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Planting Fields Foundation Education Center at the historic Laundry Building - 10:00 AM Pick
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Suffolk County Farm & Education Center - 10:00 AM Pick
Planting Fields Foundation Education Center at the historic Laundry Building - 10:00 AM Pick
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Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at Planting Fields Arboretum
The fourth annual Mid-Autumn Festival, also as known as the Moon Festival, is filled with traditional Chinese arts and crafts, cultural exhibits, children’s activities, pony rides, a petting zoo, and more nonstop entertainment.
Live entertainment, such as traditional dances and music, encompassing a variety of styles and genres, will be performed throughout the festival on the main stage. Visitors will get hands-on experience with traditional cultural activities, such as traditional paper cut arts, calligraphy, Chinese painting, Shadow Theater play, Chinese sugar painting and flour dough sculpture, and festival games that have been played for over 1,000 years. Thousands of unique Chinese traditional handicrafts will be given away as prizes for interactive games. The third part of the festival is the Art Fair. Over 30 local, national and international artists and exhibitors to showcase their original diverse and carefully curated selection of artworks. Please note: the Art Fair will start at 11am at Coe Hall.
Sponsors will be on-site to provide an assortment of snacks. Festival food like the traditional moon cake and ethnic food will be available for purchase.