Tents, vendors, three stages and a dance plaza, food trucks and even a history truck line a stretch of 18th street in Northwest in Adams Morgan. It鈥檚 the 41st celebration of one of the District鈥檚 historic neighborhoods.
At 41 years old, Adams Morgan Day is jumping, in a chill Sunday kind of way, from 18th and Columbia Road down past Wyoming Avenue, Northwest.
An afternoon rundown of music representing various genres has been gracing three stages along the stretch of street that鈥榮 been closed off for the festival.
Among the showcased acts, 鈥渄rumming and dancing and live music, the kids area 鈥� the Family Fun Zone put on by Volo City is down on the Marie Reed soccer field. That鈥檚 near 18th and Wyoming 鈥� you鈥檒l see a big balloon arch,鈥� said Kara Davis, chair of the nonprofit Adams Morgan Community Alliance.
There鈥檚 also a dance plaza, an artists alley and a truck featuring Adams Morgan history, as well as an exhibit of Latino History at the Line Hotel.
Davis told 海角精品黑料 this festival is how some people learn that the neighborhood exists.
鈥淎dams Morgan Day was one of the first events I came to in Adams Morgan when I moved to D.C. back in 1998. I think if you walk up and down the street today, you鈥檒l find a lot of people who found out about this neighborhood from Adams Morgan Day over the years,鈥� Davis said.
A short stroll past the stage at 18th and Wyoming is the special zone for the kids and their families to play corn hole, connect four, hula hoops and more.
鈥淲e have face painting, we have balloons, we have anything you could really ask for. We鈥檙e making sure everyone knows this festival is a family friendly festival,鈥� said Floyd Jones, who works with Volo City Kids Foundation 鈥� the group that organized the Family Fun Zone.
And a family fun zone with activities from soccer, hula hoops, to Connect Four. Adams Morgan Day is 41 years strong, and it鈥檚 a chill bustle of activity out here. 😀
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Adams Morgan Day is the result of volunteer effort.
鈥淲e have about 35 volunteers helping out at all the stages and with the vendors to help set up and break down and make sure the festival is fun and safe,鈥� said A. Tianna Scozzaro, who has been part of the volunteer festival planning team for six years.
鈥淚t鈥檚 really a showcase of the neighborhood, and we celebrate the diversity and history of the neighborhood, and the diversity of cuisines and backgrounds that people come to the neighborhood with, and invite everybody across the city to join us,鈥� Scozzaro said.
