Performance Schedule: All Locations
Programs, schedules, and artists subject to change without notice.
No. 1 Boulevard du Président
- 12-12:45 p.m.
- The Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars Jump Rope Team
Competitive jump rope team
- 12:45-1:30 p.m., 3:45-4:30 p.m., & 5:15-6 p.m.
- The Alberti Flea Circus
Old world flea circus with new tricks
- 1:30-2:15 p.m.
- Daniel Burley
Entertainer, humorist, and magician
- 2:15-2:45 p.m.
- Urban Artistry
Hip-hop arts and break dancing
- 3-3:45 p.m.
- Pete Moss and the Bog Band
Irish folk music by young players
- 4:30-5:15 p.m.
- Magic Brian
World renowned magician
No. 2 Boulevard du Président
- 12-12:45 p.m., 3-3:45 p.m., & 4:30-5:15 p.m.
- Hôtel des Hortensias
This play shows everyday life in wild ways
- 12:45-1:30 p.m.
- Béron
Amazingly clumsy juggling, acrobatics, and magic
- 1:30-2:15 p.m.
- The Unicycle Lady™
One lady, one wheel, one impressive act
- 2:15-3 p.m.
- Magic Brian
World renowned magician
- 5:15-6 p.m.
- Petit Monsieur in Wait a Second
What do you get when you match man with technology? Laughs.
No. 3 Rue de la Fontaine
- 12-12:45 p.m.
- Pete Moss and the Bog Band
Irish folk music by young players
- 12:45-1:30 p.m. & 3:45-4:30 p.m.
- Petit Monsieur in Out of Order
Man fights phone booth
- 2:15-3 p.m.
- Béron
Amazingly clumsy juggling, acrobatics, and magic
- 3-3:45 p.m.
- The Unicycle Lady™
One lady, one wheel, one great act
- 4:30-5:15 p.m.
- Mark Lohr
Vaudevillian super clown
No. 4 Rue de la Fontaine
- 12-12:45 p.m.
- Mark Lohr
Vaudevillian super clown
- 12:45-1:30 p.m.
- Magic Brian
World renowned magician
- 1:30-2:15 p.m.
- Pete Moss and the Bog Band
Irish folk music by young players
- 2:15-3 p.m.
- Lesole’s Dance Project
Modern and Afro-Fusion dance styles
- 3-3:45 p.m. & 5:15-6 p.m.
- The Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars Jump Rope Team
Competitive jump rope team
- 3:45-4:30 p.m.
- Daniel Burley
Entertainer, humorist, and magician
- 4:30-5:15 p.m.
- Béron
Amazingly clumsy juggling, acrobatics, and magic
Île de la Cité
- 12-2:30 p.m. & 3:30-6 p.m.
- Polyglot Puppet Theatre: We Built This City
Using creative powers and cardboard box construction, kids build their ideal city.
- 12-12:30 p.m., 1:30-2:30 p.m., 3:30-4:30 p.m., & 5:30-6 p.m.
- DJ Lunch Money
Soul, funk, reggae, disco, hip-hop—he plays it all
- 12:30-1:30 p.m.
- Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Band
Keeping things tropical while empowering kids through the steel drums
- 2:30-3:30 p.m.
- PT Walkley
New York rocker with a storyteller's soul
- 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- Mambo Sauce
A music group just as flavorful as its namesake
Place des Artistes
- 12-6 p.m.
- NSO Musical Instrument "Petting Zoo"
A project of the NSO Women's Committee
Children get hands on with Orchestra instruments - 12-6 p.m.
- Ubaldo Sanchez Hernandez: Alfombra de Asserin
Guatemalan artist makes sidewalk carpet from natural materials
- 12-6 p.m.
- Edwin Fontánez's Washington Chalk Festival
Create a sidewalk masterpiece with chalk
- 12-6 p.m.
- National Children's Museum Juggling Activity
Make festive juggling balls then learn the basics of juggling
- 12-6 p.m.
