Port Washington, NY – Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the North Hempstead Town Board are proud to host the 5th Annual Asian-American Festival, a celebration of the growing ethnic diversity within the Town of North Hempstead. The festivities will include cultural performances and a lively market filled with shopping, arts & crafts, and the delicious cuisine unique to China, India, Japan, Korea and Pakistan.

The beach-front festival will be held on Saturday, May 17th at North Hempstead Beach Park, located on West Shore Road in Port Washington. The event will run from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm with the gates to the park opening at 11:30 am.

“North Hempstead’s cultural landscape continues to grow each and every year,” said Supervisor Bosworth. “The Asian American Festival is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the diversity that make North Hempstead one of the best places to live in America.”

Featured performances and activities include Chinese Lion Dancers, a Henna tattoo artist, Korean Tae Kwon Do, Archery and so much more. The festival will also showcase a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony, Korean BBQ, as well as other delicious cultural delights from across the Asian-Pacific countries in our food pavilion showcase.

One of our key event sponsors is WAC Lighting for the 3rd year in a row as well as media sponsors from the Chinese World Journal, Ming Pao Newspaper, as well as NY Chinese Radio AM1480 and AM1380.

A parking fee will be incurred on all vehicles.

For more information on this event, please call 311 or (516) 869-6311 from outside the Town.

  





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