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Then & Wow!

THEN & WOW! is Glen Echo Park's annual family festival celebrating the Park's revitalization and recalling its history.  The event features kiddie rides and arcade games, as well as videos and an exhibition on the Park's history.  Enjoy amusement park rides like bumper cars and turbo tubs or learn to juggle, perform magic tricks, or make a balloon animal.  Magic perforformances, roving juggling acts, face painting, and fun house mirrors also add to the day's fun!


The festival also marks the last day of the Dentzel Carousel's 92nd season at Glen Echo Park.  The carousel will reopen in the spring of 2013.


Admission to the Park is free.  Rides and some activities require tickets.  Tickets are $1.25 each or 10 tickets for $10.

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