Festivals
Check the CultureCapital Festival section for dates, times and information on the many film festivals, music and jazz festivals, literary and book festivals, theatre and fringe festivals held in Metro DC throughout the year.
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 | 2013 Source Festival June 7 - 30, 2013. CulturalDC's Source Festival, now celebrating its sixth year, will debut 24 original works for the stage from June 7 to 30, 2013. Each year the Festival presents three Full-Length Plays, 18 10-Minute Plays and three Artistic Blind Dates. |
 | DC Jazz Festival June 5-16 With more than 100 performances in dozens of venues across the city, the DC Jazz Festival is the largest music festival in DC. In this 10-day period you can hear jazz artists from around the world and around the block performing Bebop, Blues, Swing, Soul, Latin and World music. |
Highlights
| Smithsonian Folklife Festival June 26-30, 2013 Wed, June 26 through Sun, June 30 National Mall |
| Smithsonian Folklife Festival July 3-7, 2013 Wed, July 3 through Sun, July 7 National Mall |