The Asha Kiran Annual Community Kite Festival is more than just a day in the park.
The festival is an event that brings together diverse groups from the community for family fun and strives to bridge language and cultural gaps.
It’s a time to, as the theme says, “Soar for Social Justice”. The event goes from 11am-3pm at John Hunt Park Jaycee Building and Fields in Huntsville.
The first 100 children to arrive will be given free kites, and a limited number of kites will be on sale from Chicago Kite. Participants may bring their own kites to fly as well.
Don’t have a kite? There will be kite-making, along with arts-and-crafts, giveaways, live music, and other entertainment including demonstrations from professional kite-flyers.
Over 90 community organizations are expected to attend, including cultural, educational. faith, music, health care, and political groups.
Kenny Anderson, Multicultural Affairs Officer for the City of Huntsville, says, ““This is one of those annual events that bring together people from every demographic of the community, across the spectrum of communities and neighborhoods,” said Anderson. “It’s people from social and civic organizations, academic institutions, family social service groups and neighborhood associations. You have so many different people and everybody’s out there for the same reason: They’re supporting the community.”
There will be a wide variety of food vendors as well, including popular local food trucks.
Representatives from the Huntsville Police and Huntsville City Council are expected to attend, as well as Mayor Tommy Battle.
You can learn more about Asha Kiran on their website.
See images from last year’s Community Kite Festival:
