Thursday, March 6, 2025

4TH ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL SPRING FESTIVAL AND 50TH YEARS IN US AS REFUGEES, MAY 17, 2025

 Presented by the

Southeast Asian Arts and Culture Coalition (SEAACC)
Saturday, May 17, 2025, 10:00-4:00 pm.
Outdoor performances 12:00-4:00 pm.
Tenderloin Recreation Center
570 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
between Leavenworth & Hyde

SEAACC is collaborating with community partners to host the 4th Multicultural Spring Festival on May 17, 2025, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Tenderloin Recreation Center. This is a FREE public event. Cultural performances will include representation from the Cambodian, Burmese, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Filipino, Hmong, Mongolian, Yemen, and Latino communities in the Tenderloin neighborhood.

The San Francisco Bay Area’s diverse communities celebrate many occasions and holidays in the first few months of the year, including the New Year which occurs in different months according to different cultures’ calendars, and the celebration of the arrival of Spring. This year, SEAACC and its community partners collaborated to put on this 2025 Spring Festival to share and highlight the beauty of different New Year traditions and Spring celebrations of various cultural and ethnic groups that are a part of the Tenderloin community.

Community Organization Partners/Supporters 2025

  • Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center 
  • Cambodian Community Development
  • Center for Lao Studies
  • Community Health for Asian American
  • Lao Seri Association
  • Laos Band - Sexy 101
  • Office & Professional Employee Union Local 29
  • One Myanmar Community
  • Samaki Projects
  • San Bruno Thai Temple - Thai Sieng Khene
  • San Francisco Labor Council AFL-CIO
  • San Francisco Recreation and Parks - Tenderloin Children Playground
  • San Francisco Wushu Team
  • Santa Rosa Lao Dance
  • SEAACC-Tenderloin Residents
  • Service Employee International Union Local 87
  • Tenderloin Community School
  • Tenderloin Chinese Rights Association
  • Tenderloin Filipino-American Community Association (TFCA)
  • TEOKALLI Traditional Aztec/Mexica
  • Vietnamese Medical Student Association - UCSF
  • Vietnamese Family Services
  • UC Berkeley Cal Taichi

Media Sponsors

  • Mo Magazine
  • Shwevideos
  • Vietvungvinh.com

Grant Sponsors

  • SF Grants for the Arts
  • San Francisco Arts Commission
  • Zellerbach Family Foundation
  • Tenderloin Museum

 

 







UP COMING EVENT: 14TH ANNUAL MID-AUTUMN HARVEST FESTIVAL AND 50TH YEARS IN US AS REFUGEES, SATURDAY 9/20/2025

Saturday, September 21, 2024

13th Annual Mid Autumn Harvest Festival

You're cordially invited to attend the Eleventh Southeast Asian Arts & Culture Exhibition celebrating the mid-autumn harvest season!

When: Saturday, September 21, 2024 — 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: Tenderloin Recreation Center — 570 Ellis Street, San Francisco CA 94109

The Exhibition helps promote and preserve the arts and culture of the Southeast Asian American communities in San Francisco, specifically highlighting the Indo-Chinese refugee communities which have a long history in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. We will have representatives from the Burmese, Champa, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Laotian, Mexican, Nepalese, Thai, Vietnamese, and Yemeni communities. Come celebrate the Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival with us and learn more about the different Southeast Asian cultures!

For more information, please contact:

  • Ms. Hang To at (415) 298-3705
  • Mr. Sirch Chanthyasack at (415) 680-4027
  • Email: contact@seaacc-sf.org

Event schedule:

  • 11:00 – BACI “su kwan” Ceremony
  • 11:30 – Cultural Arts Exhibitions / Fruit/Vegetables Carving Demonstrations
  • 12:00 – 4:00 PM. Outdoor Activities:
    • Live Music Entertainment
    • Soccer Tournament
    • Art & Craft
    • Food / Snack/ Moon Cake
    • Lantern Parade
    • Papaya Salad Demonstration by Five Ethnics

Community Organization Partners/Supporters 2024

  • Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Center 
  • Cambodian Community Development
  • Community Health for Asian American
  • Lao Seri Association
  • Laos Band - Sexy 101
  • Thai / Lao Samaki
  • Office & Professional Employee Union Local 29
  • One Myanmar Community
  • Samaki Projects
  • San Bruno Thai Temple - Thai Sieng Khene
  • San Francisco Labor Council AFL-CIO
  • San Francisco Recreation and Parks - Tenderloin Children Playground
  • San Francisco Wushu Team
  • SEAACC-Tenderloin Residents
  • Service Employee International Union Local 87
  • Tenderloin Community School
  • Tenderloin Chinese Rights Association
  • Tenderloin Filipino-American Community Association (TFCA)
  • TEOKALLI Traditional Aztec/Mexica
  • Vietnamese Family Services
  • Vietnamese Medical Student Association UCSF
  • UC Berkeley Cal Taichi
  • UC Berkeley Cal Wushu

Media Sponsors

  • Mo Magazine
  • Shwevideos
  • Vietvungvinh.com

Grant Sponsors

  • SF Grants for the Arts
  • SF Arts Commission
  • California Arts Council
  • National Endowment for the Arts