FIRST THURSDAY, Del Ray’s monthly summer street festival, returns on Thursday, April 3 from 6pm to dusk along Mount Vernon Avenue with the theme Music & Dance on the Avenue. The event is free and open to all, and will feature live music at The Pat Miller Neighborhood Square (Mount Vernon and Oxford Avenues), themed activities along Mount Vernon Avenue, and more.
This month’s featured non-profit is the Alexandria Music Makers Scholarship Fund, a local non-profit that helps ensure that all children are given the opportunity to study music with a professional instructor. They’ll be collecting band instruments, including drums, tambourines, triangles, egg shakers; (note: there is an immediate need for a trumpet, if you have one collecting dust!). Learn more and donate online at alexandriamusicmakers.org.
Held the first Thursday of the month from April to September along Mount Vernon Avenue in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, First Thursday is a series of free outdoor street festivals that bring the community together around a fun theme, benefiting a local nonprofit.