Chinese Moon Festival Celebration

Local musicians will present a free evening of traditional Chinese and Western music. Featured groups are the Pacific Pearl Symphony Orchestra, Yang Sheng Choir, Dancing String Chamber and Thousand Oaks Chinese Folk Ensemble. Special guest vocalist Li Zhang from Beijing will perform.

The Chinese Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival is an important holiday in the Chinese culture that has been celebrated for thousands of years. Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvest season. Traditionally, family and friends get together to admire the moon and eat moon cakes. The legend associated with the festival recounts the story of a woman who flew to the moon and has lived there ever since.