📅 Saturday, July 27th
⏰ 1:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
📍 The National Mall
14th St SW & Jefferson Dr SW, Washington DC 20004
Words Beats & Life’s family-friendly festival celebrates the DMV community with multiple stages of performances, arts, poetry and storytelling pavilions, interactive dance & crafts workshops, fun zones and a health & wellness pavilion to keep the community strong. The DMV Made Culture & Wellness Festival is coming to Washington, DC as part of the national arts and health campaign, Arts for EveryBody.
Listen
Multiple performance stages featuring DMV’s best.
Play
Interactive family-fun zone & workshops.
Engage
Health & wellness activities and education.
Featured Artists
Cryptid Summer
DuPont Brass
Substantial
Be’la Dona
Sweet Honey In The Rock
Chuck Brown Band
JUST ADDED! THE BLACKBYRDS
Daylight
East Of The River Steelband
Jay Mills
Reggie Reg
Flex Mathews & Band
Batalá Washington
DJ Rita Burns
DJ Vico Vibez
Capital City Summer Mass Marching Band of Washington, DC
Family Stage
Featured activities & performers:
African Drum circle
Ebony Sunshine Inc (Puppet Show)
Juggling Performance & Workshop
Capital City Summer Mass Marching Band of Washington, DC
Program Of Washington DC
+ FAMILY FUN ZONE
Games & Activities
Face Painting by Peppy Expressions
DC Public Library Book Bike
Dance Stage
INTERACTIVE DANCE STAGE
PRESENTED BY ONE TAKE STUDIOS
Featured Dancers
The Lion’s Den
Step Afrika!
Miss Chief Rocka
National Hand Dancers Association showcase & mni hand dance lesson by Kevin Fitzhugh and Sheila Parker
Producer Stage
PRESENTED BY MADE IN THE DMV
Hosted by Byrd
Live showcase featuring some of the DMV & Baltimore’s best beat producers
Sparkeem (Aye Terk)
Cartier 10x
Ceezy
Cheecho
Chop Shop
Dolan Beats
Green House Studios
JUUX2x
DJ Mighty Mark
DJ Reggie Reg
Poetry and Storytelling
Presented by Dialect of Prince George’s
Tent pavilion featuring the regions most engaging & thought-provoking orators.
Featured presenters include
The Artist Network, Liberated Muse, Spit Dat & Story District
Art Installations
Street artists from around the US creating live art throughout the day
Gregg Deal
MISS CHELOVE
Rei21
Jamilla Okubo
MasPaz
Jazi Rock
Arts & Culture
Tent Pavilion Presented by Words Beats & Life Academy
Featured Workshops:
Zine making | The Beat Of Blossoms
Bucket Drumming | Levine Music
Crochet | Crochet Kingpin
Instrument Zoo | DC Strings
Poem Tree | Turnaround Arts (Kennedy Center)
Roses & Concrete | WBL Academy
Canvas Mural Making | WBL Academy
Health & Wellness
Participating Organizations:
DC Water
Undivide Project
Social Art and Culture Fellowship
Positive Force / We Are Family
Festival Map
Directions
LOCATION
The grounds are at 14th St SW & Jefferson Dr SW, Washington DC 20004
The DMV Made grounds are located diagonally across 14th St NW from The National Museum of African American History and Culture, and 1-block South of the National Museum of American History.
WE RECOMMEND arriving via ride share service or metro
METRO: The Smithsonian Blue / Orange / Silver line metro stop is a 1-block walk from the DMV Made Festival grounds. Exit the station on 12th St and Jefferson Dr. The festival grounds are West at the corner of the block off of Jefferson Dr SW and 14th St SW.
Limited amounts of paid street parking is available in the area. Be sure to read signs carefully to avoid ticketing.
Arts For EveryBody
At a moment when Americans face acute challenges to their individual and collective wellbeing, the audacious new campaign from One Nation/One Project titled Arts For EveryBody is about to prove how the arts can lead to healthier people and healthier communities. Inspired by the 1936 Federal Theatre Project where 18 cities and towns presented their own interpretations of the anti-fascist play “It Can't Happen Here,” Arts For EveryBody will bring together people and communities.
DMV Made is made possible through financial and partnership support from: