The Riverfront Dragon Boat and Asian Festival celebrates its 16th year with a free family friendly event offering a unique celebration of Asian culture highlighted by the exciting sport of dragon boat racing. In 2000, Riverfront Recapture held its first Dragon Boat Festival and recruited 30 local teams to compete in a 1-day, community-based race. Since then the Riverfront Dragon Boat & Asian Festival has come a long way, and we are proud to be considered one of the Top 10 Dragon Boat Festivals in the United States. In addition to dragon boat racing, our festival offers a variety of live Asian entertainment, abundant ethnic food, martial arts demonstrations, and authentic cultural programming.
2016 Race Results - All Heats
2016 Finals Results
2016 Festival Schedule
7:30 - 8:00 am: Opening Ceremony, Asian Performing Arts
Dance & Performing Arts:
10 - 10:30 am: Chinese Culture Center
10:30 - 11:15 am: East Culture Arts
11:15 - 11:45 am: Phoenix Performing Arts
Noon - 1 pm: Asian Performing Arts
1:30 - 2 pm: Nachie with Yashs Didi Dance School
2 - 2:45 pm: Taikoza
3 - 3:45 pm: Dance China
Martial Arts & Fitness Demonstrations:
11 am - Noon: Ju Long Wu Shu
Noon - 1 pm: Malee's School of Tai Chi and Kung Fu
2 - 3 pm: Bushido Karate Academy
Kids Activities, 10 am - 4 pm
Lucky Bamboo Crafts
Teach Art To Me
Admission to the Asian Festival is FREE. There is a fee to compete in the dragon boat races.
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Our 2016 Sponsors' generous support enables us to offer the festival free of charge to the public. If you are interested in sponsoring this exciting event, contact Deborah Baker, Director of Development, via email or call 860.713.3131 ext. 326.
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