By: Gregory Wada, Festival Executive Director for The Dirt
The Davis Cherry Blossom Festival is back for its ninth year. This free, community festival is produced by young Asian American taiko players focused on building community and solidarity through art and music.
The festival features taiko groups from across California, local bands and musical groups, an artist gallery and craft marketplace, family-friendly activities and games, and a special seasonal beer release by our partners at Sudwerk Brewing Co.
Our springtime festival celebrates artistic and cultural diversity in our community and world.
“Cherry Blossom Festival” pays homage to Japanese American traditions and festivals, including hanami (flower viewing) and hanamatsuri (celebration of Shakyamuni Buddha’s birth).
With our festival, we seek to promote tolerant and peaceful communities, appreciation of natural beauty, sustainable living, and engagement in outdoor and public spaces. Through the festival, we raise money for charities working for greater social or environmental justice in our communities. This year, the festival will be fundraising for two organizations: International Rescue Committee and Asian Resources, Inc.
Our festival is publicly funded by grants from the City of Davis and Yolo County, hosted at a private venue gracious enough to let us create in the space, and planned and produced by a volunteer team of young organizers. Like spring blossoms, the third space it seeks to create exists in a fragile balance, but somehow it comes back every year, beautiful each time.
Website: davischerryblossomfestival.weebly.com
Link Tree: linktr.ee/davischerryblossomfestival
Cherry Blossom Festival
Asian American cultural festival featuring taiko, local bands, artist gallery and craft market, family-friendly activities, and seasonal beer release.
Date: Saturday, April 13 11a—8p & Sunday, April 14 11a—8p
Location: Sudwerk Brewing Company
2001 2nd Street, Davis, CA 95618
Entry: Free
Age: All ages
