Dupont Circle Fall Fest & Bluegrass Jamboree

Date and Time for this Past Event

Saturday, Oct 26, 2024 1pm - 5pm

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The Dupont Circle BID will once again host their biggest live music event of the year – the Fall Festival & Bluegrass Jamboree. The event will be held on Saturday, October 26th from 1:00-4:00 p.m. in Dupont Circle Park. The Fall Festival & Bluegrass Jamboree will feature live bluegrass by Shannon Leigh and the Good Bygones, a pumpkin patch where participants can decorate their pumpkins, games such as cornhole in the grassy areas of the Circle, and a costume contest for pets, kids, and adults with prizes.

The Fall Festival & Bluegrass Jamboree features multiple attractions. Bluegrass music by Shannon Leigh and the Good Bygones will be filling the Circle from 1:00-4:00 p.m. Shannon Leigh Reynolds fronts the band with her powerful lead vocals and rhythm guitar. Her debut album, Triple Shot, won a 2024 Wammie for Best Folk/Bluegrass Album. With influences ranging across many genres, the band plays everything from hard-driving traditional bluegrass and Americana favorites to classic country bar tunes.

During each intermission, there will be a costume contest. During the band’s first intermission at 1:45 p.m. we will hold with a contest for pets! All pets are welcome to put on their best costume. Following this, during the band’s second intermission at 2:45 p.m., all kids 18 and under in costume will come up to the stage for the kids costume contest! Finally, when the band concludes at 4:00 p.m., all adults will compete in the last costume contest of the day.

Each of the three contests will offer prizes for first, second, and third placed participants. First place winners will each receive a $100 gift card to famed Dupont restaurant La Tomate! Second place participants will each win a $75 gift card to Dupont’s new upscale sushi restaurant, Ko. Finally, third place contestants in each category will win a $50 gift card to Dupont Circle’s newest bakery, Bon Beke’s. Winners in each category will be decided by the crowd.

Alongside this, The Fall Festival & Bluegrass Jamboree will give away 200 pumpkins to the first 200 people, ripe for decorating. Paint and markers will be available for decorating.