its Festival Media Sponsor. This will be the 11th year WAMU has supported the Festival with its on air sponsorship. WAMU 88.5 is the leading public radio station for NPR news and information in the greater Washington, D.C., area, with more than 677,000 listeners in the region. WAMU 88.5 is your NPR news station in the nation's capital. WAMU broadcasts three HD channels: the flagship frequency at 88.5-1; WAMU's Bluegrass Country, a bluegrass and Americana station, at WAMU 88.5-2; and WAMU 88.5-3, a news and information station focused on international coverage from the BBC and offering public radio programs unavailable elsewhere in the region. WAMU's Bluegrass Country can also be heard on 105.5 FM in northern Virginia and online at bluegrasscountry.org.