The Festival Center

09/22/2026

Together, we are ensuring that grassroots leaders, artists, faith communities, advocates, and neighbors continue to have a trusted place to gather, organize, heal, and create.

We thank our sponsors for their generosity and their lasting faith in the community that is thriving within the Festival Center walls.

WHERE THERE IS FEAR, SOW LOVE.

09/22/2026

Together, we are ensuring that grassroots leaders, artists, faith communities, advocates, and neighbors continue to have a trusted place to gather, organize, heal, and create.⁠
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We thank our sponsors for their generosity and their lasting faith in the community that is thriving within the Festival Center walls. ⁠
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WHERE THERE IS FEAR, SOW LOVE.

09/21/2026

donald trump's corruption seems unparalleled, but is it like no other?

The corruption of the trump administration is simply overwhelming. It’s every day and it is so out in the open for all to see. And it isn’t just donald and his family who are in on it. He has surrounded himself with crooks and con artists on what seems to be an historic scale. The Center for Res...

09/15/2026

Love is not passive. It is the courage to organize when others are intimidated into silence. It is choosing community over isolation, generosity over scarcity, creativity over despair, and hope over fear. It is the daily work of showing up for one another and building the relationships that make lasting change possible.

WHERE THERE IS FEAR, SOW LOVE.

Thank you to each of our sponsors for making this annual event possible.

09/15/2026

This fall, we are celebrating what it means to put love into action. The strength of the organizations that have found a home at the Festival Center makes us strong, whole, and capable of moving mountains.

Where There is Fear, Sow Love!

Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible.

09/10/2026

Join us this Sunday during Adams Morgan Day as we unveil our neighborhood's newest community mural by Shani Shih! Come enjoy an afternoon of performances, community speakers, children's activities, and international food vendors. The mural celebrates and highlights the legacies of generations of people power, arts & culture, and grassroots movements here in Adams Morgan and across Ward 1.

Family friendly, all ages welcome!

Performances:
DJ Vico Vibez
Malcolm X Drummers
Comunidad Político Intercultural Kuska Ñan
Luci Murphy & friends
Brooklyn the Kid
Kid Jimi
Rasta Method Capoeira

https://secure.givelively.org/event/the-festival-center/mural-unveiling-community-celebration

09/08/2026

https://festivalcenter.org/2026/09/08/hospitality/
Hospitality is not a place, it is the creation of spaces where strangers and enemies become friends.

09/01/2026

We are super excited to share that our AMAZING artist, Shani Shih, has completed an incredibly beautiful mural on the back wall of the Festival Center building! The official unveiling will happen on Sunday, September 13th from 1-3:30 pm. There will be music, food, and we will hear from folks featured on the wall!

We hope to see you there! RSVP to attend https://secure.givelively.org/event/the-festival-center/mural-unveiling-community-celebration

08/03/2026

The CEO of DoorDash seeks to undermine DC Home Rule. Here is our letter to him

08/01/2026

Join Veronica Mosqueda for a healing residency centered on death, dying, and grief.⁠
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Through a public Death Cafe, you’ll take part in an open, casual, community-created conversation about death and what it means to live fully. In small-group sessions drawn from Veronica’s Grief in Action curriculum, you’ll explore how illness, death, violence, shame, and oppression shape the ways we grieve. Grounded in liberation and guided by trauma-informed, culturally responsive practices, these workshops will help you discover what becomes possible when grief is no longer carried alone. ⁠
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Come learn how we can face loss more honestly, support one another more intentionally, and begin to carry and transform grief together.⁠
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RSVP for tickets.
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https://secure.givelively.org/event/the-festival-center/let-s-talk-about-death