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In the Community
2nd Annual Golden Harvest Parade & Festival
October 28, 2023 • Sacramento, CA
“Greener Tomorrow for Youth”
MULTI-ETHNIC PARADE AND FESTIVAL BRIGHTEN SACRAMENTO
The 2nd Annual Golden Harvest Parade and Festival event, which was held on Saturday, October 28 at Capitol Mall from 10:00am-5:30pm.
This year’s theme was a Greener Tomorrow for Youth, as California leads the nation to build a greener and better community and planet for our future generations.
Starting at Capitol Mall, the all-day event was officially kicked-off with a 90-minute parade which began at 11:00am. From there, parade watchers made their way to the festival where booths were lined up between 5th and 8th Streets to delight generations of all ages – where ethnic dishes greeted the appetites and a plethora of colorful ethnic costumes we’re seen. Stage performances and the Youth Artwork Contest were are also parts of the festival. Our planning committee seeks to showcase cultural diversity in a friendly, peaceful, and harmonious venue to present Sacramento as one.
There were also 30+ groups joining the parade, floats which included participation from APAPA with a “Jupiter Float”, Chinese railroad worker sculpture truck from US-China Railroad Friendship Association, Fantastic Foreigners, TOFA, Local Fire Station Fire Truck, Energy Saving Bus and Classic Cars.
The marching groups for the parade and entertainment incorporated Dragon Dances, Martial Arts, Painted Ladies Rodeo Cavalry, Veteran entities, and other various ethnic groups representing the Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Lao, Lu-Mien and Indian communities to name a few.
This historic event was a wonderful celebration to promote people everywhere and to come together and share in the cultural experience at the event and to celebrate a great year to a cleaner and “Greener Tomorrow”.
“Events like this are essential. We just want all the cultures and ethnic groups to be one family where everyone will be brothers, sisters, and support each other. There is so much talent that we can share and enrich each other with. Sacramento is a great mecca where all aspects of culture, family, and talent can come together.” explained Jim Cong.
