National Cherry Blossom Festival 2024 Date. March 1, 2024 at 11:39 a.m. The blossoms are still blooming and we encourage you to check them out on our #bloomcam if you can’t visit the tidal basin.

The national cherry blossom festival commemorates the 1912 gift of 3,000 cherry trees from mayor yukio ozaki of tokyo to the city of washington, dc, and celebrates the enduring. On march 17, 2024, the national park service announced that the trees have peak bloom!