Oakland's Chinatown StreetFest is this weekend - 8/22-23


	Oakland's Chinatown StreetFest is this weekend - 8/22-23

Lexica

8-19-2009 2:13 PM

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oakland, chinatown, street-festivals, neighborhoods

Lexica says:

The Great Wall Youth Orchestra, young musicians playing traditional Chinese instruments, will perform on the Cultural stage Saturday afternoon, while the ska band Uptones takes over the Popular stage. Both venues offer abundant performances, including Taiko drummers, Hawaiian and Polynesian dance troupes, and a range of music including jazz, dance rock, Latin, soul and R&B.

Also scheduled this year: Leung's White Crane Lion Dance, the highly entertaining and acrobatic lion dance team from San Francisco.

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