MetroPerforms!, the city’s solution to the perceived scourge of subway busking, is once again seeking District of Columbia-based performers for a second year of the program, which hires local singers, dancers, musicians, poets and other performers to show off their talents at select Metro station entrances. Auditions will take place on May 2 and May 3 at Metro headquarters.

Currently, auditions are only for those who want to perform in D.C. stations. Metro and the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities will select performers from the auditions, with the advice of other local arts councils. Last year the pilot program only featured performances at D.C. and Maryland stations, but as details become available Metro will release audition information for areas outside D.C., which will hopefully include Arlington stations too.

Hundreds of artists auditioned last spring, and you can check out one of the dancing groups that won a performance spot here. This year’s auditions take place Friday, May 2 from 5 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Metro headquarters, located at 600 5th Street NW.

Photo by Kyle Walton