Now in it’s 9th year, the Celebrate Petworth Festival is set for September 23, 2023 on the 800 block of Upshur Street.

Celebrate Petworth started in 2014 when a group of community organizers led by Tom Pipkin came together to create a new kind of neighborhood festival: one that seeks to bring together the residents of our neighborhood and give them more opportunities for collaboration, socialization and fun.

That first year, 2013, the Festival was in June, was only on the 800 block, and much was smaller and it rained. But we went and it was great. This year it’s in September (when the weather is usually great in DC), is being run by the new Petworth Main Street and includes so many vendors, food options and musicians and has expanded up along 9th Street NW. It’s a volunteer-led event by neighbors for neighbors.

Wanna Volunteer?
You can work the Dog Show, or the Kids Stage! Wanna help plan the event? Have a couple of hours to spare? Fill out the volunteer form…

You’ll find:

50+ vendors and exhibitors, including local artisans and community organizations.
Main Stage: Enjoy live performances on the Main Stage from 11am - 5pm. Performers to be announced soon. And hey, Drew from Petworth News is the MC for the third year! (I’m working on my dog puns.)
Taste of Petworth zone, featuring local restaurants.
Kids Zone, presented by Tara Hoot: Join us for a full day of activities & programming specifically for kids. Tara Hoot will be MC’ing the Kids Stage!
Free Learn to Skate Clinic: Learn to skate with local business Skate Instruction.
Oral History Storytelling: Local historians, poets, and storytellers share their stories and the history of Petworth.
All Day: Share Your Story @ the American University Humanities Truck, a mobile recording studio with a mission to collect, create, interpret and curate local stories and return them to the communities they originated from.