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April 8 – 10, 2022, Horticulture Eye in West Fairmount Park

2022 marks the limited render of in-person Cherry Bloom programming in West Fairmount Park that volition celebrate both Japanese and American culture in a new format that better incorporates the local neighborhood of Parkside, West Philadelphia. Instead of a unmarried-day festival, nosotros will be presenting the Sakura Concert Serial over three days on the weekend of Apr 8-ten.

Free, NON-TICKETED and open up to the public, this event will explore the intersections of Japanese and African American civilisation, from traditional to contemporary, through a range of musical performances by multi-ethnic Hip Hop, Jazz, and Percussion musicians. While the concerts themselves are non ticketed, nutrient and drink will be bachelor for buy.

While the concerts are costless, paid admission is required as usual to visit Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center. We HIGHLY recommend purchasing tickets for Shofuso in accelerate: click here to purchase tickets.

FESTIVAL Calendar

Click to download the program schedule & map

Friday, April 8

HIP HOP Dark

7 PM – 10 PM Hip Hop show with DJ Oluwafemi (7PM), Red Mcfly (7:30PM), MC Tingbudong (8PM), FACE VALUE (jason chu + Alan Z, viii:40PM), G Yamazawa (nine:20PM). Emcee Scott CHOPS Jung.

Saturday, Apr ix

TAIKO AND FUNK WITH Ruby-red Bloom Lite-Upwardly

6 PM – ten PM: Taiko and Funk music with Red Flower Night Illumination starting at 7:thirty PM. With Kenny Endo (6PM), DJ Oluwafemi (vii:30PM), Badd Kitti (8:15PM), Omar's Chapeau (9:15PM).

Sunday, April ten

Trip the light fantastic toe AND TAIKO

11AM – 3PM: Dance and Taiko performances by KyoDaiko (11AM), NYC Yosakoi Kogyoku (11:45AM), danceLogic (12PM), Joe Small-scale/ Swarthmore Taiko Ensemble (12:20PM), Acaraje (1PM), Casual Fifth (i:30PM), West Powelton Drummers (2PM), Yoko Nakahashi Fellowship Ensemble (2:30PM)

JAZZ AND REGGAE

3PM – 5PM: Jazz and Reggae with Philadelphia Jazz Project'due south PEACE ON Globe concert (3PM), and the Brownish Rice Family unit (four:10PM)

PARKS POP-UP

Philadelphia'south traveling beer garden returns for the 2022 Blood-red Blossom Viewing! This temporary Pop-Up volition be located outside the Fairmount Horticulture Heart Arboretum (100 Northward. Horticultural Bulldoze) starting on Sat, April second through on Lord's day, April 10th. FCM Hospitality will nowadays a full carte of food and drink favorites – plus new selections that contain a nod to the historic Cherry Blossoms, with a diverseness of vegetarian and gluten-free options. Credit cards are preferred.

PARKS POP-Upwardly HOURS:

Fri, Apr 8: 4 PM – 11 PM; Saturday, Apr nine: 12 PM – 11 PM; Sunday, April 10: 12 PM – 9 PM.

PARKING INFORMATION

Parking is available near the Mann Music Center ($10 per car). Walk from the parking lot to the Entrance C to enter the park.
Vehicles are non permitted to park at the Horticulture Center.
There will not exist a shuttle bus running between the parking area and the Horticulture Heart.

DIRECTIONS

Driving from the Due east:
76 West to Montgomery Drive Leave (341)
Turn left at light onto Montgomery Drive; follow signs to parking
Driving from the West:
76 East to Montgomery Drive Exit (341)
Turn right onto Montgomery Drive; follow signs to parking
Taxi/Uber/Lyft:
Drib off/Pick up at 4300 Avenue of the Democracy, Philadelphia 19131
Public Transportation: The Horticulture Center is accessible from SEPTA motorbus routes
38 (8 min walk if you get off at Belmont and Montgomery)
40 and 43 (16 min walk if you get off at Parkside and Belmont)
xv trolley (21 min walk if you get off at Gerard and 41)
Walking and biking:
Visit GoPhillyGo for biking and walking directions. Wheel racks at the Horticulture Center.

CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING MAP

In Japan, cherry blossoms are the ephemeral marker of spring's arrival, appreciated and admired by picnicking under the ruddy trees and walking through groves and alleles of the pink blossoms. JASGP planted 1000 cherry copse from 1998 to 2007 to broaden the 1600 reddish trees gifted past the Japanese government to Philadelphia in 1926.

Equally in Nihon, Philadelphians are invited to picnic among the sakura in bloom effectually Shofuso at the Horticulture Center and under many other cherry trees throughout the city. Expect for pink and white flowers nigh the Philadelphia Museum of Art, along the Schuylkill River, in Fitler Square area near the Rosenbach Library and Museum, and on streets and parks throughout the Philadelphia region. Japanese artist Hiro Sakaguchi manus-painted a newmap of Philadelphia Cherry Flower Ohanami – helping visitors find Cherry Blossoms throughout Fairmount Park as well as other spots around the City of Philadelphia.Download the map hither!

The Shofuso Cherry Blossom Festival of Philadelphia is presented by JASGP every bit part of the Re:imagining Recovery Project supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.