Cleveland Asian Festival

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Since the start of the Cleveland Asian Festival, our leadership has had strong support from our local leaders and elected officials. Our 15th Annual event was honored to have the City of Cleveland - City Hall's Mayor Justin M. Bibb, Mayor Ron Falconi of Brunswick, Mayor Matt Burke of Garfield Heights, and Ward 7 Councilwoman Stephanie D. Howse as part of our Saturday Kickoff!

Nearly 50,000 enjoyed the Best Showcase of Asian Food & Culture: This year with:
+Expanded Footprint
+50% more Food and Drink vendors with 30
+Record 48 Stage performances and demonstrations on two stages

We did it! The Cleveland Asian Festival 2024 was a huge success with nearly 50,000 attendees. The event would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of the 100+ volunteers that worked all weekend long. On top of that are the hundreds of hours of work from our committee members, executive committee, and co-producers in the weeks and months leading to the festival. THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS! This is just a small group of us, during the tear-down, after everyone else has left for the weekend. Everyone was exhausted, but the body will heal, the memories endure, and the positive impact that we have had on Cleveland and Asiatown Cleveland we love will last!

✅️ And that's a wrap! Thank you to everyone for joining us this weekend to celebrate 15 years of the Cleveland Asian Festival and enjoy lots of fantastic food, performances, games and activities, and so much more! 🎉

📣 How did you feel about the festival❓️Let us know what you thought about CAF by filling out a brief Feedback Survey to help us evaluate how we can improve our future festivals at https://form.jotform.com/240946489922167.

🍽 We hope you enjoyed trying delicious food and drinks from our wonderful 30 local Asian food vendors this year! 😋

📣 Be sure to VOTE for your favorite dish at the 2024 Cleveland Asian Festival! (check the link in our bio!)

🌟 The winner will be announced Sunday at 12:45 p.m. on the JACK Stage after the three finalists present their dishes to a panel of judges.

🏆 The top 3 winners will receive custom 3D-printed Food Award trophies, created by Cleveland 3D Printing!

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⭐️ JUDGES ⭐️

● Dylan Fallon, Ninja City Kitchen and Bar
● Jared Saylor, Home Chef
● Kiwi Wongpeng, Thai Thai

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🏆 FOOD VENDOR CONTENDERS 🏆

● Blasian Fusion ()
> // Ground Beef Philly Egg Roll - Served with Japanese rice and broccoli tempura. Paired with homemade sweet chili sauce.

● Bubble Time Mobile Kitchen
> // Banh Mi Sai Gon - Traditional Vietnamese sandwich with smoked charsui pork, Vietnamese ham, fried egg, mayo, pate, cucumber, pickled vegetables, jalapenos, cilantro & seasoning sauce.

● Khaao Macha Indian Fusion ()
> // Dahi Ki Kabab - Made of curd, cheddar, ricotta chese, flour and Indian spice powders. Soft mouth melting interior texture while cripse on the outside coated wttih roasted vermicellis. Served with tomato chutney.

● Kona Ice ()
> // Ultimate Shaved Ice - With toppings.

● Parilya ()
> // Chicken Tocino Rice Bowl - Grilled pineapple marinated chicken served on top of either steamed or garlic fried rice, topped with a sunny side up egg

● Superior Pho ()
> // Cơm Tấm Thịt Nướng - Grilled marinated pork with broken rice.

● Tita Flora's ()
> // Longanisa Breakfast Sandwich - Potato bun, spicy mayo, hash browns, longanisa meat and fried egg.

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Check out the expanded festival footprint for !

For more information, check out our physical or digital program booklet (clevelandasianfestival.org/2024/)

Check out the updated performance schedule for this weekend!

The schedule is divided into two days, where each day lists the schedule for both stages.

The time each performance is scheduled to start is noted in the black columns, where the top of a performance block on the schedule lines up with the top of the time block. (Ex: Kwan Family Lion Dance performs from 11:30–noon on Sat. at the JACK stage!)

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● The JACK stage is sponsored by ! It is the raised stage at E. 27th and Payne Avenue, noted in the schedule under the red columns.

