Due to the pandemic, the 9th Tacoma Moon Festival will again be an online presentation.
Our focus this year is “Behind the Scenes”- and will feature a number of original videos taking you “backstage”- to meet the performers as they rehearse and talk about their heritage music and dance traditions, to meet cooks and makers of bubble tea, and to take a special, intimate visit to several Tacoma area Buddhist Temples during Festivals.
You will also find the historical background to the Park and a link to a walking tour of downtown Tacoma locations where Chinese businesses were in the late 19th century. Hear a reading by local author Judy Carlson Hulbert from her new young adult novel about the experience of several young people during the time of the Chinese Expulsion in 1885. You can pick up a mooncake recipe or download a kid’s activity at the virtual vendor booths. The festival will also feature several live-online events to be announced soon.
This year’s festival poster, designed by local graphic designer Rosemary Bennett, features the Moon Goddess Chang E, smiling over a celestial Moon-as-Mooncake, which shines down onto the peaceful Chinese Reconciliation Park. Festival t-shirts and posters with this special design will be available for order.
