INCLUDES: Cultural activities, displays, and food tastings along with international dance, music, and storytelling performances.

ADMISSION: $10 per person, Children 12 years & under free
(One adult chaperone required per every four children under 12. No strollers allowed in exhibit area.)

Participating Embassies: Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brazil, Brunei, Chile, China, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Turkey.

Performances by:

• Almaz Getahun
• CapoeiraDC/Embassy of Brazil
• El Tayrona
• GALita Children’s Theatre/GALA Hispanic Theatre
• Hora DC/Embassy of Israel
• Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington, DC
• KO’ ETI Paraguayan Folk Dance/Paraguayan Cultural Center
• Natyabhoomi School of Dance
• Nomad Dancers
• Raqs Jameel and Saffron Teen Belly Dance/Joy of Motion Dance Center
• Rumah Gadang Group – USA/Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia
• Silk Road Dance Company
• Sri Lanka Youth Dance Group of Washington, DC
• Sushmita Mazumdar
• Umanda Weerasinghe
• Wong People/Chinatown Community Cultural Center

International Children's Festival is a vital part of Meridian’s educational outreach Programs, through which we have reached over 70,000 students in the District of Columbia Public schools (DCPS), helping them to develop an understanding of other cultures and world geography. Our outstanding educational outreach programs help DC public and public charter school students learn important geography skills needed in this global environment, prepare them to enter an interconnected job market and bring a ‘world of possibilities’ into their life. To those, whose privileges of "global" education are limited, such as DC public school students, Meridian’s educational outreach programs offer a great opportunity.