Today we present our annual review of things to do in Washington, DC during the spring season, from the Cherry Blossom Festival to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. We get to do this show from the comfort of our home studio. We provide a lot of links on this page to the events we talk about.

We start with the Cherry Blossom Festival, that annual celebration of the gift of the Japanese Government that rings monumental washington in cotton candy pink every March or April. Check out the Festival's official site, with links to all of the events we talk about. (2:04)

We play Just Another by Northern Virginia singer Sharif, which also comes to us via the PodsafeAudio.com. (19:10)

We go on to talk about some other events that happen during the festival, but are not officially part of the festival. (23:44)

• The Blessing of the Fleets at the Navy Memorial
• The Smithsonian Kite Festival

We talk about events associated with the planned pastoral visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Washington. (24:50)

We talk about the other "classic" spring events in Washington. (29:20)

• The White House Garden Tours
• The Smithsonian Craft Show
• Shakespeare's Birthday at the Folger Theatre
• Filmfest DC
• Smithsonian Folklife Festival

We talk about Gardens in DC (32:06)

Mount Vernon Garden Party
• The Smithsonian Kite Festival
• Hillwood Museum and Gardents
• Maryland House and Garden Pilgrimage
• Historic Virginia Garden Week
• Franciscan Monastery Garden Tours
• Flower Mart at the Washington National Cathedral
• Tacoma House and Garden Tour
• Georgetown House Tour
• Georgetown Garden Tour
• The National Arboretum, which has a number of free and paid events
• Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens
• Dumbarton Oaks
• Smithsonian Gardens
• Mount Vernon

We talk about festivals in Washington in the spring (40:40)

• Gunston Hall has a kite festival
• Maryland Day - the Maryland State Holiday
• Maryland Day - The University of Maryland
• African American Family Celebration at the National Zoo
• The Preakness
• Virginia Wine Festivals
• Vintage Virginia
• Fiesta Asia
• Delaplane Strawberry Festival
• Capital Pride Festival
• DC Caribbean Carnival

• Wolf Trap
• Nissan Pavilion Schedule
• Merriweather Post Pavilion at the Navy Memorial
• Service Bands:
  • The Army Band
  • The Navy Band
  • The Air Force Band
  • The Marine Band
• The Shakespeare Theatre Free For All

• Nationals Baseball at their new stadium
• Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey
• Pet Fiesta at Reston Town Center

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Our Opening Theme Music is Garden Walk by Kim Evans, our walking music was from Find Me by H, and our logo design is by Kathleen Hamm at Hamm Multimedia.

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