Words Beats & Life present a one-day celebration of the DC, Maryland, Virginia region and the ways we promote the intersections of arts & culture + health & wellness. Taking place on the National Mall!
Multiple stages of performers (soul, hip-hop, go-go, rock, Latin)
Family game zone
Poetry & Storytelling Pavilion
Live Art Muralists
Dance Stage [interactive]
Health & Wellness Pavilion
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FEATURED ARTISTS:
THE BLACKBYRDS
CHUCK BROWN BAND
SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK
SUBSTANTIAL
DUPONT BRASS
CRYPTID SUMMER
BE'LA DONA
Plus: Batalá Washington, Flex Mathews & Band, Jay Mills, East Of The River Steelband, Capital City Summer Mass Marching Band Program of Washington DC
Producer Showcase: Sparkheem, Terk, Cartier 10x, Chop Shop, Green House Studios. JUUX2x, Mighty Mark, Reggie Reg
Poetry & Storytelling Pavilion: Dialect of Prince George's, The Artist Network, Liberated Muse, Spit Dat, Story District
Dance Stage: The Lion's Den, National Hand Dance Assoc., Step Afrika!, Miss Chief Rocka
Live Muralists: Gregg Deal, Jamila Okubo. MAS PAZ. MISS CHELOVE, Rei21
Workshops by: The Words Beats & Life Academy, The Beat Of Blossoms, Levine Music, Crochet Kingpin, DC Strings, Turnaround Arts
Health & Wellness Pavilion: DC Water, Undivide Project, Social Art and Culture Fellowship, Positive Force/We Are Family
Part of the Arts For EveryBody nation wide project. DMV Made is one of 18 U.S. cities participating by throwing an arts and wellness event on the same weekend.
WHERE: On The National Mall
RIDE SHARE: If taking Uber or other rideshare use this address
14th St SW & Jefferson Dr SW, Washington D.C. 20004
METRO: Located 1-block West of the Smithsonian metro stop (blue / orange / silver lines)
across 14th street from the National Museum of African American History & Culture
DMV Made is paid for in part through funding from Arts For EveryBody / One Nation One Project, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Sound Exchange, Poetry Foundation, DC Water, National Endowment for the Arts, Events DC, Pepco, Creative Affairs Office