ECHO ARTS FESTIVAL
Sunday, September 28, 2025 | 12pm – 5pm | Throughout the Park
Join us at the Park for a celebration of visual and performing arts! This FREE event will include a multitude of hands-on activities, live music, and unique opportunities to delve into the arts.
We hope you can join us for an art-filled day! Echo Arts Festival is our fall celebration of visual and performing arts at the Park.
RAIN or SHINE, we've got you covered (literally! even outdoor spaces are covered) with so many different types of arts and cultural programs that make up this annual festival: performances, workshops, art sales, art demos, hands-on art/craft projects, and more!
The FREE event will include unique opportunities to delve into the arts. From hands-on art activities, to musical performances – including Emma G and Grupo Fénix – to dance performances & workshops, and Resident Artists' open studios & galleries, everyone is sure to find something fun to explore!
We'll have food, too, so you can stay all day! Square Taco food truck, and our own Praline Café.
Check out all the activities below. (On the day of the event, we'll post a schedule here to view & download.)
RSVP preferred, not required. There is no check-in at this event.
Thank you to our generous event sponsor!
Performances / Presentations
- GRUPO FÉNIX | 12:00pm - 12:45pm | Bumper Car Pavilion
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Grupo Fénix is a Washington, DC-based collective of musicians focused on preserving and promoting musical genres from Mexican and Latin American culture. The group combines rancheras, huapangos, boleros, and son jarocho with Caribbean and South American influences for a multi-layered experience of the Latin American soundscape. (Fans of the Washington Folk festival may recognize this group from a 2023 performance at the Park.)
Learn more about Grupo Fénix >>
- SALSA & BACHATA WITH AMBER LOGAN | Salsa: 12:30pm - 1:30pm, Bachata: 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Spanish Ballroom
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Latin Dance instructor Amber Logan will lead introductory Salsa and Bachata lessons in the historic Spanish Ballroom. Amber is the instructor at monthly, Partnership-presented Bachata y más (Bachata & More) dances.
- DC CASINEROS | 1:00pm - 1:45pm | Bumper Car Pavilion
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DC Casineros Dance Company presents a dance performance and workshop rooted in AfroCuban, Afro-Caribbean, and French/English contra dances. The Company’s co-directors, Amanda Gill and Adrian Valdivia, have performed and taught at local venues and have experience with dance-as-therapy. DC Casineros has been presenting their popular Rueda de Casino social dances at the Park for two years.
Learn more about DC Casineros >>
- ERNESTO LIMA-PARET & FRIENDS | 1:00pm - 1:45pm | Bumper Car Pavilion
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Ernesto Lima-Paret is a member of the faculty at Glen Echo Park resident arts organization Washington Conservatory of Music. He has performed throughout the world as a singer and conductor.
Learn more about the Ernesto Lima-Paret & Friends performance >>
- CULKIN SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL IRISH DANCE | 2:00pm - 2:45pm | Bumper Car Pavilion
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The Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance keeps Irish dance and music alive through a rigorous and comprehensive curriculum for ages 5 through adult. Founded in 1997 by Sean and Denise Culkin, the school prides itself on its sense of community and has been able to foster relationships that last a lifetime through the ties of Irish culture and the interest in Irish dance.
Learn more about Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance >>
- WASHINGTON REVELS: HERITAGE VOICES | 2:30pm - 3:30pm | Spanish Ballroom
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Founded in 1983 as a multi-generational performing arts community of professionals and nonprofessionals that presents traditional music, dance, storytelling, and drama, Washington Revels has been a resident arts organization at Glen Echo Park since 2021. Revels includes four performing ensembles — Gallery Voices, Heritage Voices, Jubilee Voices, and Maritime Voices.
Learn more about Heritage Voices >>
- EMMA G | 3:00pm - 3:45pm | Bumper Car Pavilion
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Headlining this year’s festival is Emma G, an award-winning singer-songwriter, two-time TEDx speaker, transformational empowerment coach, and #1 bestselling author who uses music as a vehicle for healing, resilience, and self-discovery. Whether on stage, in a studio, or through the screen, Emma G helps people find their voice and their power.
- SAMBA WITH EDUCARTE | 3:30pm - 4:30pm | Spanish Ballroom
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Dance presenter EducArte will teach a lesson in Samba in the historic Spanish Ballroom. EducArte is a Montgomery County-based Brazilian performing arts presenter dedicated to celebrating and sharing the vibrancy of Brazilian culture through music, dance, and educational programs. The Partnership co-presents a monthly Sarau de Samba event with EducArte in the Ballroom Back Room.
- WEST COAST SWING WITH LATE NIGHT EARLY | 4:00pm - 5:00pm | Bumper Car Pavilion
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Late Night Early will present a performance and a participatory, beginner-friendly West Coast Swing workshop. Late Night Early will also present a late-afternoon social dance & lesson after the festival.
Learn more about Late Night Early >>
Demos / Hands-On
- HANDS-ON ART PROJECTS
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Details coming soon!
- SHORT FILMS FEATURING FOLKLIFE APPRENTICESHIPS & HERITAGE AWARDS ARTISTS
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The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture is pleased to showcase screenings of documentary short films by Wide Angle Youth Media for the Maryland State Arts Council. These short films document traditions in Maryland through Folklife Apprenticeships and Heritage Awards.
Resident Visual Arts Organizations, including Demos & Art Sales
- Glen Echo Pottery
- Sculpture Studio
- Stone Tower Studio
- SilverWorks
- Photoworks
- Art Glass Center
- Glassworks
- Yellow Barn Studio & Gallery
Glen Echo Park Partnership Galleries
- Popcorn Gallery: View the current exhibition; artwork for sale.
- Stone Tower Gallery: View the current exhibition; artwork for sale.
- Park View Gallery: View the current exhibition; artwork for sale.
Food & Beverages
- Praline Café
- Square Taco food truck
FREE parking in our main parking lot at 5801 Oxford Road. Search "Glen Echo Park Parking" in Google Maps. Find more information and a link to our Park Map here.
Take a look at some highlights from the first annual Echo Arts Festival in 2022!
Suggested Donation: $10
Every contribution helps us present free festivals, concerts, preserve and maintain the Park's historic buildings, and more.
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