Boston Dragonboat Festival and Races

Come check out a day of races, food, and cultural events!
Host:
Type:
Network:
Global
Date:
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Time:
8:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Charles River between the Weeks Footbridge and Western Ave
Street:
Dewolf Street and Memorial Drive
City/Town:
Cambridge, MA

Description

Spanning nearly 2300 years, the Dragon Boat Festival transforms old traditions into an exciting sporting and cultural event, right here on the Charles River. Arts and crafts demonstrations. Tasty Asian foods. Free admission. Join us for North America's longest running Dragon Boat Festival!

2009 features a FULL DAY of action-packed dragonboat races on the Charles River, along with Japanese Taiko drumming, Chinese drumming, traditional dancing and music, Lion dances, Chinese and Korean martial arts and Yo-yo demonstrations!

NEW! Join us on Flickr and post your photos from the Festival!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/1133190@N21/

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Other Information

  • Guests who are not attending are hidden on the guest list.
  • Guests are allowed to bring friends to this event.

Event Type

This is an open event. Anyone can join and invite others to join.