Penn Quarter Arts on Foot Festival 2011

The Penn Quarter Arts on Foot Festival is a visual and performing arts festival featuring Washington, DC theaters, museums, and arts at a variety of venues in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, DC. The festival becomes an art walking tour with area restaurants, theaters, galleries, museums, and more than 100 visual artists participating and dozens of Downtown attractions hosting visual art exhibits, performances, workshops, demonstrations, films, concerts and children's activities. This year's event will also feature commemorative activities to honor the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 including The 9/11 Arts Project. See photos of the Arts on Foot Festival

Date and Times:
September 10-11, 2011
Saturday - 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Sunday - 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Location:
F St. between 6th and 9th Sts. and 8th St. NW, between E & F Sts.
Washington, DC.
See a map of Penn Quarter

Closest Metro Stations: Gallery Place/Chinatown, Archives/Navy Memorial

Arts on Foot Festival Highlights

• Art Market
  The fine Art Market highlights local, regional and national artists and includes diverse pieces to admire and purchase. More than 100 outstanding artists have been selected by an independent juried panel of fine art and fine craft professionals to fill the market with an array of wares, including glass, ceramics, jewelry, painting, photography, sculpture, woodworking, clothing and much more.
  
  
• Live Performances
  Free live entertainment is scheduled on two outdoor stages throughout the weekend. The performance stages feature eclectic lineups including Flo Anito (jazz-pop); Grammy-nominated Christylez Bacon (progressive hip hop); The Sweater Set (folk); Elikeh (afropop); Fela! (musical theater); Four Star Combo (country rock); Glorious Sounds (gospel brass); On a Sensual Note (a cappella); and Stacy Brooks Music (blues).
  
  More than 25 area theaters and performance groups participate in the Arts on Foot Festival by giving a fast-paced showcase of their fall offerings at Harman Center for the Arts. Exciting, short presentations will come from Arena Stage; dog & pony dc; Faction of Fools Theatre Company; Ford’s Theatre; Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC; Shakespeare Theatre Company; Signature Theatre; Synetic Theater; The Washington Ballet; UrbanArias; Washington National Opera; Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company and more.
  
  
• Neighborhood Showcase – Open Artist Studios
  During the Arts on Foot Festival, it is a great time to visit dozens of artist studios, meet the artists, and see some of them at work. Wander through the studios on F Street, NW between 9th and 10th Sts.
  
  
• Food and Wine
  The O Organics™ Cooking As Art Pavilion returns, where acclaimed DC chefs demonstrate their culinary and artistic talents, including 701 Restaurant's Ed Witt; The Occidental’s Rodney Scruggs; Proof’s Haidar Karoum; PS 7's Peter Smith and Gina Chersevani; and The Source’s Scott Drewno. In addition to the demonstrations, top DC restaurants sell samples of their signature dishes in the Restaurant Sampling Courts, including Asia Nine Bar & Lounge; Blackbyrd Warehouse; Cedar Restaurant; Clyde's of Gallery Place; Co Co. Sala; Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar; Dickson; District ChopHouse; Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant; La Tasca DC/Gallery Place; Luke’s Lobster; Matchbox; Marvin; Nando's Peri Peri; OYA; Patty Boom Boom; Perry’s Restaurant; Ping Pong Dim Sum; Rosa Mexicano; SEI; Tuscana West; Zaytinya; Zengo; and Zola. Rounding out offerings, a number of food trucks will be onsite Sunday to offer more delicious fare.
  
  The Safeway Wine Gallery, located in the new Riot Act Comedy Theater at 801 E Street, provides international wine tastings and seminars for adults, ages 21 and up, admission $10. The Wine Gallery is open from noon to 6:00pm on Saturday.

Official Website
artsonfoot.org