Dancers at Water Works Park’s Lunar New Year celebration, hosted by the Suncoast Association of Chinese Americans Credit: via tampa.gov

If you’ve ever attended Water Works Park’s annual Lunar New Year celebration, then you already know what to expect from the City of Tampa’s inaugural Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Festival.

This massive celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander culture, tradition and history happens at Curtis Hixon Park on Saturday, May 13 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

This event is family-friendly and free to attend, but you might want to bring cash for its multitude of local food and merchandise vendors.

The City of Tampa hosts this cultural celebration to honor this year’s installment of Asian American Pacific Islander (stylized as “AAPI”) Heritage month. Throughout the day, attendees can enjoy dances, traditional music, martial arts demonstrations and other performances on the big stage, while partaking in other cultural workshops and activities.

According to the event’s organizers, there will be dozens of food trucks and vendors dishing out delectable eats from countries like Japan, Korea, China, and the Philippines (although we hope to see some Pacific Islander representation, too.) Head to the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Festival’s Facebook page for more information; its vendor lineup will be announced as the event nears closer.

And if you’re interested in being a vendor at next month’s cultural festival, fill out an application on tampa.gov.