The 28th annual Adams Morgan Day Festival attracted thousands of visitors yesterday, lured by a variety of food, music and the late-summer sun.
“It’s a great day and a great crowd,” said Metropolitan Police Department Officer Carolyn Todaro, 25. “It looks like everybody is happy.”
The city closed 18th Street Northwest between Florida and Columbia avenues for the event. Casually dressed people filled the street, lined with food, beverage and craft booths. The sounds of drums and guitars blared from stages on each end of the street.
“This is just fine,” said Mike Henderson, who came from Capitol Hill with his wife and their 2-year-old grandson, Tyreek Henderson.
Despite the fun, Mr. Henderson acknowledge a day in Adams Morgan would not be complete without a long search for a parking spot.
Festival-goers listened to such bands as Gibraltar, Have Mercys, New Day and Potato Famine.
Midway down 18th Street, Chuck Braze, 63, stood outside the Peyote Karaoke Cafe and sang songs from the 1940s and ’50s. The young crowd liked those old songs, too, and applauded.
“Thank you,” said Mr. Braze, who helps plan the festival.
The U.S. Postal Service had a booth this year that sold stamps and envelopes postmarked for Adams Morgan.
The City Paper, an alternative newsweekly, provided colored balls for children to throw at a target that, when hit, caused an elevated chair to drop a man into a barrel of water.
The smoked pork sandwiches, burritos, fresh fruit and Ethiopian specialties were among the most popular foods. Many customers sat on the curb to eat. Passing by was a young man wearing a T-shirt with the words, “I’m a smoke-free nut.”
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