Posts about Festivals
Dancing in the streets too hard: Expensive and arduous regulations around street festivals may be the culprit that scuttled the Caribbean Day street festival. DC treats the festivals as a source of revenue rather than an economic and cultural boon for neighborhoods. (RPUS) (Comment)
Everyone doesn't love a party: Some Mount Pleasant neighbors are unhappy with Fiesta DC, the annual Latino cultural festival. One ANC commissioner says the organizers didn't communicate or organize well and weren't prepared to clean up afterward. (DCist) (Comment)
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Columbia Heights Day and the DC State Fair
Last Saturday was Columbia Heights Day, which featured music, food, booths from lots of organizations and political candidates, kids' activities, and more.
My favorite parts were the mist tent, running into lots of people I knew, and the first annual DC State Fair. I also won third place in the "funkiest vegetable" category.
But even people who didn't get a ribbon and five bucks seemed to have fun, like this pickle-category entrant.
 Entering the fair |  Pies at the fair |  A proud winner |
 Judging |  Drummers |
 Hanging out in the mist tent |  Juggling lessons |
Did you go to Columbia Heights Day? What were the highlights for you?
Farmer's Market . . . to go: Yet another farmer's market is to sprout up downtown this fall, at the Reagan Building. But, this new farmer's market will focus on "prepared foods, ready for workers to take home," so it may be more of a food festival than a market. (Post, Cavan) (Comment)
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