Ages: All-ages

Free with RSVP

Date and Time:

Sunday, April 7, 2024

Noon to 7:30pm

Location:

Franklin Park
1314 K Street North West, Washington, DC

Event Description:

Jazz & Blossoms returns to Franklin Park for an all-out park jam on Sunday, April 7. This free, outdoor event will celebrate the beauty and nature of the city with a musical backdrop, celebrating the National Cherry Blossom Festival and headlined by Grammy Award-winning artist Digable Planets.

Additional featured performances include the Sun Ra Arkestra (directed by Marshall Allen), Madison McFerrin, Kassa Overall, JoGo Project and DJ John Murph.

Event Schedule:

12:00 p.m. – Event begins

1:00 p.m. – DJ John Murph

1:30 p.m. – Jogo Project

2:20 p.m. – Sun Ra Arkestra

3:40 p.m. – Kassa Overall

5:00 p.m. – Madison McFerrin

6:15 p.m. – Digable Planets

Attendees will also experience:

• Live music and DJs

• Graffiti mural walls

• Free swag and giveaways with proof of event registration

• Games

• Food trucks and vendors

• Activities for the whole family

• Haiku writing

• Workshops

• Face painting

• Flower balloons

Jazz & Blossoms — a premier event of the National Cherry Blossom Festival — is produced by Words Beats & Life in collaboration with the DowntownDC Business Improvement District. This event serves as a bookend to the Words Beats & Life Festival, taking place from Monday, April 1, through Sunday, April 7.

This is an event that is rain or shine. Stay up to date by following Words Beats and Life and the DowntownDC BID.

Please be sure to observe the Franklin Park rules while you’re at Jazz & Blossoms:

• Do not smoke or use illegal substances

• Do not consume alcohol outside of designated event or retail space

• Please walk your dog on a leash, and clean up after it

• Do not vandalize or deface property

• Do not cook, grill, barbecue or use open flame

• Do not camp

• Do not skateboard, bike or ride motorized vehicles

• Do not swim or bathe in the fountain

Words Beats & Life Fest 2024 is brought to you in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, Humanities DC, The Kennedy Center, DowntownDC Foundation, Fusicology, Busboys And Poets, Eaton DC, Woolly Mammoth Theater and Planet Word.