Since 1968, the Festival has served to cultivate the continued alliance between Japan and the United States using culture as its bridge. Each year, over 220,000 people attend this dazzling display showcasing the vibrant colors and grace of the Japanese culture and the diversity of the Japanese American Community in the festivities as San Francisco’s Japantown celebrates Japanese and Japanese-American culture. The celebration coincides with the blooming of the cherry blossoms.

57th Annual Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
– April 12-13, 2025 | 11 am to 5 pm
– April 19-20, 2025 | 11 am to 5 pm
– GRAND PARADE – Sunday, April 20, 2025 – 1pm to 3pm – from Civic Center Plaza to Japantown
– Festival – Post Street between Laguna and Fillmore Streets, Japantown, SF
FREE

Will there be a parade for 2025? Yes!  The Grand Parade will occur on the final Sunday of the Festival. A lively procession of taiko drummers, dancers, and decorative floats will celebrate the Festival and the Japanese traditions that thrive here in Nor Cal

2025 Parade Route
The Grand Parade will depart the Civic Center Plaza at 1:00 pm., proceeding up Polk Street to Post Street, and ending in Japantown at Post and Fillmore Streets.

For more information please follow the links below

https://sfcherryblossom.org/

https://sf.funcheap.com/sfs-2025-cherry-blossom-festival-april-12-20/

We are celebrating Earth Day on April 19th 2025! There are so many reasons to be grateful for our planet, and Earth Day is the perfect time to reflect and take action.

Every day is Earth Day in the Park District, and there are all kinds of ways to celebrate and honor the Earth. Join us for an Earth Day-themed activity, take a hike or ride in nature, or volunteer at an Earth Day clean-up event in a park or in your neighborhood. Events are scheduled throughout the month of April.

Earth Day is both a celebration of the natural environment we enjoy in the Regional Parks, and a reminder of our responsibility to take care of it. This year’s Earth Day theme is Planet vs. Plastics and advocates for an overall reduction of plastics worldwide. This includes investment in the land, resources, and people to support this unique system of natural and cultural resources and open spaces. Preservation of parks and trails is a core part of the Park District’s mission.

Join us at multiple locations throughout the East Bay Parks to help complete meaningful projects Park District-wide. Register by clicking the green sign-up button on the location and project you are interested in below. While some of our projects happily accept walkup volunteers, some require pre-registration. Thank you!

For more information please visit the link below:

https://sf.funcheap.com/east-bay-regional-park-district-earth-day-2024/

Dear Madrone Residents,

Please find below the flyer for Madrone’s next event.

Thank you!