Our 2023 Labor Day Art Show - the 52nd anniversary of this event - will take place in the historic Spanish Ballroom this year as it has for over half a century! The show will be held from September 2-4, 2023, with an Opening Reception (RSVPs preferred, not required) on September 1 at 7:30pm.

Through August 4, we are inviting artists from the public to submit entries for the 52nd Annual Labor Day Art Show, a Glen Echo Park tradition where students, teachers, and art enthusiasts come together each year to celebrate the Park and its many distinctive arts programs.

The show features work from more than 200 artists from the greater Washington, DC area. The display includes a wide range of media, including sculpture, paintings, works on paper, ceramics, fiber arts, jewelry, photography, and furniture.

Institute of Musical Traditions presents Anda Union - (Mongolia/China)-- Indigenous music from the Inner Mongolian grasslands- in the Spanish Ballroom at 7:30pm!

Formed in 2000, Anda Union have influenced a generation of young Mongolians in Inner Mongolia as traditional music flourishes in the capital. Hailing from differing ethnic nomadic cultures, the ten strong band unite tribal and music traditions from all over Inner Mongolia. They do do so by bringing a wide range of musical instruments and vocal styles together in a fusion that Genghis Khan himself would have been proud of.Anda Union has toured extensively throughout the US and Canada in past years and recently has become famous in China, headlining festivals and playing large venues worldwide.

Competing on the Chinese version of "The Voice" they performed  their big song ‘Jangar'  in Mongolian with throat singing and horse head fiddles and were voted number one by the audience! Check it out here! 

*** PLEASE NOTE *** Use the following address for GPS to take you to our FREE parking lot: 5801 Oxford Road, Glen Echo, MD 20812

Parking & Directions: glenechopark.org/directions

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Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture presents Transcendental Light Orchestra performing a live music concert in our Ballroom Back Room on December 14th, 2024, at 7pm.

Transcendental Light Orchestra (TLO), led by James Bazen, brings together a diverse group
of musicians to create a multi-layered sound from eclectic influences. Bazen’s instrumental arrangements and orchestrations of Christmas airs and dances transcend the traditional meaning of the melodies and give them a more universal appeal.

TLO combines Baroque guitar and recorder, jazz improvisation, Brazilian bossa, and lots of electric guitar shredding. All seamlessly intertwined to create a magical, mystical, musical journey.

Tickets $15 in advance ($20 at the door).  

[ NOTE: Only one performance – at 7pm. We will not present a 9pm show. ]

*** PLEASE NOTE *** Use the following address for GPS to take you to our FREE parking lot: 5801 Oxford Road, Glen Echo, MD 20812

Parking & Directions: glenechopark.org/directions

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Two-Step Honky Tonk Dance with Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys on Friday 8/15/25!

Free Two-Step Lesson included with price of admission from 7:30-8:00pm with Sharon Schiliro and Michael Hart of Dancing by the Bayou!

Social dance with the band 8:00-10:30pm

Two-step the night away with Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys Friday, August 15 in Glen Echo Park’s wonderful open-air covered Bumper Car Pavilion! We'll start off the evening with a beginner lesson (free with the price of admission) with Sharon Schiliro and Michael Hart of Dancing by the Bayou, followed by dancing with the band! Doors open at 7:00 pm.

From Baltimore, Md to Central Texas, Arty Hill packs the bars and dance floors with his unique brand of modern Honky Tonk. He sings with an "'everyman' quality…reminiscent of Johnny Cash." (Vintage Guitar Magazine). His songs - marrying the soul of classic country with the wry storytelling of Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt - have been recorded by the Grammy-nominated Kenny and Amanda Smith Band, Alt-Country pioneer Jason Ringenberg, Rockabilly Queen Bee Marti Brom, and Austin’s Texas Sapphires, among others. His recordings have topped the FAR (Freeform American Roots) chart, and his songs have appeared in two seasons of "Gun it with Bennie Spies" on the Sportsman Channel and in the 2017 movie "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" starring Elijah Wood. Arty is also co-founder of the Hank Williams Songwriting Workshop in Montgomery, AL, and and instructor at the Augusta Heritage Center's Classic Country Week in Elkins, WVa. His 2021 release, "A Thousand Smoky Nights," features Arty and his top notch band, the Long Gone Daddys. It includes 11 new original tunes, plus a re-imagined version of the Arty and Linda Hill penned '"Mascara Tears," featuring vocalist Michelle Hannan. Telecaster master and legendary Lost Planet Airman Bill Kirchen says: "From the brash R n R of 'A Twang coming On' to the open heart surgery of 'Are You Sleeping,' there's a wealth of real deal Honky tonk in here."

