12:28pm | Saturday, October 15, from 10:00am to 5:00pm, ZAMFEST will be held at Marina Green Park in Long Beach. ZAMFEST, a new culture-fusion festival, is a new version of a multi-cultural festival for “now” generation families. The festival will feature culture, sub-culture, music, art and activities.
Festival entertainment will include the drummers of Taiko Project; the original music of teen rock band The Christopher Brothers; the Indian Bollywood-style dance troupe Beyondancing; the quirky dance music of AJ & The Flip Flops; the hip hop dancing of the Beast Mode Crew and the turntable and beat-making sounds of Knockstudy DJ Scratch. Also making her performing debut singing her hit song “Do My Thang” is Cori B, who follows in the musical footsteps of her father Snoop Dogg. The festival will also feature a hands on recycled material ReCreate Art project, a EuroZip line above festival grounds; Human Hamster Balls, food trucks and a surprise performance.
ZAMFEST was created by Event Producer Paul Kim, who speaks about his inspiration for creating the festival. “Too often, kids festivals left us feeling unsatisfied, surprisingly even in the great diverse city of Los Angeles,” says Kim. “I would take my daughter to different events with the hopes of inspiring her to find something she’s passionate about, but found that most were essentially clones of one another. So I thought, why not create something that helps fill this void and has the potential to inspire lots of kids in addition to my daughter, and can give back to our communities at the same time.”
Participants are invited to support the official non-profit partner, Create Now. Create Now focuses on supporting at-risk and high-risk kids through their extensive network of creative arts mentors all across Southern California. A portion of the proceeds from ZAMFEST will go to Create Now, and more than 100 kids from Create Now will be ZAMFEST’s guests at the festival. For more information on Create Now please visit createnow.org.
Tickets are currently available online and at the festival on the day of the event. Discount early bird tickets are available now with adult all day tickets priced at $12, kids all day tickets priced at $8. Children under three will be admitted for free. After the pre-sale period ends, adult all day tickets will be $15 and kids all day tickets will be $10.
For tickets and for more information about ZAMFEST visit www.zamfest.com.