Enjoy a day of family friendly fun in New Jersey’s pinkest park! The Essex County Bloomfest is park of Branch Brook Park’s Cherry Blossom Festival and features a packed schedule of events including Japanese cultural demonstrations, children’s activities, live music, a crafter’s marketplace, food and much more!

Events take place at the Cherry Blossom Welcome Center near the Mill Street Entrance in Belleville and the Prudential Concert Grove near the Clifton Avenue Entrance in Newark.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Main Stage
11:00am – Soh Daiko
12:00pm – Welcome Ceremony
1:00pm – Cobu Taiko Drum & Dance Troupe
2:00pm – Sawai Koto Academy
3:00pm  – Samurai Sword Soul
4:00pm – NJPAC’s James Moody Jazz Orchestra

Cultural Traditions Tent
11:00am – How to Make a Bonsai Tree Demonstration with Elves Florals
11:30am – How to Wear a Kimono Demonstration
12:00pm – Opening Ceremony – Main Stage
1:00pm – Drawing Demonstration by Pinot’s Palette
1:30pm – Sushi Demonstration with Hideyo Yamada
2:00pm – Ikebana Flower Arrangement with Ikebana Society
3:00pm – How to Wear a Kimono Demonstration
3:30pm – Sushi Demonstration with Hideyo Yamada
4:00pm – Performance by Kuni Mikami & East of the Sun Jazz Group

Prudential Concert Grove Stage
(Southern Division)
11:00am – Ikuei Dancers feat. Toshihiko Nakazawa, Haruka Honoki, Leo & Kai
12:00pm – Kuni Mikami & East of the Sun Jazz Group
2:15pm – Sachiyo Ito & Company
4:00pm – Taiko Zoku

Learn more about the Essex County Bloomfest
and Newark Cherry Blossom Festival here!

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