BY MELANIE S. MOSSHART
For the Kent Reporter
The Kent International Festival welcomes people of all ages, ethnicity and cultures to the ShoWare Center for the sixth annual program on Saturday, May 31.
The free festival, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., features musical entertainment and dancing, exotic foods from throughout the world from Kent restaurants and offers a variety of cultural booths.
The festival touts three new additions to the diverse event – a hand-carried float parade, a feature stage for learning about cultures and traditions, and the festival finale, which promises the best of the best in entertainment.
Organizers hope to attract an even bigger audience this year.
The festival begins with the Generations Walking Together parade of all ages and cultures dressed in traditional attire. The walk begins from the Kent Station and ends at ShoWare Center.
The event officially opens at 10 a.m. with musical groups, dance troupes, drums, belly dancers and instrumentalists entertaining the public until 5.
The finale begins at 7 p.m. and runs until 10.
The theme is to “Learn from Each Other.”
Each cultural booth will have an activity for the children to do in order to discover something about the country that booth represents.
For more information, visit www.kentinternationalfestival.com.
Talk to us
Please share your story tips by emailing editor@kentreporter.com.
To share your opinion for publication, submit a letter through our website https://www.kentreporter.com/submit-letter/. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) Please keep letters to 300 words or less.
