Family Festival: 10:00 am-3:30 pm
Opening Ceremony: 4:00-5:30 pm

FREE. Drop-in program. All ages.

Join the National Building Museum and the National Cherry Blossom Festival in celebrating the annual opening of Washington's cherry blossom season. This year's family festival, the fifth annual, will feature hands-on activities and exciting indoor and outdoor performances that celebrate spring and explore Japanese arts and design. 

The National Cherry Blossom Festival® Family Day and Opening Ceremony is supported by The Washington Examiner, Westwood College and funded in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, an agency supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.