In 2009, the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival will be celebrating its 42nd year, and one of California's most prominent celebrations of Asian traditions.

This Year's Dates:

Festival: Saturday and Sunday, April 11 & 12, 18 & 19, 2009
Queen Program: Saturday, April 11, 2009
Grand Parade: Sunday, April 19, 2009 

About the Festival:

In Northern California we have taken up the popular love of the cherry blossom to stage a massive binational, bicultural celebration.

Each year, over 200,000 people attend this dazzling display showcasing the color and grace of the Japanese culture and the diversity of the Japanese American Community. Please join us and become a sponsor of this popular Japanese American community event.

What's in the Festival: The Street Fair will include a food bazaar, featuring traditional Japanese cuisine and cooking demonstrations, a Japanese traditional arts and crafts fair, and a children's village. Entertainment stages will feature performances by Japanese classical and folk dancers, martial artists, taiko drummers and others. Companies sponsor a high profile street fair area, a street fair booth, one of two entertainment stages or a combination of these.