Name: 2025 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Volunteer Sign Up
Start: 2025-04-11T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-04-20T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Japantown

The 2025 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival, now celebrating its 58th year, is one of California's most prominent celebrations.
About this Event

Each year, over 220,000 people attend this dazzling display showcasing the color and grace of the Japanese culture and the diversity of the Japanese American Community.

This year’s Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13 and April 19-20, 2025. The festival will be held on Post Street between Laguna and Fillmore Streets. There will be food booths, cultural performances, martial arts, live bands, the annual Queen Program, and more. The Grand Parade will be held on Sunday, April 20, beginning at City Hall and concluding in Japantown.

To make this year a success, we need your help! We accomplish this by having volunteers throughout the city and the Bay Area to help make this festival a success. We are actively looking for volunteers.

All volunteers will be assisting the logistics team. Upon checking in for their shifts at the information booth (located in the Peace Plaza), volunteers will receive a T-Shirt, and water will be available upon request. In addition, any supplies (such as gloves, brooms, dust pans, etc.) essential to completing assigned duties will be provided at the information booth. The following are examples of the logistics team's needs from all volunteers:

April 11 & 18

Assist staff with setting up the The Center on Sutter St, KOHO and Union Bank Community Room in the East Mall

April 12, 13, 19, & 20

Delivering and setting up barricades, tables, chairs, and other supplies
Setting up, maintaining, and organizing green compost, black trashw, and blue recycle bins
Sweeping the area for beautification
Securing areas around the festival
Gate & traffic monitoring
Other requests as needed

Please only take as many spaces as you can fill. It becomes difficult to fill in spots you give up as the dates get closer.

If you are 21+ or interested in a leadership position at the festival, please send an email to us at [email protected] for other volunteer opportunities.