SPCC Moon Festival 2025
Saturday October 4th from 11am to 2:30pm
South Pasadena Community Room and Library Park
We had a wonderful turnout at our Moon Festival this year with over 600 people in attendance. It couldn’t have happened without our amazing committee who came up with new ideas for this event and all the volunteers who helped out. The South Pasadena Community Room was packed with kids making play-doh moon cakes, moon cake paper boxes, flowers, pinwheels, and lanterns. Adults and kids participated in the chopstick challenge, learned Rubik’s cube, and had their names written in Chinese at the Chinese calligraphy booth.
Outside the community room, there were lively performances, including cultural dances, singing, martial arts demonstrations, a face changing performance, story time with dual immersion language teacher Judy Ho, and a chalk drawing competition. Our food booth volunteers sold out all the food in just an hour and a half!
This was our first time back at the Library Park since COVID. It felt so good to be there again; it’s cozy, family-friendly, and full of community spirit!
Thank you to the City of South Pasadena for co-sponsoring with SPCC and to everyone who volunteered to make this year’s Moon Festival such a fun and successful event!
Julie Wong
VP of Culture
SPCC Moon Festival 2024
The South Pasadena Chinese-American Club (SPCC) held their annual Moon Festival on Saturday Sept 21st from 10:30am to 1:30pm! The event, hosted at Marengo Elementary School, was completely free, with food and drinks available for purchase.
Jon Primuth and Katy Nielsen were the MCs of a full entertainment lineup, including Shaolin Kung Fu, Chinese singers from the Xing Hai Music Conservatory, beautiful dances from Dancing Wings Studio, and Bilingual Story Time with Marengo Dual Immersion Teacher, Mrs April Wu Chang.
Numerous free activities were provided for the community, including lantern making, dragon ribbon dance, chopstick challenge, tea tasting and moon cake sampling, and the kids craft corner.
Participants were able to purchase delicious boba drinks and eggs tarts fromTeaMorrow., Chinese food, and taiyaki and bingfen from Ravenous Couple.
Councilwoman Janet Braun and Marengo Principal Noelle Fong, along with SPCC, greeted attendees..
A BIG Congratulations to the SPCC 2024 Moon Festival Chalk Art Drawing Winners!
Sylvia Jin, 2nd Grade, Marengo Elementary School
Lala Lin, 6th Grade, South Pasadena Middle School
Calissa Nguyen, 7th Grade, Cabrillo Middle School
Their drawings were a creative, festive and unique interpretation of the Chinese Mid-Autumn festival. Winners received gift cards to enjoy at our local TeaMorrow on Mission St. in South Pasadena
