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CONCERTS & DANCE PARTIES

Ralph Rinzler Stage | Starting at 5:30 p.m.

  • BeauSoleil Quartet avec Michael Doucet | Los Texmaniacs
    June 29

    BeauSoleil Quartet avec Michael Doucet | Los Texmaniacs

    Ralph Rinzler Memorial Concert & Dance Party
    Dedicated in memory of RC Forney

  • The Chuck Brown Band
    June 30

    The Chuck Brown Band

    D.C. go-go music
    Hosted by the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum in celebration of its fiftieth anniversary

  • Juan Gutiérrez
    July 1

    Juan Gutiérrez and Los Pleneros de la 21

    Puerto Rican bomba and plena
    Presented by the Smithsonian Latino Center in celebration of its twentieth anniversary; federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center

  • Mick Moloney and Billy McComiskey
    July 6

    Mick Moloney and Billy McComiskey with the Green Fields of America

    Irish music and dance from the Mid-Atlantic region

  • Artemio Posadas
    July 8

    Artemio Posadas | Jarana Beat

    Son huasteco and contemporary Mexican folk music
    Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center


Circus Shows

Big Top | Preshow at 6:30, main performance at 7 p.m.

  • Circus Stars
    June 30–July 3

    Stars of the Circus

  • Cirque des Voix
    July 7–8

    Cirque des Voix


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