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 is often described as the "world's largest cultural conversation," and as a "museum without walls."
In 1948, Jerry Wexler, a music journalist for Billboard magazine, coined the term "rhythm and blues."
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
The Folklife Festival will feature a variety of activities for families and children, including crafts and food demonstrations, as well as musical performances for young visitors.
This video features Mark Puryear, curator of the 2011 Folklife Festival program Rhythm and Blues: Tell It Like It Is.
This year, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival will offer a variety of specially designed apparel for purchase at the Marketplace
This video features James I. Deutsch, the curator of the 2011 Folklife Festival program The Peace Corps
This video features Olivia Cadaval, the curator of the 2011 Folklife Festival program Colombia: The Nature of Culture.