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Two-Step Honky Tonk Dance with Arty Hill & the Long Gone Daddys on Friday 5/9/25!

Free Two-Step Lesson included with price of admission from 8:30-9:00pm with Sharon Schiliro and Michael Hart of Dancing by the Bayou!

Social dance with the band 9:00-11:30pm

From Baltimore, Md to Central Texas, Arty Hill packs the bars and dance floors with his unique brand of modern Honky Tonk. He sings with an "'everyman' quality…reminiscent of Johnny Cash." (Vintage Guitar Magazine). His songs - marrying the soul of classic country with the wry storytelling of Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt - have been recorded by the Grammy-nominated Kenny and Amanda Smith Band, Alt-Country pioneer Jason Ringenberg, Rockabilly Queen Bee Marti Brom, and Austin’s Texas Sapphires, among others. His recordings have topped the FAR (Freeform American Roots) chart, and his songs have appeared in two seasons of "Gun it with Bennie Spies" on the Sportsman Channel and in the 2017 movie "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore" starring Elijah Wood. Arty is also co-founder of the Hank Williams Songwriting Workshop in Montgomery, AL, and and instructor at the Augusta Heritage Center's Classic Country Week in Elkins, WVa. His 2021 release, "A Thousand Smoky Nights," features Arty and his top notch band, the Long Gone Daddys. It includes 11 new original tunes, plus a re-imagined version of the Arty and Linda Hill penned '"Mascara Tears," featuring vocalist Michelle Hannan. Telecaster master and legendary Lost Planet Airman Bill Kirchen says: "From the brash R n R of 'A Twang coming On' to the open heart surgery of 'Are You Sleeping,' there's a wealth of real deal Honky tonk in here."

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8:30-9:00pm Two-Step Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30 Social Dance

**We are moving indoors to the back room of the ballroom due to wind and rain!**

We are thrilled to partner with multi-instrumentalist and organizer Alex Lacquement to bring the lively Honky Tonk event he has cultivated in Baltimore to our own Bumper Car Pavilion! Join us for a free dance lesson in Two Step followed by an evening of dancing to live music with Rusty Sal. No prior experience needed and you don't need to bring a partner.

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We are moving indoors to the Back Room of the Ballroom due to the wind and rain!

We are thrilled to partner with multi-instrumentalist and organizer Alex Lacquement to bring the lively Honky Tonk event he has cultivated in Baltimore to our own Bumper Car Pavilion! Join us for a free dance lesson in Two Step followed by an evening of dancing to live music with Rusty Sal. No prior experience needed and you don't need to bring a partner.

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Can't decide whether to Country Two-Step or Contra dance tonight? You can do both! Buy a ticket to the Honky Tonk Two-Step Dance and enter the Contra dance for only $5! Ask for details at the check-in desk.

An ultra-challenging urban dance weekend featuring mind bending figures, non-gendered calling, and phenomenal music. Two days of workshops, dancing, community, fun and food in the fabulous open air, covered Bumper Car Pavilion and throughout Glen Echo Park.

Callers: Lisa Greenleaf and River Rainbowface. Live Dance: Free Raisins (Audrey Jaber, Amy Engelsberg, Jeff Kaufman) and Bowrider (Kelsey Wells, Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay).

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See event site for admission prices and registration.

UpRooted Dance presents "Untethered & Unseen: The Mysterious Life of Hilma af Klint," at Glen Echo Park from May 2-4, 2024. In this experiential and participatory performance, audiences will be guided through tableau moments from Swedish Artist Hilma af Klint's (1862-1944) life as a spiritual medium and powerhouse female artist and founder of the abstract art movement. Her story, largely unknown and untold, is still unfolding today. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer – a female force in a male dominated modern art world, paving the way for many other abstract artists including Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian. 

Audiences will be immersed in dance and interdisciplinary storytelling with choreography by Keira Hart-Mendoza and dancers; original musical composition and performance by Robin Ghertner; and video by Nitsan Scharf and Chandler Bramstedt.

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UpRooted Dance presents "Untethered & Unseen: The Mysterious Life of Hilma af Klint," at Glen Echo Park from May 2-4, 2024. In this experiential and participatory performance, audiences will be guided through tableau moments from Swedish Artist Hilma af Klint's (1862-1944) life as a spiritual medium and powerhouse female artist and founder of the abstract art movement. Her story, largely unknown and untold, is still unfolding today. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer – a female force in a male dominated modern art world, paving the way for many other abstract artists including Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian. 

Audiences will be immersed in dance and interdisciplinary storytelling with choreography by Keira Hart-Mendoza and dancers; original musical composition and performance by Robin Ghertner; and video by Nitsan Scharf and Chandler Bramstedt.

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