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Columbia Heights Day is this Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm.
There’ll be a food truck row in the 1100 block of Kenyon Street NW. Plus, we’ll have other vendors selling treats including cupcakes, ice cream and water ice. Participating trucks include:

AZN Eats
BBQ Bus
DC Slices
Eat Wonky
El Floridano
Pleasant Pops

At 4 pm at the festival, Sticky Finger’s Bakery will be having their annual cupcake eating competition. And the DC State Fair will be on-site all day celebrating urban gardeners, bakers and more.

Many neighborhood restaurants will also be having some special Columbia Heights Day offerings, including:
The Heights — $5.00 off pitchers, champagne, and wine if you “like” The Heights on Facebook. Also drink specials all day (including a special Columbia Heights Day punch) and happy hour from 4pm-7pm everyday at the bar, communal table, and patio.

After the festival, stop by Acre 121 and Lou’s City Bar for the official after-hours event — both located at 1400 Irving Street in the Highland Park building.
Full details about the festival are below:

5th ANNUAL COLUMBIA HEIGHTS DAY

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27

 

Community celebration and street fair features live music and arts performances, DC State Fair, family activities, food trucks and more

WHAT:            5th Annual Columbia Heights Day

WHEN:            Saturday, August 27

10:00 am to 6:00 pm

WHERE:            Harriet Tubman Elementary Field and 11th Street NW

• main entrance on Kenyon St. NW between 11th and 13th streets
• 11th Street is car-free between Irving and Lamont streets
• Just 3 blocks from the Columbia Heights Metro (Green and Yellow lines)

FESTIVAL MAP:            http://bit.ly/CHDay11map [Google Map]

COST:            FREE

WHO:            Highlights include:

• Three stages of live music and dance performances
• Kids Zone, featuring a petting zoo, fun games and family entertainment
• The National Symphony Orchestra’s musical instrument petting zoo
• Performances all day at BloomBars
• Morning yoga workshop and Zumba class
• Neighborhood dog show
• King & Queen of Columbia Heights pageant
• Food truck row on Kenyon Street
• Cupcake eating contest
• 2nd Annual “DC State Fair”
• More than 70 local businesses and community groups
• After Hours Party post-festival at neighborhood bars

Performances, classes and demonstrations:

10:00 am — free yoga class with Quiet Mind Yoga (field)

11:00 am — free Zumba class with Lola (main stage)

11:30 am — dog show (main stage)

12:00 pm — performance by the cast of Arena Stage’s Oklahoma (main stage)

12:15 pm — King & Queen of Columbia Heights (main stage)

12:45 pm — Challa (Kids Zone)

1:00 pm — In Da Streets (Kids Zone)

1:15 pm — BloomBars Presents: Christylez Bacon & Washington Sound Museum (main stage)

1:45 pm — BloomBars Presents: Ella (Kids Zone)

2:00 pm — Sweetbread Jim’s (acoustic stage)

2:00 pm — Belladonna’s Bohemian Belly Dance (field)

2:30 pm — Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment  (Kids Zone)

3:00 pm — National Symphony Orchestra announcement (main stage)

3:00 pm — Potomac Bombs (field)

3:15 pm — Luck Dub (main stage)

4:00 pm — Sticky Fingers’ 4th Annual Cupcake Eating Contest (main stage)

4:00 pm — Rene Moffatt (acoustic stage)

4:15 pm — Flex Matthews (main stage)

5:00 pm — BloomBars Presents: Zezeh Zax (field)

5:15 pm — The Chariors (main stage)

 

Website:            www.ColumbiaHeightsDay.org

Twitter:             www.twitter.com/ColHeightsDay

Facebook:         http://www.facebook.com/ColumbiaHeightsDay

 

CONTACT:           Liz Bartolomeo, Columbia Heights Day Initiative, 202.255.2677

Columbia Heights Day is presented by the Columbia Heights Day Initiative, a local, independent, grassroots 501(c)(3) organization. Columbia Heights Day is dedicated to celebrating community, diversity and service. For more information, visit www.ColumbiaHeightsDay.org.