2024 Springfield Dragon Boat Festival

Name: 2024 Springfield Dragon Boat Festival
Start: 2024-07-20T08:00:00-04:00
Location: PVRC - Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club

Schedule

Sat Jul 20 2024 at 08:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

PVRC - Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club | Springfield, MA

Presented by the Pioneer Valley Riverfront Club and Chinese Association of Western Massachusetts! A Dragon Boat is a giant Chinese war canoe (see pictures). The Dragon Boat Festival is a series of friendly, fun dragon boat races between groups, companies, organizations, etc. assembled to compete for one day. The Festival goes from 8am to 4pm on Saturday, July 20, 2024 at North Riverfront Park on the Connecticut River, 121 West Street, Springfield, MA. Your team needs at least 17 people: 8 men, 8 women, a Drummer (wears a costume, beats a drum, rides in the bow of the dragon boat), plus a few spares. Food trucks, Performances, face painting, and many more family friendly activities! Spectators are free!