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2024 AAPI Festival
May
11
12:00 PM12:00
All ages, Cultural Festival, Family, Festival, Free, Music, Dance, Food

2024 AAPI Festival

  • Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

County Executive Calvin Ball, in partnership with the Inner Arbor Trust, is thrilled to invite you to the 3rd annual AAPI Festival, celebrating the vibrant cultures, traditions, and contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community in Howard County and beyond.

Join us in the heart of Downtown Columbia, for a FREE celebration filled with fun, entertainment, and cultural enrichment for the whole family! Here's what you can look forward to:

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2023 AAPI Festival
Jun
11
12:00 PM12:00
All ages, Cultural Festival, Family, Festival, Free, Games, Music

2023 AAPI Festival

Join County Executive Calvin Ball, the Howard County AAPI Commission, and the Inner Arbor Trust for the second annual AAPI Festival!

The AAPI Festival is a celebration throughout Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods. Join us for cultural performances on the Chrysalis stage, vendors representing this dynamic community, and food vendors celebrating culture through food.

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Holi Celebration and Dance Party
Apr
23
12:00 PM12:00
Festival, Cultural Festival

Holi Celebration and Dance Party

  • Chrysalis at Merriweather Park at Symphony Woods (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Enjoy cultural performances, a dance party, and throwing of color as we celebrate Holi together. All are welcome as we celebrate together.

Join Inner Arbor Trust, Indian Origin Network of Howard County, Indian Cultural Association, Gujarati Samaj, and Vaardari with colors and a dance party. This event is a FREE community cultural event.

Holi is a spring festival during which participants celebrate by throwing colored powder at each other while they dance and celebrate.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

  • 11:00 a.m. gates open

  • 12 noon to 2 p.m. community performances

  • 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. DJ and dance party

Colored powder is available for sale onsite. No outside powder may be brought onsite. Please note that while powder generally washes out of clothing, it is likely that by coming onsite you will have powder fall on you, so please wear clothing that you agree may be stained.

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