Asian Pacific Rim Festival Pinellas Park 15 & 16 May
The Asia Pacific Rim Festival takes place at the England Brothers Bandshell Park at 5121 80th Ave. N Pinellas Park from 10am to 10pm this Saturday and 11am to 6pm on Sunday. Admission is free. This year’s theme is Year of the Tiger in reference to this year’s Chinese New Year. The festival includes samplings for small fee of ethnic Asian cuisine, displays, arts and crafts, fashion shows, martial arts demonstrations, music and an Asian beer garden. Represented cultures include Chinese, Fijan, Filipino, Hmong, Indian, Korean, Laotian, Samoan, Thai, Tongan, Taiwanese and Vietnamese. There will be mini-villages set up through out the Park with displays, arts and fashion of the Chinese, Fijian, Filipino, Indian, Laotian, Polynesian, Thai, Taiwanese, Tongan, Vietnamese and Hmong people. Come out and enjoy the delicious food and learn about other cultures.
