Adams Morgan Day 2017
Sunday, September 10 - 12 noon - 6pm
Leader
Kara Davis
Location
18th St and Columbia Rd NW Washington, DC 20009
About the project
From its humble beginnings in the 1970s, Adams Morgan Day grew into one of the nation’s largest street festivals. In 2015, a small group of Adams Morgan residents and small-business owners stepped in to take up where the previous organizers left off. We had to start from scratch with fundraising, and threw a smaller festival the past two years. This year, we're ready and determined to close the street again, bringing back vendors and more music.
To close the street, we'll need to raise loads more money than we have over the past two years. Most of this will go to city services, emergency services, permits and the like, to keep everyone safe and happy. We also want to make the event FUN! We need funds to pay for sound equipment, bands, and kids’ art supplies to bring it all together. Donations and volunteer time are both very much needed!
Our goal is to make Adams Morgan Day 2017 a day to celebrate the great things our neighborhood offers. The public is invited to every organizational meeting we hold, so join us! We’ve forged new community ties as we prepare to stage our “neighborhood showcase.” With everyone’s help, we hope to build Adams Morgan Day into a bigger festival again this year, but with a truly local focus and total transparency.
Wristband Specials
Some businesse have partnered to help us with fundraising by offering specials to folks who donate. If you make a donation, please be sure to stop by our info booth to pick up a wristband - we will have a list with your names. Specials are listed here:
The Steps
- Permits, insurance, and licensing
- Street Closure fees
- Design and printing of flyers, banners and t-shirts
- Domain registration and web-hosting
- Advertising
- Sound equipment
- DC emergency and law-enforcement presence
Why we‘re doing it
The Adams Morgan neighborhood is proud of its ethnic diversity, multi-cultural small businesses, and artistic offerings. Like other desirable inner-city neighborhoods, Adams Morgan faces economic-development pressures that threaten to displace its diverse population, as well as its small-scale businesses. These economic pressures often sow controversy and division within the neighborhood.
Adams Morgan Day is a 39-year-old tradition that we don’t want to lose. We want to rebuild it as an event that brings the whole neighborhood together and builds relationships and trust between our new and long-term residents, and between the residential and business communities.