WASHINGTON — It was postponed in September because of the severe weather Hurricane Florence was expected to bring to the area, but the one-day H Street Festival had the area teeming with life on Saturday.
Folks streamed through the H Street Corridor, walking lanes on that usually usher cars and over rails that guide street cars — all to the sounds of music from DJs, drums and the lilts and tones of hundreds of lively conversations.
“I have come here since it started. It was very small, people could come out and roam like they are now, but it was nowhere as this size is,” a photographer named Valerie told WTOP. She’s attended this event each year since it started 12 years ago.
Vendors from the D.C. area and beyond sold their artistic wares and artwork at tables and underneath tents.
“Washington is a dope city,” exclaimed Rodd Quinn, a traveling artist from Austin, Texas. He had only seen photos and videos of the city in the past. “It makes me even prouder to be an American just to be in this city.”
See scenes from the festival.
![Festival goers walk down the H Street Corridor for the 2018 H Street Festival. (Courtesy WTOP Listener)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/H-Street-Fest-1450x1254.jpg)
Art of all types on display at the H Street Festival! Music, dance, fashion, food trucks with their edible art, art for walls, art for eyes (sunglasses), and even art to help you cook and bake in style—potholders! @WTOP pic.twitter.com/DcLGqGPs0m
— Liz Anderson (@PlanetNoun) October 14, 2018
H Street Festival still on and jumping! @WTOP pic.twitter.com/H4L1ya5m7z
— Liz Anderson (@PlanetNoun) October 13, 2018
H Street Festival! There was lots to see and hear here! From DJs to buskers getting down on bucket drums! @WTOP pic.twitter.com/mXPoJyyIt6
— Liz Anderson (@PlanetNoun) October 13, 2018
![An artist displays his work at this year's H Street Festival. (WTOP/Liz Anderson)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/H-Street-Festival-1.jpg)
![Drummers perform on what would normally be a lane for cars and the H Street streetcars. (WTOP/Liz Anderson)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/H-Street-Festival-2.jpg)
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![Festival goers walk down the H Street Corridor for the 2018 H Street Festival. (Courtesy WTOP Listener)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/H-Street-Fest-260x174.jpg)
![An artist displays his work at this year's H Street Festival. (WTOP/Liz Anderson)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/H-Street-Festival-1-260x174.jpg)
![Drummers perform on what would normally be a lane for cars and the H Street streetcars. (WTOP/Liz Anderson)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/H-Street-Festival-2-260x174.jpg)
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