2018 Arizona Dragon Boat Festival
Category: Arts & Entertainment
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Saturday, Mar 24, 2018 8am
Location
Tempe Beach Park
80 W Rio Salado Pkwy
Details
Who would have thought that dragon boat racing, with its roots in southern China as an ancient folk ritual for the past 2,000 years, would find its way to a modern, man-made lake in the middle of the Arizona desert? Since emerging in modern times as an international sport event in Hong Kong in 1976, dragon boat racing has spread throughout the world. It found its way to Tempe Town Lake twelve years ago and has been going strong ever since.
2018 marks the Arizona Dragon Boat Association‘s 15th annual dragon boat festival. Join the Arizona Dragon Boat Association on March 24 & 25 for two days of exciting dragon boat competition with teams from all over the United States and beyond.
