Imagination Bethesda is a children’s street festival celebrating children and the arts, including musical performances, dance groups, traveling entertainment, and hands-on arts and crafts activities. The free event in downtown Bethesda features face painters, costumed characters, balloons, jugglers and more. Local businesses and educational organizations will organize a variety of activities to entertain and energize people 12 and under.
Imagination Bethesda is a FREE event produced by the Bethesda Urban Partnership and sponsored by MIX 107.3 FM, Washington Parent, and Bethesda Magazine.
Date and Time:
Saturday, June 3, 2017
10 am to 3 pm
Location:
Along Elm St. and Woodmont Avenue in downtown Bethesda. View a map
Participants doing children’s activities
- Adventure Theater MTC: Create Your Own Junie B. Jones Paper Bag Backpacks
- Be with Me Playseum: hand painting on ceramic tiles and bubble bucket
- Bethesda Conservatory of Dance – frozen dance activity with accessories and sticker set
- Bethesda Magazine – Fun Summer Pictures and Coloring Activity
- City Dance: Dance Demo & Graffiti Coloring Activity
- Creative Youth: Fashion Illustration Project and Hand Sewing Activity
- Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts & Culture – Make Your Own Carousel Activity
- Huntington Learning Center – Create Your Own Swipe Paint Monster
- Imagination stage: create your own mini pocket watch
- Iran Cultural and Educational Center – Iran Arts and Crafts, Face Painting and Book Branding
- KID Museum – Interactive engineering activity with structures and balls.
- Kidville – Decorate knockers, glitter tattoos
- Language Stars – Games and activities from a variety of world cultures
- Mathnasium – Create and explore shapes with a variety of fun materials
- Montgomery County Pedestrian Safety Initiative – Pedestrian Safety Craft Activity and Engagement
- Montgomery Parks – Clay Marble Making and Tin Activity
- Bethesda Naval Support Activity – Visit with McGruff and McGruff Coloring Books
- Plaza Artist Materials – Learn to draw cartoon characters
- Round House Theater – Create your own map to a special destination
- Strathmore – Guided Colored Pencil Technique Activity
- The Washington Conservatory of Music – Musical Instrument Crafts and Hands-on Demonstrations
- Washington Episcopal School – Cookie Decorating Stations
- Wonders Early Learning + Extended Day – Create masks out of paper plates
- YMCA Bethesda-Chevy Chase – Designs and Assembles Paper Fans
Performance program
- 10am – Sr. Knick Knack
- 11:25 am – Rainbow Rock Band
- 12:30 am – Rockin ‘Railroad
- 1:15 pm – Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance
- 2pm – Rocknoceros
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