Due to the pandemic, the 8th Tacoma Moon Festival will not be a live, in-person event. As you navigate the site, you can visit the welcome information booth and take a video tour with docents that have intimate knowledge of the park and its history, you can stop by the Ting to watch a wide selection of dance and musical performances from Tacoma’s most beloved heritage groups and local talents, you can learn at the education booths about resources and programs in the community, and you can pick up a mooncake recipe or download a kid’s activity at the vendor booths. The festival features an online Asian Teahouse with experts sharing brewing techniques, buying tips, and tasting workshops. Beer and Wine Garden will offer special Moon Festival libations for local Tacoma in-store pickups.

This year’s festival logo design features a Jade Rabbit, a symbol of selflessness, piety, and sacrifice in Chinese culture. With a mortar and pestle, the rabbit works constantly mixing the elixir of life and medicine to heal mortals. In this design, you will see that the medical plus sign is purposefully used for the stars, the graphic is in a paper-cut style using geometric shapes, and the perspective is meant to be looking back at the park from Commencement Bay. In 2020, the health of our community has suffered greatly. We present the Jade Rabbit as the Festival’s mascot of healing magic and the virtue of giving, and to promote the wellness of our community in these tough times.

Event sponsors include:

Annie Wright Schools
Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation
CW Frederick & Theresa CC Wong
Dr. Di Zhao & Michael Wu
Dr. Jeffrey and Jan Jacobs
Dr. Zheng Ge & Lucy Zhou
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
KBTC
MultiCare
Pacific Northwest Shop and Proctor Mercantile
Tacoma Arts Commission
Tacoma Creates
Tacoma Public Schools
The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation

Community partners include:

Asian Studies Program at University of Puget Sound
Confucius Institute of the State of Washington
East Asia Market
EventSupport
Metro Parks
OrgSupport
Tangram Design
The Commission on Immigrant and Refugee Affairs – City of Tacoma
TV Tacoma