TenleyFest
Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 3-5 pm,
Wisconsin Avenue, Fessenden to River
The event celebrates live music at businesses along Wisconsin Avenue. We will be offering family-friendly music performances and chalk art with local artists. Kids can participate in creating art and add their wish to a wishing tree. Participating businesses are offering store discounts to help celebrate!
Musicians
Taisha Estrada Quartet – Coffee Nature
Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Taisha Estrada grew up with grandparents who felt a strong devotion to la patria, their homeland. The rhythms of salsa, bomba, and plena course through Estrada’s veins. Though she moved away from the island when she was young, her passion for Latin culture has only grown with time.
Estrada’s style, which blends Latin jazz, r&b, and pop, is comparable to artists such as Omara Portuondo, Elis Regina, Natalia LaFourcade, and iLe. Lyrically, she is heavily influenced by the sensory experience of the Caribbean, and her work explores topics including life, love and the beautiful and mystifying bond between humanity and the earth. Estrada’s performances evoke power and grace.
Having only just begun her career, Estrada has been very warmly received. She has performed for a wide variety of audiences at venues including Mr. Henry’s, Bossa Bistro, Jojo’s, The National Press Club, the Strathmore’s AMP and the Smithsonian Museum. In 2020, she won second place in Blues Alley’s Ella Fitzgerald vocal competition. In 2021, she was selected as one of the Strathmore’s six Artists-in-Residence. She looks forward to May, when she will have her designated month of performances.
DJ – Verified Wines and Spirits – DJ EZGrüüv (Eric Sudol)
EZGrüüv is a seasoned disc jockey with over 25 years of experience curating unforgettable musical journeys across multiple genres. Masterfully blending both digital and analog formats, EZGrüüv has built a reputation for seamless mixing, intuitive crowd reading, and genre-bending sets that captivate audiences of all kinds. From elegant weddings and high-energy corporate events to gritty underground house sessions and legendary warehouse parties, EZGrüüv brings a signature style, deep musical knowledge, and infectious energy to every performance. Whether crafting the perfect vibe for an intimate gathering or igniting massive dance floors, EZGrüüv’s mission is simple: to move bodies and elevate souls through the power of music.
Barbara Papendorp Jazz Duo – Le Chat Noir
Barbara Papendorp has been seen with many of Washington’s theater companies, including Forum Theater, Washington Shakespeare Company, Le Neon, and American Century. As a cabaret artist she has appeared with the In Series and at venues including La Maison Française, Alliance Française, and the Phillips Collection Renoir’s Return. Barbara received glowing reviews as Violette the Dancehall Singer in La Vagabonde with Le Neon Theatre. She was universally praised for her Chanteuse and Louise in the WSC’s production of Private Lives and the companion piece Coward Cabaret. She is often seen onstage at the Arts Club of Washington and at the Happenings at the Harman Center of the Arts.
Cristian Perez – Print Space
Cristian Perez is an Argentine-American 7-string guitarist, composer, and arranger based in Northern Virginia. Cristian has performed throughout the world in Argentina, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Dominican Republic, South Korea, and is very active in the greater D.C. area. His debut album “Anima Mundi” has received numerous international reviews and reached #13 in the CMJ World Music charts in the USA. Cristian is a former Artist in Residence at Strathmore (’15), and won 2 Wammie Awards (‘22) for his work with Project Locrea. Cristian is a Kremona Guitars Artist and MCO Guitars Artist, and has been featured in the industry-standard publication Vintage Guitar Magazine. Cristian graduated from George Mason University with degrees in both Classical Guitar (BM, ’10), and Jazz Studies (MM, ’12).
Cristian has formally studied with Berta Rojas, Larry Snitzler, Rick Whitehead, Ken Hall, Mike Stern, Roland Dyens, Pepe Romero, Gilad Hekselman, Nelson Veras, Steve Herberman, and many more. Cristian’s love of classical music, jazz, pop, soul, and folk music from around the world inspire his creative process and add to his musical palette both as a bandleader and sideman. Cristian is very active performing as a freelancer and collaborates with many musicians of diverse backgrounds. He co-leads world music fusion group Project Locrea and is the founder/leader of the guitar-only ensemble The Guitar Renegades. Cristian is an adjunct professor at NOVA Community College (Alexandria, VA), and is available for masterclasses, clinics, and workshops.
Andrew Musselman Trio – The Tile Shop
Andrew Musselman is a jazz bass player and native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He obtained his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance from Florida Atlantic University in 2011. Since then he was Music Director for School of Rock until 2016 when he left to pursue his original project Tchaa (tchaaband.com). Andrew was a finalist and flew to Brooklyn, New York to compete in the Phil Jones/ La Bella bass contest in 2016. In addition to working and recording with local and touring jazz groups in South Florida, such as Roosevelt Collier, he is the bass player for the Miami Heat Street Band. Andrew is the co-founder and Creative Director for Rock Dreams, a music program he helped develop for children with special needs. Andrew Musselman is an endorsed artist with Bartolini Pickups, Tsunami Cables, and BNJ Guitars of Milan, Italy.