- Storm Chaser
See the ABC 7/WJLA-TV mobile weather unit
- 12:15-1 p.m., 3:15-4 p.m., & 5-5:45 p.m.
- Travelin' Jack and Company
Puppets tell amazing tales
- 1:15-1:45 p.m., & 4:15-4:45 p.m.
- La Voile
Aerialist performs hanging high in the air in front of the theater
- 2:15-3 p.m.
- Mark Lohr's "Be a Star" Workshop
Learn tricks of the trade from a Vaudevillian super clown
Concert Hall
- 12-1 p.m. & 2-3 p.m.
- National Symphony Orchestra with l'Arsenal à Musique
- Carnival of the Animals
Lively choreography and life size puppets vividly illustrate the music
- 4-4:45 p.m.
- U.S. Navy Commodores Big Band
Brassy swing in big band style
- 6-7 p.m.
- Byron Cage [ASL] [OC]
Gospel Music Heritage Month Celebration features Stellar Award winner performing his biggest hits and new music from his forthcoming CD, Faithful to Believe (Verity Records)
Millennium Stage South
- 1-2 p.m.
- Mambo Sauce
A music group just as flavorful as its namesake
- 3-3:45 p.m.
- Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Band
Kids keep things tropical through the steel drums
- 4:45-5:30 p.m.
- Urban Artistry
Hip-hop arts and break dancing
Eisenhower Theater
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. & 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- L'Arsenal à Musique
- The Ark
Acrobats, musicians, and breathtaking images
Family Theater
(Tickets are required for performances in the Family Theater. Tickets will be passed out in front of the Family Theater 30 minutes prior to the start of each performance, limit 4 tickets per person.)
- 12:15-1 p.m.
- Lesole’s Dance Project
Modern and Afro-Fusion dance styles
- 2-2:45 p.m. & 3:30-4:15 p.m.
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The Kennedy Center's Dance Theatre of Harlem Residency
See tomorrow's ballerinas today
- 5-5:45 p.m.
- Washington National Opera: Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
Tomorrow's opera stars let their voices rise
Atrium Bookstore
- 12-6 p.m.
- 14th Annual Multicultural Children's Book Festival
Meet authors and illustrators and shop hundreds of titles
Theater Lab Dance Hall
- 12:15-1 p.m. & 1:30-2:15 p.m.
- Chopteeth
Dance party with 14-piece Afrofunk orchestra
- 3:45-4:30 p.m. & 5-5:45 p.m.
- Bio Ritmo
Dance party with salsa band
Terrace Theater
(Tickets are required for performances in the Terrace Theater. Tickets will be passed out in front of the Terrace Theater 30 minutes prior to the start of each performance, limit 4 tickets per person.)
- 12:15-1:15 p.m. & 2-3 p.m.
- Striking Viking Story Pirates [ASL] [OC]
Stories written by children brought to life on stage
- 3:45-4:25 p.m.
- Multicultural Children’s Book Festival Storytellers
(Recommended for age 8 and under) [ASL] [OC]Shane W. Evans reading Olu’s Dream
Linda Sue Park reading Bee-Bim Bop! and Yum Yuck!
Tonya Bolden reading Rock of Ages - 5:10-5:35 p.m.
- Multicultural Children’s Book Festival Storytellers
(Recommended for age 9 and up) [ASL] [OC]Monica Brown reading Pelé, King of Soccer (in English and Spanish)
Anne Sibley O’Brien reading from After Ghandi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance
Strolling Performers
- Throughout the day
- Homocatodicus
Street video comedy duo
- La Cabane de Pepe
Strolling puppet theater
- Macadam Piano
Pianist on wheels
- The Unicycle LadyTM
Wacky wheelie antics
- Alberti Strolling Street Organ
20-pipe and bell 'portative organ'
- The Tonys
Twin bodyguards ready to protect you
