LHF's GREAT LABOR ARTS EXCHANGE
June 20-22, 2025 at the Silver Spring Civic Center in Silver Spring, MD
The Great Labor Arts Exchange is an annual arts festival in Silver Spring, Maryland, which celebrates the labor history of the United States as well as preserves, advances and promotes the culture of the American labor movement.
Labor arts are “part of how we come together, how we find our unity, how we remind ourselves of our values, how we sustain ourselves through the hard times.”
– Al Bradbury, Labor Notes editor
Music…poetry…film/video…theater…art…history…Labor Arts Workshops and Sessions...Friday night Song & Spoken Word Contest...Saturday night concert
UPDATED SCHEDULE (6/12/25); download below
2025 GLAE At A Glance (updated)
DETAILED SCHEDULE (6/12/25): includes session rooms, dining options and LHT contact info; ; download below
2025 GLAE schedule with rooms, dining options
Click here to enter the Song & Spoken Word contest
(DEADLINE 5P THURSDAY, June 19)
Download Flyer 1 (at right) Here
Download Flyer 2 (at left) Here
Housing/Hotel Information is on the REGISTRATION PAGE.
A limited number of scholarships (covering registration fees ONLY) are available: CLICK HERE to apply for a LHF GLAE John Handcox scholarship.
JOE HILL AWARDS: APWU President Mark Dimondstein and Rosemary Feurer (Mother Jones: America’s Most Dangerous Woman) are this year’s "Joe Hill Award” winners, honoring lifetime achievement for a body of work in the field of labor art, history, education and culture.
We plan on livestreaming selected GLAE programs on the LHF Facebook page; subscribe to our email newsletter for details (click on “Subscribe” at upper left).