Cherry Blossom Festival At The Brooklyn Botanic Garden This Weekend

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be holding the 2013 Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival this Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28, from 10am-6pm. The weekend-long festival will celebrate aspects of Japanese culture including taiko drumming, Samurai sword fighting, tea ceremonies, and Nihon buyo classical dance. Not many trees are in peak bloom yet, but should mature significantly over the course of the week, making the weekend ideal for the festival.

Admission is $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and students with ID, and free for Brooklyn Botanical Garden members and kids under 12. For full details and a schedule of events, visit the BBG website.