Asian Food Fest returns to downtown Cincinnati with taste and enjoyable

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – A various vary of cultures and meals will take over downtown Cincinnati Saturday and Sunday as Asian Food Fest returns for its fifteenth 12 months.

The pageant, celebrating Asian tradition and delicacies, will characteristic greater than 50 distributors and greater than 100 performers to enliven the weekend.

Celebrations start on Court Street at 11 a.m. and finish at 10 p.m. Saturday and eight p.m. Sunday.

Entertainment highlights embody the next:

Saturday

• 12 p.m. – Sarah Gorak & Band with conventional Hawaiian songs and hula dance on the Main Stage
• 2 p.m. – Cincinnati Dayton Taiko Japan brings thundering Japanese Taiko drums to the Main Stage
• 5:30 p.m. – LUXXE dance crew performs Okay-pop covers on the Main Stage
• 8 p.m. – Eastern Eats and Vocal Beats Karaoke! Presented by First Financial Bank with DJ Hi David on the Main Stage.
• 8:00 p.m. – Bhangra X Bollywood Block Party with DJ Das + Friends on the DJ Stage

Sunday

• 11 a.m. – Rhythm in Motion with Rosh: A tai-chi based mostly motion session
• 12:30 p.m. – Purple Cakes rock band
• 2 p.m. – Bing Yang Chinese Performing Arts Center youth cultural dance efficiency
• 6:30–8 p.m. – Asian Food Fest Drag Show hosted by Princess Shehzadi, Glitz and Bee Jade on the Main Stage

A full pageant schedule might be found online.

Road closures

Several roads surrounding the pageant will likely be closed over the weekend, together with parts of Vine, Race and Court streets.

Festival organizers advocate experience sharing or utilizing public transit to the pageant; nonetheless, surrounding parking garages will stay open in the course of the occasion.

Vine Street and Race Street will likely be closed between Central Parkway and Ninth Street.

Court Street will likely be closed between Elm Street and Main Street.

City officers urge drivers to make use of warning across the pageant and plan various routes.

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