Our team here is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a special delivery of a jeep from Colombia.

Over the past few months, Folklife Festival senior graphic designer Josue Castilleja met with curatorial teams to conceptually walk through the Festival

The Folklife Festival’s Opening Ceremony will be held on the Motor City stage in front of the Smithsonian Castle on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 11a.m. on the National Mall.

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will present the Peace Corps, honoring fifty years of exchange that have helped promote greater understanding and appreciation of cultures from around the world

This year, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival will offer a variety of specially designed apparel for purchase at the Marketplace

The Colombia program is excitedly preparing for the arrival of Colombian mule driver Leonel de Jesús Loiza, who will demonstrate how people in the mountainous Coffee Region pack mules for transporting coffee and other products.

The Festival’s talented team this summer includes our supply clerk, Ms. Elizabeth Martin

The R&B program will present a fantastic line-up of artists. A special evening with Gamble and Huff is scheduled for July 10th; Miss Martha Reeves will be performing on July 1st; and a Soul Train dance party will be taking place on June 30th.

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival invites returned Peace Corps volunteers to visit the Peace Corps program area on the National Mall