Around the World Cultural Food Festival, the largest outdoor cultural food festival in the Washington D.C. metro area celebrating the rich intercultural diversity, will take place in a new location this year, the beautiful waterfront park – Oronoco Bay Park in Old Town Alexandria, on Saturday, July 31 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
The event is free of charge, with plenty of food and beverages available for purchase. Participants will have the opportunity to taste authentic traditional food from restaurant vendors while watching a diverse folk show with international singers and dancers.
Visitors will enjoy an array of cuisines and crafts representing 35 countries. With only one ethnic food vendor per country, patrons will have the opportunity to explore more than 60 traditional foods from 10 countries, enjoying folk dances and performances from 17 countries, as well as an array of more than 80 ethnic artisans and crafters, small businesses and non-profit organizations.
Some of the countries represented will include Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Peru and Turkey and traditional performances from Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Grenada, Hungary, India, Jamaica, Peru, Romania,Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago and Turkey.
