Field Trip #26: Caribbean Festival

The great thing about teaching in DC is that there are always a ton of international festivals and activities that you can do throughout the year. In the interest in planning ahead I am going to take the next few days to look into festivals that will be taking place during the school year so that we can take advantage of them all.

So where does this idea come from? Today was the annual Caribbean Festival parade on Georgia Avenue and it was a blast. It really shows how festivals can really bring international cultures to life and also connect you to a wider community. This festival is great but unfortunately it only happens in the summer so it is hard to harness all of the energy that takes place here. But if you teach in a school that has a summer session or if you want to keep in contact with your students as you prepare to go to the Caribbean Festival over the summer this would be a good one to come to.

The Caribbean Festival lasts a weekend and the parade is on Saturday morning and the party takes place at the Benjamin Banneker Rec center across the street from Howard University. It took place this year on June 26th and 27th and you can bet on it happening next year around the third week of June...just after school lets out.

But in the meantime if you want to show your students Caribbean flair throughout the year head to the Crown Bakery on Georgia Avenue (Field Trip #3) in one of my earliest posts or even Tropicana Jamaican carry out on Florida really close to Georgia Avenue.