Cherry Blossom Festival

Cherry Blossom Festival may refer to:

  • National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC
  • The Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival
  • Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia, a spring celebration
  • The annual Cherry Blossom Festival at Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey
  • The annual Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, CA (Japan town)
  • International Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon, GA
  • Hanami, a traditional Japanese custom of celebrating the beauty of flowers, especially cherry blossoms
  • An annual festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in New York

Famous quotes containing the words cherry, blossom and/or festival:

    “I think it was your cherry pies.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

    “Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting the progress of the arts and the sciences and a flourishing culture in our land.”
    —Mao Zedong (1893–1976)

    “Sabbath. A weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh.”
    —Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)