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The District comes out to celebrate Chuck Brown Day

Music filled Northeast on Saturday to celebrate the life of Go-Go music legend Chuck Brown ten years after his death.

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D.C. celebrates Chuck Brown, the godfather of Go-Go, with the eighth annual Chuck Brown Day festival on Aug. 20, 2022, a decade after the musician’s passing. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)

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Chuck Brown Memorial Park in Northeast D.C. near Franklin and 20th streets NE hosted this year’s Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20, 2022. (Dick Uliano)

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Folks throughout D.C. gathered and spoke with pride about Go Go the city鈥檚 original music genre and the artist considered its Godfather — Chuck Brown. (Dick Uliano)

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People dance as the city remembers Chuck Brown, the godfather of Go-Go, Aug. 20, 2022. (草莓传媒/Dick Uliano)

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The District celebrates Chuck Brown Day on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. (Dick Uliano)

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A couple Polaris Slingshots on display as D.C. celebrates Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20, 2022. (Dick Uliano)

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T-shirts for sale as D.C. celebrates Chuck Brown, the godfather of Go-Go, with the eighth annual Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20, 2022. (Dick Uliano)

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A photographer holds his book of Go-Go musicians on Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20, 2022, a decade after the godfather of Go-Go passed away. (Dick Uliano)

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A man wearing a pink polo holds a Washington D.C. Commanders bucket hat as people place orders at a food truck behind the man in D.C. on the eighth annual Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20, 2022. (Dick Uliano)

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A man wearing a shirt that reads “Chuck Brown’s 70’s Soul Searchers” on the eighth annual Chuck Brown Day Aug. 20, 2022. (Dick Uliano)

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Someone at the eighth annual Chuck Brown Day with a few bubble machines Aug. 20, 2022. (Dick Uliano)

Dick Uliano

Whether anchoring the news inside the Glass-Enclosed Nerve Center or reporting from the scene in Maryland, Virginia or the District, Dick Uliano is always looking for the stories that really impact people's lives.