● The Cleveland Foundation is sponsored by the ! It is the flat stage in the SW parking lot on E. 30th and Payne Avenue, noted in the schedule under the blue columns.

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All CAF performances are sponsored by OCA Greater Cleveland () through a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture ().

Lets Go! The Cleveland Asian Festival Executive Committee: Vi Huynh, Michael Mendoza, Wayne Wong, Deborah Yue, (not shown: Oanh Loi-Powell, Karis Tzeng Wolfe, Gabriel Kramer) and Co-Producers Lisa Wong and Johnny K. Wu, along with Dozens of committee members and volunteers are Set and Ready!

We've been doing this for 15 (!) Years!!
-And we are STILL Excited for this weekend!
-On our two stages, we are especially happy to have the MOST Stage events ever with 48 Asian performances, martial arts demos, contests, and more.


Performance Schedule here: https://clevelandasianfestival.org/2024/schedule/

Congratulations to the Finalists of our 2024 CAF Asian-Pop Dance Competition❗️

Watch them compete THIS SATURDAY, May 18th @ 5:00 pm, at our JACK stage! (sponsored by JACK Cleveland Casino) @ E. 27th St. & Payne Avenue. The top three winners will receive cash prizes 💸 ($1000, $500, $250) as well as custom 3D-printed "Year of the Dragon" trophies 🐉🏆 (crafted by Cleveland 3D Printing)
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The 6 Finalist were selected after careful review of an excellent array of fabulous dance video submissions!
⭐️ FINALISTS ⭐️
• 5K (.talent.s )
• Debt (.d5 )
• Florecer ( )
• Nabi Nation (.ofc)
• Knockout (.dance.crew_)
• Top Aces
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🌟 HOSTS 🌟
Wayne Wong Raymond Bondad Lauren Puljic
DJ:
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The competition, as well as all CAF performances, is sponsored by OCA Greater Cleveland (OCA Greater Cleveland) through a grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (Cuyahoga Arts & Culture).

TV20 Promo from the Festival co-founder and co-producer, Lisa Wong and Johnny Wu! Come enjoy the BEST Showcase of Asian Food and Culture this weekend, May 18-19, in the heart of Asiatown Cleveland!
+Expanded Area - Bigger and Better
+50% More Food and Drinks - 30 Asian Food Vendors
+25% More Performances & Martial Arts - 48 Stage Events

Cleveland Asian Festival 2024 Organized by the community– for the community, the Cleveland Asian Festival is Northeast Ohio’s celebration of Cleveland’s diverse and rich Asian culture. Th...

Important News: There has been someone pretending to be part of our festival charging for vendor’s fees. If you are not listed on our festival website, you are not part of the festival.

One of their names is Emily and they are NOT affiliated with us. If you already paid to her or someone else, please report to the police as this is a scam.

“We want to highlight the neighborhood and let people know that this is here year-round,” said festival co-founder and co-producer Lisa Wong. “We put on the Cleveland Asian Festival so that people can find what they're looking for and try new things and come back.”

Wong said the festival will have more than 100 exhibitors, in addition to about 30 food vendors and food trucks. Johnny K. Wu, festival co-founder and co-producer, said that adds up to a record-breaking number of vendors and performances for the festival.

Thank you Isabel Lawrence!





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The Cleveland Asian Festival Returns! Joe and Katherine talk to Johnny Wu and Lisa Wong about the fun you can find at the 15th annual Cleveland Asian Festival!

Kenny Crumpton discovers so many experiences at this year’s Cleveland Asian Festival during his preview of some of the performances and participants for the upcoming May 18 & 19 festival in Asiatown Cleveland including:
Kwan Lion Dance
Stellar Acrobatic Dance Academy
LingYun Rising Star Gymnastics Dance School
SansDance Vibes
Fat Bee Cafe
Tita Flora’s
and DJ Rox

Learn more at ClevelandAsianFestival.org

Kenny discovers so many experiences at this year’s Cleveland Asian Festival CLEVELAND, Ohio (WJW) — Cleveland’s Asian Festival is a wonderful way to experience all that the Cleveland Asian community has to offer in Northeast Ohio. The event happens on May 18th …