The weather has miraculously shifted in favor of Buffalo’s 9th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival.
The 2022 Festival, brought to us by The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, The Buffalo History Museum, Friends of the Japanese Garden, and Music is Art, will be a real celebration of spring, culture, hope and peace, the strong bonds that tie Buffalo to sister city Kanazawa, and the magic of the cherry blossom.
“Nothing says spring in Western New York like the return of the Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival and the beautiful blooms behind our museum,” Buffalo History Museum Executive Director Melissa Brown said. “This celebration of history, Japanese culture and our region’s natural beauty is a can’t-miss staple of our festival season.”
“Being back in person for the 9th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival only adds to the extra exciting year we have ahead in celebrating Olmsted’s 200th birthday,” said Stephanie Crockatt, Executive Director of the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy. “In fact, the Japanese Garden in Delaware Park is also celebrating its 60th year of sister city affiliation with Kanazawa Japan. The festival supports this special landscape, and the Buffalo History Museum and Friends of the Japanese Garden have been vital partners all along in growing this blooming experience with expanded education and culture.”
“Year after year, Buffalo’s Cherry Blossom Festival brings visitors to the Japanese Garden to stroll along the blossoming trees and enjoy the gift of spring after a long cold winter. These dainty blossoms only last for a short while and are our reminder of life’s ephemeral nature,” said Paula Hinz, of the Friends of the Japanese Garden.
- Celebrate inside The Buffalo History Museum and outside in the Japanese Garden with cultural displays and activities
- Learn about bonsai, origami, folk dolls, and Kanazawa, our sister city in Japan, at activity tables inside the Buffalo History Museum
- Enjoy Music is Art’s 3 stages of live music in the Japanese Garden
- Stroll in the garden, admire the blossoms and take a ride on the pink boats on Mirror Lake
- Grab something to eat from food trucks like Cheesy Chick, Fat Bob’s, and Tiny Thai
- Enjoy a pop-up tea ceremony on the Museum’s upper portico
Festival Weekend
Saturday, April 30th – Sunday, May 1st | 11:00am – 3:00pm
Japanese Garden in Delaware Park and The Buffalo History Museum
One Museum Court, Buffalo, NY 14216
For a full schedule, please visit: www.buffalocherryblossomfestival.org
^ Photos by Vincent Berbano