10 Years of Cleveland Asian Festival
For Immediate Release
February 8, 2019
Cleveland, OH – When the volunteer founders of the Cleveland Asian Festival created the event ten years ago their main goals were to showcase Asian culture and promote the AsiaTown neighborhood of Cleveland. Now ten years later the Cleveland Asian Festival has become an annual engine of economic growth for the area.
While it was expected that the Cleveland Asian Festival (CAF) would celebrate diversity and Asian culture in Northeast Ohio it would have been hard to predict its impact on the resurgence of and growth in Cleveland’s AsiaTown community.
Johnny Wu, one of three CAF founders, says “It has been an honor to serve and help this festival grow. The festival’s reach goes beyond the weekend as many attendees continue to visit AsiaTown throughout the year.”
Before the Cleveland Asian Festival, what has now become the popular and vibrant AsiaTown was unknown to most outside the area. But with tens of thousands being introduced to AsiaTown through the Cleveland Asian Festival each year the neighborhood has been a popular destination year-round.
The Cleveland Asian Festival has been an economic engine for AsiaTown with 35,000 to 50,000 attendees each year and millions spent in the neighborhood.
Look for a special Cleveland Asian Festival this year as the 10-year anniversary is celebrated. Johnny Wu adds, “CAF is now a decade in the making. We are very proud and excited.”
About the 2019 Cleveland Asian Festival
The Cleveland Asian Festival is an annual celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage month in May in Cleveland’s AsiaTown neighborhood. The Cleveland Asian Festival is a landmark undertaking to unite the community through collaboration and recognition of its culture, diversity, and people.
The 2019 Cleveland Asian Festival will be held May 18 and 19, 2019 from 11am to 7pm on Payne Ave. between E. 30th St & E. 27th S. Admission and parking are free.
http://clevelandasianfestival.org
Contact
1419 East 40th Street Cleveland, OH 44103
Office: 216.539.4634
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