DMV Made Festival

Words Beats & Life present a one-day celebration of the DC, Maryland, Virginia region and the ways we promote the intersections of arts & culture + health & wellness. Taking place on the National Mall!

• Multiple stages of performers (soul, hip-hop, go-go, rock, Latin)
• Family game zone
• Poetry & Storytelling Pavilion
• Live Art Muralists
• Dance Stage [interactive]
• Health & Wellness Pavilion

Part of the Arts For EveryBody nation wide project. DMV Made is one of 18 U.S. cities participating by throwing an arts and wellness event on the same weekend.

WHERE: On The National Mall

RIDE SHARE: If taking Uber or other rideshare use this address

14th St SW & Jefferson Dr SW, Washington D.C. 20004

METRO: Located 1-block West of the Smithsonian metro stop (blue / orange / silver lines)

across 14th street from the National Museum of African American History & Culture

MAIN STAGE

• CHUCK BROWN BAND
• SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
• SUBSTANTIAL
• BE'LA DONA
• CRYPTID SUMMER
• DUPONT BRASS

plus DJs VICO VIBEZ & RITA BURNS

SECOND STAGE

• BATALÁ WASHINGTON
• FLEX MATHEWS & BAND
• JAY MILLS
• EAST OF THE RIVER STEELBAND

FAMILY STAGE

Family Friendly performers for all ages

• Capital City Summer Mass Marching Band Program of Washington DC
• African drum circle with Drumlady (bring your drum or use one of ours while supplies last)
• more TBA

POETRY & STORYTELLING PAVILION

Presented by Dialect of Prince George's

• The Artist Network with host Stephanie Coleman
• Dialect of Prince George's with host Project MC
• Liberated Muse with host Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman
• SPit Dat with host Drew Anderson
• Story District with host Amy Saidman

PRODUCER STAGE

Made In The DMV presents a showcase of some of the DMV's best beat makers & music creators.

FAMILY FUN ZONE

Games and activities for all ages!

ARTS & CUTURE PAVILION

Presented by the Words Beats & Life Academy

• WBL Academy hands on music & visual arts workstations
• zine making with The Beat Of Blossoms
• classical music workshop with Levine Music
• crochet workshop with Crochet Kingpin
• Instrument Zoo with DC Strings
• poem tree workshop with Turnaround Arts (Kennedy Center)

LIVE MURALISTS!

• Cita Sadeli
• Coby Kennedy
• Gregg Deal
• Jamila Okubo
• MAS PAZ
• Rei21

DACNE STAGE

Interactive dance workshops presented by One Take Studios featuring

• The Lion's Den
• Step Afrika
• Miss Chief Rocka
• National Hand Dancers Association

HEALTH & WELLNESS PAVILION

some of the areas top orgs & institutions are onsite to share info on our personal and environmental health through lifestyle, activism and artistic practice.

• DC Water
• Undivide Project
• Social Art and Culture Fellowship
• Positive Force/We Are Family

DMV Made is paid for in part through funding from Arts For EveryBody / One Nation One Project, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Sound Exchange, Poetry Foundation, DC Water, National Endowment for the Arts, Events DC, Pepco, Creative Affairs Office

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

50 14th St SW, 50 14th Street Southwest, Washington, United States