Asian Heritage Street Celebration
- Asian Heritage Street Celebration
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration [http://www.asianfairsf.com] is the largest San Francisco All-Asian Event. The fair is supported by community groups representing over 225,000 members.
The location of the street fair rotates each year to showcase the different Asian enclaves in San Francisco. The first celebration highlighted the Japanese community and took place in Japantown drawing 50,000 people, last year the event showcased the Chinese Community on Irving. St. and in 2007, celebrated the Filipino community in the downtown South of Market Area on Howard and 5th Streets. Photos and videos can be seen on Myspace.com/asianfairsf [http://www.myspace.com/asianfairsf ]
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration is organized by the AsianWeek Foundation in cooperation with over 51 organizations in the Asian American community. The AsianWeek Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 committed to developing the Voices of Asian America. All proceeds from the Celebration will be donated to local and national charities.
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