Join us at MISTI-Con 2015 “The Wizarding World’s Fair”, an immersive, fan-focused Harry Potter Convention at the Margate Resort, Laconia, NH, May 21st – 25th. We’ll be performing at the Thursday night Opening Gala (followed by fireworks), and will offer a lecture-demonstration on Friday morning. Convention admission is required.
Odaiko New England joins in celebrating the City of Waltham and its relationship with the Charles River in the seventh annual Waltham Riverfest. Come join us for an afternoon of performances, fun for the kids and a variety of activities to enjoy the Charles River, including nature walks and kayaking.
Harvard Museums of Science & Culture starts off the celestial summer with their annual Summer Solstice Celebration. ONE will be outside playing our lullaby to put the sun to bed after its longest day of the year. We will be capping off a day of the Celebration that’s full of food, music, dancing, and the arts, that’s free for all.
The Celebration is also a great time to visit the Harvard Museums as admittance to Harvard Semitic Museum, Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, and Harvard Museum of Natural History is free that evening! Free event parking available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Odaiko New England performs at the Newport Black Ships Festival at the historic Cardine’s Field, one of our biggest performances of the year. We’re very pleased to return to Newport’s weekend-long festival celebrating the signing of the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to United States trade. The “Black Ships,” or “Kurofune,” refers to the Japanese term for foreign ships.
We’ll be joined this year by the taiko group Shindaiko.
Shimoda is now Newport’s sister city and also celebrates this festival.
The Black Ships festival is hosted by the Japan-America Society of Rhode Island.
Tibetan Elderly Help is a non-profit that raises money to help elder Tibetans in India, Tibet and Nepal. Join us for their International Musical Art special fund-raising event which will include drumming, dancing and music-making from around the world.
Tickets are Adults: $25, Children (15 and under) $15. Buy them online or tickets may also be available at the entrance gate from 6.00 pm if they are not sold out.
The 12th Annual A Taste of Ginger will take place on Monday, April 4th at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
A culinary and cultural experience featuring Boston’s finest chefs to benefit Joslin Diabetes Center’s Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI).
 The Genki Spark and Brookline High School once again host the Brookline Cherry Blossom Festival with music, bon odori dance, crafts, food, and, of course, taiko drumming with groups from all over the greater Boston area. Come join us in celebrating the gift of the cherry blossoms in this fun, family-friendly event. Time TBD. |
Odaiko New England joins in celebrating the City of Waltham and its relationship with the Charles River in the eighth annual Waltham Riverfest. Come join us for an afternoon of performances, fun for the kids and a variety of activities to enjoy the Charles River, including nature walks and kayaking.
