This year’s Folklife Festival will be a bit different than previous years, with a focus on D.C.’s sonic past, present, and future.

American University’s summer shows can’t be missed, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival is back, and more.

The kalimotxo sounds weird, we know. But it’s a surprisingly refreshing way to get a red wine fix during hot months.

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival begins on June 29.

The festival will feature cooks, musicians, dancers, boat makers, and other experts from from Basque Country and diaspora communities.

Black studies scholar Roy S. Bryce-Laporte passed away on July 31 at the Copper Ridge assisted living facility in Sykesville, Md., according to The Post. His brother told news outlets that the professor suffered small strokes. He was 78 years old.

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival will pay tribute to Chuck Brown this Saturday.

The Smithsonian Institution’s annual Folklife Festival starts today with a trio of cultural expositions filling the National Mall. This year’s focuses are the country’s land-grant colleges, arts from east of the Anacostia River and the 25th anniversary of the AIDS Quilt.

The annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival is an eccentric patchwork of history and culture. This year, the Smithsonian spotlights three topics on the National Mall: “Colombia: The Nature of Culture,” “The Peace Corps: 50 Years of Promoting World Peace and Friendship,” and “Rhythm and Blues: Tell It Like It Is.”

The Smithsonian Folklife Festival is always one of the more colorful exhibitions in the District. This year, the festival focuses on Mexican culture, magnifying the pure volume of hues available to the eye — as a few of our Flickr contributors ably prove above. Haven’t gotten the chance to make it to the Mall to check it out yet? No worries; you’ve got until Monday to do so….