Kids Euro Festival 2009 in Washington, DC

This fall Washington, DC will host the Kids Euro Festival, one of the country's largest performing arts festivals for children with more than 150 free events around the city. The month-long event will be geared to kids ages six through twelve and will feature artists in almost every performing genre, whose talents range from bubble-blowers to a virtual orchestra to storytelling to acrobats. Kids Euro Festival is staged through the cooperation of the 27 Washington-based European Union embassies and more than a dozen major local cultural institutions.

Dates: October 15 - November 10, 2009

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Embassies Participating in Kids Euro Festival

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

Venues Participating in the Kids Euro Festival

• Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage
  
• Shakespeare Theatre's Harman Hall
  
• Strathmore Mansion
  
• Atlas Performing Arts Center
  
• National Geographic
  
• THEARC
  
• Imagination Stage
  
• Discovery Theatre
  
• Library of Congress
  
• National Children's Museum
  
• National Gallery of Art
  
• DC Public Library
  
• The Washington Ballet
  
• Goethe-Institut
  
• House of Sweden
  
• La Maison Française
  
• The Austrian Cultural Forum Washington

Kids Euro Festival Performance Schedule

Some events may require reservations. For information on specific performances and to confirm schedules, contact (202) 944-6558 or visit www.kidseurofestival.org

In addition to the venues and embassies listed above, Kids Euro Festival is presented in collaboration with Smithsonian Associates, Washington Performing Arts Society, The Avalon Theater, DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, DC Public Schools, Arlington County Schools, Prince George's County Schools, and The French-American Cultural Foundation.

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