Dr. Horsedoctor – Middle C Music
Hailing from Washington, DC, Dr. Horsedoctor is the indie pop brainchild of Brandon Breazeale and Nick Cervone. Now a five-piece band, Dr. HD blends millennial optimism with 80’s synths and surf rock melodies. Their influences range from MGMT and Foster the People to The Police and The Smiths. Currently in the finishing stages of their sophomore album, the Doc is dedicated to one thing: making you feel those things that you forgot to feel long ago.
Double Dash – Guapos
Double Dash is an energetic teen pop-punk act, hailing from DC. Inspired by bands like All Time Low, Pierce the Veil, and Stand Atlantic, they are: Noa Brotzman (guitar/vocals), Vivian Collier (guitar/backups), Hope Stites (Bass), and Julian Durbin (Drums).
Visual Artists
Liz Ashe
Elizabeth Ashe is a sculptor and poet, who earned her MFA from the Mount Royal School of Art at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and an MFA in creative writing from Chatham University. Her public art projects have recently been on view at the Bemidji Sculpture Walk, Sukkahwood Festival, and Art All Night DC. Ashe’s poetry has appeared in Bourgeon, Yellow Medicine Review, the Lavender Review, Vagabondage, and Badlands Literary Journal, among many others. Her work is included in Studio Visit Magazine, issue 46. She was lead curator for “Not So Concrete,” an exhibition on the role or architecture in our lives, funded by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Due to COVID, the exhibit went online. She was just awarded a grant from the same organization, to support her art practice for the next year. Ashe lives with her girlfriend in Washington, D.C., where she has an active studio practice. Ashe currently has a studio residency at Portico Gallery and Studios in Brentwood, MD. She works as the Exhibits and Event Technician for the Katzen Center at American University.
Monica Perdomo
linkedin.com/in/monica-perdomo-7b6723255/
With over eight years of experience as a visual arts educator, I am passionate about teaching and inspiring students of diverse backgrounds and abilities to explore and express their creativity through various mediums and techniques. I have a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design, and I am fluent in Spanish and English.
While at St. Pius X Regional School, I built a bilingual STEAM classroom and introduced Figma UX graphics to 5th-8th graders. I share the school’s vision of fostering academic excellence, social justice, and spiritual growth, and I strive to create a supportive and inclusive learning environment for my students.
In my previous role as a visual arts educator at PGCPS, I taught the arts program at Frances Fuchs and Thomas Stone offering painting, printmaking, sculpture, and paper-making to over 800 students. I also collaborated with other teachers and staff to integrate the arts across the curriculum and promote cultural awareness and appreciation. I used my skills in school systems, coaching and mentoring, and visual arts to design and implement engaging and differentiated lessons, assess student progress, and showcase student work in exhibitions and events within the community. I am proud of the positive impact that I had on my students’ academic and personal development, and the feedback that I received from parents and administrators.
Julia Fouser
https://juliafouser.art/about-the-artist
Julia Fouser (b.1992) is a multidisciplinary artist interested in the overlap between the physical body and its study—biology and medicine—and the expression of the immaterial, intangible inner world—spirituality and emotion. She appropriates imagery from materials that are part of the American medical-industrial complex and transforms them to express her own thoughts and feelings, reclaiming her voice. She completed her Bachelor of Art at University of California, Santa Cruz and is now an MFA candidate at American University in Washington, DC.
Other Activities
My Gym
Historical Tour of Tenleytown
Want to know more about the people and organizations that influenced the development of Tenleytown? Curious to learn more about the community’s historic sites? Join us for a 90-minute walking tour to learn about the rich history of Tenleytown, which will include the civil-war era Grant Road and the neighborhood’s remaining 18th and early 19th century estate houses.
Friendship Place Open House
Learn more about how Friendship Place helps our community. They will hold an open house during TenleyFest at 4713 Wisconsin Ave NW. You can learn more at: https://friendshipplace.org/
District Irish Dance Academy Demonstration
Learn more about Irish Dancing from Tenleytown’s District Irish Dance from 3-4 pm at the corner of Wisconsin Ave and 42nd St NW. https://www.districtirishdance.com/
Participating Businesses
Shinwa Izakaya
DINE IN SPECIAL: Take 10% OFF when you order using the code: TENLEYFEST
Pete’s Pizza
DINE IN & ONLINE SPECIAL: Take 20% OFF your order when you mention you are here for Tenley Fest or use the code: TENLEYFEST20 (not valid for alcohol).
Cafe of India
DINE IN SPECIAL: Get a FREE appetizer with any two main courses (just mention TenleyFest to your server).
CARRYOUT DEAL: Take 15% OFF when you order directly. Call 202.244.1395, or order online using code: TENLEYFEST
Specials available during business hours: 12:00PM – 3:00PM, 4:30PM – 9:30PM. Offers valid on May 31, 2025 only.
Thank you to our sponsors My Gym, Carings Hands and The Tile Shop!