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WASHINGTON FOLK FESTIVAL, May 30 & 31 — Music, Dance Workshops, Storytelling, Fine Arts Craft Market. Free to Public, Rain or Shine. Explore Washington's diverse American and international cultural heritage as over 450 local musicians, dancers, and storytellers. Listen to great music, dance all weekend, listen to wonderful stories, browse the crafts market, and jam in the picnic area. Enjoy the beauty of historic Glen Echo Park!
40th Washington Folk Festival
Saturday - Sunday, May 30/31, 2020, Noon to 7pm
Glen Echo Park, MD,
7300 MacArthur Blvd,
Glen Echo, Md 20812
www.washingtonfolkfestival.org
The schedule is posted to Facebook on the Washington Folk Festival page! www.washingtonfolkfestival.org
Below is:
- Parking and Metro Access
- Driving Directions
- Handicap Accessibility information
- Sponsors
PARKING, METRO ACCESS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Glen Echo Park is located at 7300 MacArthur Blvd.
PARKING
Glen Echo Park has some parking. However, because of the popularity of the Festival, the Park does not have enough parking for everyone. To accommodate our Festival patrons, GEICO is providing satellite parking at the GEICO campus in Friendship Heights, MD. GEICO is located just two blocks west of Wisconsin Avenue on Western Avenue. The Festival provides free continuously running shuttle buses to and from the festival site.
METRO
Take Metro to the Friendship Heights Station, walk the short distance to GEICO and ride the free shuttle.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
Glen Echo Park is inside the beltway near Bethesda: 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo, Maryland 20812.
From DC: If you can get to M Street in Georgetown, it is fairly easy to get to Glen Echo. Get on M Street anywhere downtown and take it toward Georgetown. Go through Georgetown on M and pass the Key Bridge on your left. The first intersection is Canal Road on your left. Pass that and go to the second intersection, which will be MacArthur Blvd. Make a left onto MacArthur Blvd. The road forks once or twice. Watch the signs to be sure you're still on MacArthur. You will go approx. 5 to 6 miles. At about 5 miles you will see signs for Clara Barton Parkway, then signs for Glen Echo; go one block past the Exxon Station at the intersection of MacArthur and Goldsboro Rd and turn left into the Glen Echo Park parking lot.
From I-495 (coming from Virginia): Cross the American Legion Bridge, staying in the right lane. Take Exit 41 for Clara Barton Parkway. Coming off the exit, bear to the right for Glen Echo/Clara Barton Parkway. Stay in the left lane. Make a sharp, hairpin left turn following the signs to MacArthur Blvd and Glen Echo. Immediately after the sharp left, get in the right lane and bear right at the Y. The road will curve to the right and then end at MacArthur Blvd. at a stop sign. Turn left onto MacArthur Blvd.; go one block past the Exxon Station at the intersection with Goldsboro Rd. and turn left into the Glen Echo Park parking lot.
From I-495 (coming from Silver Spring): Take Exit 40 for Cabin John Parkway and Glen Echo. Stay in the left-most lane of the exit ramp and bear left at the Y. Follow the Cabin John Parkway east, where it will merge with the Clara Barton Parkway. Follow directions above beginning with Stay in the left lane.
HANDICAP ACCESS
All buildings at the park are compliant with ADA requirements; wheelchair access using either ramps, elevators, or lifts, depending on the building. All toilets are fully accessible.
SPONSORS
The Washington Folk Festival is produced by the Folklore Society of Greater Washington and the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, in partnership with the National Park Service and Montgomery County, Maryland, with support from the Richmond Folk Festival. FSGW is a 501(C)(3) organization.
