Saturday, May 6, 2023 | 11:00AM – 5:00PM (PDT) @ Seattle Center Armory
Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration is presented by Asian Pacific Directors Coalition and in partnership with Seattle Center Festal. Join us as we kick-off Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Month!
View Schedule, Vendors and Sponsors below. Not able to join us at the Seattle Center Armory? Festival will also be streaming live. Check out all the options HERE.
Schedule.
11:00AM Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon & Lion Dance
11:15AM Opening Remarks: Gaysha Starr and Dr. Jerry Nguyen, Emcees
Land Acknowledgement
Welcoming Remarks:
Erin Okuno, Co-Chairperson, Asian Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC)
Toshiko Hasegawa, Executive Director, Commission on Asian Pacific American American Affairs (CAPAA)
Marshall Foster, Seattle Center Interim Director
11:30AM Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team
11:45AM Cultural Chat Introduction (12:00-2:00PM Loft 2 Upstairs)
12:00PM Traditional Dance of China at UW
12:15PM Huayin Performing Arts Group – Folk/Traditional Dancing & Flute performance
12:30PM Live2Dance Seattle, Bollywood Dance
12:45PM Lotu Mo Ngaue, Tongan Dance Group
1:00PM Cindy Wong-Li, Children’s Book Reading “ Star Hug”
1:15PM CHIME Band
1:45PM Vietnamese Student Association at UW
2:00PM Alan Sugiyama Hum Bow Eating Contest
2:30PM Massive Monkees
3:00PM Beatbox Panda
3:15PM The KOMPANY
3:30PM MiYoung Margolis Dance Collective
3:45PM Seattle Filipino Arnis Club - Martial Arts
4:00PM Kaze Daiko, Taiko Drum Group
4:15PM Sunshine from Paradise, Hula Dance Group
4:30PM First Samoan Congregational Church, Traditional Samoan Dance
4:45PM UW Polynesian Student Alliance
5:00PM Closing Remarks
**Schedule may change
Vendors.
FOOD/DRINKS:
El Koreano, Korean & Mexican Fusion Food Truck
Dreamy Drinks, Bubble Tea Truck
PRODUCTS:
Belle Fiore Art
Donna Bolima
Nerd Wax
Risa Pieces
Small Rini Lady
Two Squirrels & a Nut/Cannonbot
Yaguchi Design/Ayame Kai
Watch the 2021 Virtual Celebration
Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration is presented by Asian Pacific Directors Coalition and in partnership with Seattle Center Festal.
This event celebrates all that is Asian Pacific Islander (API) culture through history, music, dance, stories, food and community.
Welcome
MC, Nella Kwan, Miss Seafair 2015
Seattle Center Director, Robert Nellams (3:00)
City of Seattle Mayor, Jenny Durkan (4:10)
Performance: International Lion Dance Team (6:20)
Toshiko Hasegawa, Executive Director, Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs (CAPAA) (9:40)
Michael Itti, Co-Chair, Asian Pacific Directors Coalition (APDC) (12:20)
Music & Dance
“No More” a music video by KHA, Vietnamese American pop soul singer and songwriter and a Live Q&A with KHA (14:20)
Community & Stories
Vaccinations, a conversation with Trang Tu (32:30)
Elaine Ishihara, Executive Director, Asian Pacific Islander Coalition Advocating Together for Healthy Communities (APICAT) (38:10)
Michael Byun, Executive Director, Asian Counseling and Referral Service (41:10)
Third Place Books, a special promotion (43:40)
Above the Drowning Sea Trailer and Q&A with Sylvia Fine (46:15)
Dance & Music
Northwest Wushu, Chinese art of fighting (55:50)
Sayaw, University of Washington Filipino Folk Dance Troupe (1:00:25)
Huraiti Mana, Polynesian Dance Troupe (1:06:00)
Community & Stories
Michael Itti, Executive Director, Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC) (1:11:30)
Mark Shimomura, Board Member, Seattle First Hill Lions Club (1:13:30)
#StopAAPIHate, a conversation with Washington State Representative Cindy Ryu (1:16:00)
Children’s Corner – Storytime: “Too Many Mangoes” (1:22:30)
Alan Sugiyama Hum Bow Eating Contest (1:27:45)
Super Bao! Howard Wu
Rodney Bambao
Lynette Garcia
Yoshi Hosaka
Alex Ko
Joseph Lachman
Nora Lance
John Liu
Heidi Wong
Dance & Music
Hālau Hula Ka Lei Mokihana I Ka Ua Noe, perpetuating Hawaiian culture through Hula (1:41:30)
Kinnaly, Lao youth, culture & community (1:47:30)
Community & Stories
Heidi Wong, Executive Director, International Community Health Services (ICHS) Foundation (1:54:25)
#StopAAPIHate, a conversation with Marian Liu, Operations Editor, The Washington Post (1:58:30)
Children’s Corner – Storytime: “Strictly No Elephants” (2:02:45)
Food & Community
Food Demonstration: Filipino Cuisine “Manga at Bagoong Noodle Salad” by Jan Parker, Jan Parker Cookery (2:07:15)
A Message from Amerigroup (2:13:50)
A Message from Puget Sound Clean Air Agency (2:15:35)
Dance & Music
Te Fare O Tamatoa, music, dance and culture of Tahiti (2:16:50)
The Kompany, University of Washington K-pop dance cover group (2:23:20)
Singers of This Age “No More” (2:33:20)