Korean Festivals and Parades for Chuseok

Here is a list of events being held to celebrate the Korean harvest holiday, Chuseok (추석):

LA Korean Festival
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2010
Seoul International Park
www.lakoreanfestival.com

KORUS Festival (Virginia)
Sept. 17 - Sept. 19, 2010
6-9pm
Annandale KMART Parking Lot

Chuseok Festival in NY (Korean Produce Association)
Oct. 9-10, 2010
Randall Island Park
12 - 10pm www.kpany.org

Korean Festival in Houston
October 23, 2010
11-6pm
1500 McKinney
Houston, TX 77010
Koreanfestivalhouston.com

Bernardsville NJ Chuseok Festival
Oct. 3, 11:30 -3:45pm
First Presbyterian Church of Bernardsville
321 Mine Brook Rd. Rt. 202 s. Bernardsville 07920

30th Annual Korea Day Parade and Festival NYC
Broadway and 32nd Street
Oct. 2, 2010
*Please let us know if you know of any others!

Happy Chuseok Weekend!

Hope everyone has a great weekend celebrating Korean Chuseok!

How to Make Rice Cake for Chuseok

Maangchi, who is well-known for her Korean cooking blogsite, posted this cooking video last year on how to make songpyeon. Songpyeon is a popular rice cake that is eaten during the Chuseok, Korean thanksgiving holiday. We thought we post this for those of you who want to make this!

Songpyeon from Maangchi on Vimeo.

Chuseok Celebrations

Korean Thanksgiving Day, Chuseok, which is a national Korean holiday that celebrates good harvest, will be celebrated this year on October 3rd. Celebrations have already started here. Look below:

The LA Korean Festival (Koreatown, CA)
Sept. 17-20
Seoul International Park
www.lakoreanfestival.com

The 7th Annual Korus Festival (Annadale, VA)
September 18-20
KMART Front Lot
www.dynamic-korea.com

The Koreatown Northgate Culture Fest (Oakland, CA)
September 19
Telegraph between 24th & 27th Streets
www.koreatownnorthgate.org/events.html

New Jersey Chusok Festival (Leonia, NJ)
Sept. 18-20
www.kanj.org

Korean Full Moon Harvest Festival (San Francisco, CA)
September 25
1362 Post Street, San Francisco, CA
www.koreannet.org

Korean Harvest and Folk Festival (Queens, New York City)
September 26-27
City Field Stadium

Houston Korean Festival (Houston, TX)
October 3, 2009
www.koreanfestivalhouston.com

Korean Quarterly 5K Chuseok Run/Walk (Minnesota)
October 4
www.koreanquarterly.org/5K.html

Garden Grove Annual Korean Festival (Garden Grove, CA)
October 9 - 11
Korean Festival Foundation (714) 539-3002

Ta-ri Chusok Celebration (Harrisburg, PA)
Oct. 10
www.ta-ri.org/Chusok.htm


If you know of any others, please email us at info@littleseouls.com so we can add them here. Thanks!