Yale-in-Washington goes to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival!

Yale-in-Washington is taking a trip to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival! This festival is a summer essential and a great way to explore the cultural life of Washington. Register for this event so you get the email about where Yale-in-Washington is meeting!

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an international exposition of living cultural heritage annually produced outdoors on the National Mall of the United States in Washington, D.C., by the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

The Festival takes place for two weeks every summer overlapping the Fourth of July holiday. It is an educational presentation that features community-based cultural exemplars. Free to the public, like other Smithsonian museums, each Festival typically draws more than one million visitors.

  • Sunday, July 1 at 2:00 PM National Mall
    Register by July 1 at 9:00 AM

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*Legal notice: There will be alcohol at some Yale in Washington events. For those under 21 who attend events open to all ages where alcohol is served, such as happy hours and barbeques, you are reminded that the law forbids anyone under 21 from consuming alcohol. Students in attendance at these events acknowledge that Yale University is not responsible for, and will be held harmless against, any injury, loss, or other damage arising from or related in any manner to a student who does not abide by this law.