The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture presents Global Rhythms: Music, Dance, & Storytelling from Around the World.

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Glen Echo Park is proud to collaborate with the office of Montgomery County Council President Evan Glass to present the 4th annual Pride Family Day!

From 11am to 2pm on June 22, we invite families to the Bumper Car Pavilion to enjoy free activities:

• Hands-on Arts & Crafts
• Carousel Rides (FREE tickets while supplies last!)
• Face Painting
• Festive Snacks
• Special Backdrop for Family Photo Op
• Family Dance Party

PLUS

• Discounted tickets to our award-winning children's theaters and aquarium! Head to the Info Table at the event for the discount code and for more information about Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture Events.

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The Washington Folk Festival at historic Glen Echo Park returns for the 41st year for this local tradition. The Festival will run from 12 noon to 7 pm on Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4.

This FREE, rain-or-shine event is a celebration of the many cultural traditions that are a part of our greater Washington community.

You’ll experience a variety of American music styles like bluegrass, honkytonk, blues, swing jazz, old-timey, rockabilly, skiffle, and gospel. From abroad, savor offerings from the British Isles, Mexico, North India, Scandinavia, Afghanistan, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Paraguay, Spain, the Balkans, and more. Prepare to move with dances including English country, contra, klezmer, bal folk, waltz, tango, Cajun, Middle Eastern, Bulgarian, and swing, with fantastic bands and expert callers who know their stuff.

With over 85 hours of performances in multiple performance areas, there is something for everyone!

Parking on-site is limited, so please take advantage of the festival shuttle from the free satellite parking at the Waverly parking lot located at 7400 Waverly Street, Bethesda, MD 20814, one block from the Bethesda Metro station on the Red Line.

If you have attended the festival in previous years, please note that this is a NEW PARKING LOT for satellite parking.

The Washington Folk Festival at historic Glen Echo Park returns for the 41st year for this local tradition. The Festival will run from 12 noon to 7 pm on Saturday and Sunday, June 3 and 4.

This FREE, rain-or-shine event is a celebration of the many cultural traditions that are a part of our greater Washington community.

You’ll experience a variety of American music styles like bluegrass, honkytonk, blues, swing jazz, old-timey, rockabilly, skiffle, and gospel. From abroad, savor offerings from the British Isles, Mexico, North India, Scandinavia, Afghanistan, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, Paraguay, Spain, the Balkans, and more. Prepare to move with dances including English country, contra, klezmer, bal folk, waltz, tango, Cajun, Middle Eastern, Bulgarian, and swing, with fantastic bands and expert callers who know their stuff.

With over 85 hours of performances in multiple performance areas, there is something for everyone!

Parking on-site is limited, so please take advantage of the festival shuttle from the free satellite parking at the Waverly parking lot located at 7400 Waverly Street, Bethesda, MD 20814, one block from the Bethesda Metro station on the Red Line.

If you have attended the festival in previous years, please note that this is a NEW PARKING LOT for satellite parking.

Enjoy hot cocoa and snacks, pick up your special member/donor gift, and make your year-end donation! To RSVP, email development@glenechopark.org. Learn more >>

Support local artists on Small Business Saturday and do your holiday shopping in the Popcorn and Stone Tower Galleries! Learn more >>

A variety of different events take place on November 19th to kick off this year's season of holiday arts programming at Glen Echo Park! Check out the Glen Echo Pottery Outdoor Market from 10am to 4pm in the Bumper Car Pavilion, enjoy a food truck from 11am to 2pm, shop around the Popcorn and Stone Tower Galleries from 12pm to 8pm, and join us for an opening reception for the Holiday Art Show from 6pm to 8pm. Learn more >>

Glen Echo Park is proud to collaborate with the office of Montgomery County Council President Evan Glass to present the 5th annual Pride Family Day!

Be our guest at the Park to enjoy FREE hands-on arts & crafts project, FREE carousel tickets (while supplies last!), a special family photo op backdrop, and a family dance party.

In conjunction with the Dentzel Carousel Opening Weekend, join us on May 1 for The Magic Garden Flower Bloom at Glen Echo Park. Throughout the weekend, the back corner of the park will transformed into an interactive art installation, featuring thousands of crocheted flowers handmade by craftspeople from around the country – and at the end of your tour, you can pick your very own flower from a special patch in exchange for a donation in any amount to the park.

All proceeds will benefit Glen Echo Park and the Beeler Fountain project, a two-year volunteer effort to restore the fountain and build a garden of native trees, plants and flowers in that corner of the park.

Presented by the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, the exhibition and sale — one of the largest art shows in the region — runs from 12 pm to 6 pm each day. Admission is free. The exhibition features the work of more than 200 artists from the mid-Atlantic region. The show includes works in a wide range of artistic media, including sculpture, painting and drawing, ceramics, glass, jewelry, fiber arts, photography, furniture, works on paper, and more. Check back later for more details!