Category Archives: Knox Asian Festival

12th Annual Knox Asian Festival

Knoxville Asian Festival @ World’s Fair Park

Sunday, August 24th: Festival, 10:30 AM – 6:30 PM

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Saturday August 26th – 10th Annual Asian Arts Festival

10th Annual Knox Asian Festival

Aug 26th, 10:30 AM – 8:00 PM

 Knoxville Asian Festival @ World’s Fair Park

Prepare to experience authentic foods, exciting performances, and traditional activities that represent the Asian cultures of:

 Japan, Indonesia, China, The Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Nepal & Myanmar.

What’s Happening in 2023:

The Asian Cultural Parade will start at 10:30 AM at the Water Fountain on the Festival Lawn and end at 11:30 AM at the Amphitheater stage. During the festival, booths for each country will have Food VendorsActivities, & Performances. We will also have ongoing performances in the Amphitheater, including FREE Sumo Demonstrations & photo opportunities! 

Knoxville Bonsai Society will be featuring local Members’ trees on full display at the #BONSAI booth during the Asian Festival. Members from across east-Tennessee will be in attendance to answer bonsai questions, show off their trees, with free mid-day DEMONSTRATION of pruning and shaping!

For more details, visit the 10th Annual Knoxville Asian Festival Homepage HERE.

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KBS Fall 2019 Meetings Schedule

Thanks to everyone who came out to the 6th Annual Knox Asian Festival – it was a great success for KBS, displaying over twenty member trees, demonstrations, tree give-aways, and vendors!

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We also gave out 400+ new KBS business cards, if you are interested in becoming a NEW MEMBER be sure to email Dat Tran and come to the next meeting this Fall:

  • Next meeting is next Saturday, September 7th, from 10-1 at Dat’s house.
  • October meeting is on Oct 5th from 10-1 and also at Dat’s house.
  • The 2019 Asheville EXPO Bonsai Show is coming up on October 12 and 13. This is the largest show on the Southeastern part of the US. It is at Asheville Arboretum.
  • Mauro Stemberger is coming to Knoxville again for workshop and it will be on Saturday, November 16, at my house from 9 to 6 with 1 hour for lunch.
  • November meeting will be on November 9 and it will be at Charlene’s place.

Knoxville Asian Festival August 25th!

Please join KBS on August 25th at World’s Fair Park for the 6th Annual Knoxville Asian Festival!

KBS will have 25-30 member styled trees on display, juniper demonstrations with give-aways announced on Facebook, and NEW THIS YEAR vendor table selling beginner trees and other bonsai materials.

More details can be found at the Knoxville Asian Festival Website and below:

At World’s Fair Park
August 25, 2019 • 11am – 8pm • FREE To The Public!
Booths & Food Open Until 6pm, Performances Until 8pm.

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KBS Members Meeting August 10th!

Join us this for this month’s KBS meeting Saturday, August 10th from 10am-1pm.

Get your trees ready to display at the upcoming 6th Annual Knoxville Asian Festival!  Bring trees if you need assistance and tips for displaying your trees.  We need members to bring 2-3 trees each (total 25-30 trees).  We will have two vendor tables (Dat and Wes) and one area for demos (Eric and Volunteer).  I also need volunteers to take shifts at the Asian Festival to watch trees and help with set up and take down.

KBS Member polo shirts have arrived!  Bring your payment if you ordered your shirts.  See you Saturday August 10th!

3rd Knox Asian Festival

Come visit the KBS table and celebrate Knoxville’s Asian culture at the 3rd Annual Knox Asian Festival this weekend, August 28th in Market Square !

More details on the Knox Asian Festival website, and be sure to check out upcoming KBS Events for meetings and expos this Fall!

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