Definitive Guide to the Sixth Asian American Day Festival in Boston Common on 9/10

Map of the Sixth Asian American Day Festival in Boston Common.

By Huang Chen

Celebration of the Sixth Annual Asian American Day Festival, and the first one since it has been recognized as an official festival by the city of Boston, will be held in two days in Boston Common and Cary Hall in Lexington. I am here presenting you with the most thorough guide of Asian American Day!!! Please be thrilled, because I am.

First! I need to show off the Official Resolution of Asian American Day being recognized as an Official Festival!!!

I am very proud of AAAB and all members and volunteers. This wouldn’t happened without your hard work! Thank you!!!

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The event is made up of two parts, the celebration on Sep 10th at Boston Common and two concerts in Cary Theater, Lexington, on Sep 11th.

On Sep 10th, the event will be held at Boston Common with 30 food vendors and 80 booths to showcase their business, and culture etc.. On the west side of Boston Common, by Charles Street, keynote speakers and artists from different countries and communities will be presenting with love and their best wishes. The event is expected to attract 50,000 people.

Performance and speeches will be going non-stop, people who are tired from browsing can grab some food and enjoy the visual feast!

Here is the Stage Schedule, take a peek ahead and don’t miss the show you like!

Stage Schedule

The 1st Episode 10am-12pm

10:00am

– Emcees: announced the event beginning

– AAAB ‘s President and Chairman of board Ye E Huang，Esq., opening remarks

– AAAB ‘s Director David Bai Speech

– Co-sponsored leaders’ and Honored guest speeches

10:20am

Vocal quartet the national anthem

<Star-Spangled Banner>

By Sunshine Men’s Quartet

10:25am

Lion Dance by Wah Lum Kung Fu

10:35am

Chinese Drum

By New England KungFu Dance Association

10:40am

Duet <Asian Americans>

By Lili Feng and Ethan Zhu

10:50am

Kung Fu

By Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi Academy

11:00am

Chinese Drum <Reopening Day>

By Boston Chinese Drum troupe

11:10am

Instrumental ensemble

By Greater Boston Asian American Youth Symphony Orchestra

11:25am

Kung Fu Fans

By New England KungFu Dance Association

11:30am

Solo

By Vocalist by Liwen wang

11:40am

Bamboo Dance

By CCC’s Multi-arts performance troup

11:50am

Hundreds of People KungFu Dance Perform

By New England KungFu Dance Association

The 2nd Episode 12pm-2pm

12:10pm

Boston Star Band Solo and Duet

Vocalist by Baoling Zhao

Vocalist by Fan Hu

By Fan Hu and Mr. Charlie Wang

12:25pm

Rhythmic Gymnastics

By Erica Wu

12:35pm

Folk Dance

By Boston Chinese Folk Dance Group

12:40pm

Ensembles <Little Apples>

By Seed Music & Art Center

12:50pm

Children’s Chorus

By Sound of Nature Children’s Chorus

12:55pm

Sun Beatzz Band

Main Vocal: Zhen Tian

01:05pm

Fans Dance <Joyous>

By Boston Chinese Folk Dance Group

01:10pm

Singing Solo Songs of Buddha

<Pray for Everlasting World Peace>,

By Jinke Yinding

01:25pm

Korean Dance

By Vice President of Asia Times /Jung-Yul Choi

01:35pm

Taichi

By Harvard GSAS AnLin TaiChi Budo Association

01:40pm

Folk Dance

By Boston Chinese Folk Dance Group

01:45pm

Korean Drum

By Vice President of Asia Times / Jung-Yul Choi

The 3rd Episode, 2pm-4pm

02:10pm

Instrumental ensemble

By Boston XiYangYang Music Ensemble

02:20pm

Tai Chi 18 forms

By Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center TaiChi Classes

02:28pm

Folk Dance

By CCC’s Multi-arts performance troupe

02:35pm

Jazz, Oriental Fusion Band

By Walter Kwan, Xiaoyuan Nie, Billy Yang, Jason Li

02:45pm

Qi-Pao Show

By Boston Qi-pao Association

02:55pm

Solo

By Vocalist by Yang Liu

03:00pm

Kung Fu

By Boston Chinese KungFu Research Institute

03:10pm

Trio

By CCC’s Multi-arts performance troupe

03:20pm

Happy Qi-Pao

By Boston Qi-pao Association

03:25pm

Trio of Cello

<Smooth Criminal>,

By Isabella Liu, Tristyn Liu, Lili Liu

03:35pm

Jazz Rhythmic Chair Dance

By North East Rhythmic School of Gymnastics and Dance

03:40pm

Dance

By IDanceABC

03:45pm

Japanese Drum

By Genki Spark

As you can see, all those tiny green squares represent positions for food vendors. And now, I am going to give you the list for all restaurants who participate!

Food Vendors

Wow Barbeque

Juice Republic

Hot Eastern Inc

Asian Teriyaki

Hong Kong City

Meng’s Kitchen

Sichuan Gourmet Houes

Jean and Lee Kitchen

Losoon Water Park LLC

Chinese Scallion Pie Inc

Irashai Sushi

Five Spices House

Tealosophy

Vietnamese American Thang Long Limited

Karma Restaurant

Kung Fu Tea Cleveland Circle LLC

Happy Lamb hot pot

Sweet Kingdom – Allston

Happy Lemon

Room 4 Deserterie and Cafe LLC

Hai Kui US MR Ocean

Buk Kyung Restaurant

Royce Chocolate

Beard Papa

Bella Rocco Brother Inc

Yum yum noodle

Hong Kong Treasures

Rizzuto’s Dip It Sweet

China Pearl Restaurant

Two concerts will be hosted in Cary Hall, Lexington. The first concert will be a comprehensive concert, and the second concert will be a special performance presenting by four artists.

Interested? Wait till me give you more info…