Jazz & Blossoms
About The Event
Jazz & Blossoms will take over Franklin Park for a park jam Saturday, April 8. This free, outdoor event will celebrate the beauty and nature in the city with a musical backdrop, observing the National Cherry Blossom Festival and featuring Grammy-nominated vocalist, songwriter, and producer Bilal and Pete Rock & the Soul Brothers.
Additional performances include Daylight DC featuring DJ Divine & Big Tone All Day, Imani-Grace & Her Big Black Band, Ayo, and DJ John Murph.
Attendees will experience:
- Live music and DJs
- Spring-inspired mocktail bar with Immigrant Food and sponsored by Betty Buzz
- Graffiti mural walls featuring art from Jamila Okubo and Mia Duvall
- Free swag giveaways with proof of event registration (while supplies last)
- Lawn games
- Vendors
- Food trucks including Seafood at the Shack, CaliBurger, and Fly Pizza
- Activities for the whole family
- Rajio taiso (Japanese exercise) with Globalize DC
- Haiku writing
- Swing dance workshops with New Columbia Swing
- Spring/pink/floral lawn fashions and programming with Holly Bass
- Face painting
- Flower balloons
Register today
Order of Performances
- DJ John Murph
- Ayo
- Imani-Grace & Her Big Black Band
- Daylight DC
- Pete Rock & the Soul Brothers
- Bilal
Please be sure to observe the Franklin Park rules while youâre 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
Jazz & Blossoms â a premier event of the National Cherry Blossom Festival â is produced by Words Beats & Life in collaboration with the DowntownDC BID. This event expects to welcome more than 1,000 people and serves as a bookend to the Words Beats & Life Festival, taking place Tuesday, April 4, through Sunday, April 9.
This is event is rain or shine. Stay up to date by following Words Beats & Life and the DowntownDC BID.
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