Family friendly festival with multiple stages of performers, game zone, hands-  on workshop and arts pavilions, and community info
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
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)

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 & Baltimore's best beat makers & music creators.

- Cartier 10x

- Chop Shop

- Green House Studios

- JUUX2x

- Mighty Mark

- Reggie Reg
FAMILY FUN ZONE
Games and activities for all ages!

ARTS & CUTURE PAVILION
All- Ages workshops presented by the Words Beats & Life Afterschool Academy

- WBL Academy hands on music & visual arts workstations

- zine making | The Beat Of Blossoms

- bucket drumming | Levine Music

- crochet | Crochet Kingpin

- Instrument Zoo | DC Strings

- poem tree | Turnaround Arts (Kennedy Center)

LIVE MURALISTS!

- Coby Kennedy

- Gregg Deal

- Jamila Okubo

- MAS PAZ

- MISS CHELOVE

- Rei21

DANCE 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

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