Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋節 (zhōng qiū jié) aka Moon Festival is celebrated by many Asian cultures, held on the night with the brightest full moon, the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, during harvest time. October 6th, 2025 is the day of festival!
As one of the biggest holidays in Asia, it is like Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day, and Easter all rolled into one. Family and friends gather together over traditional food, make offerings to ancestors, and eat mooncake while admiring the full moon. People may celebrate slightly differently from country to country, region to region, but many eat and drink while waiting for the moon to reach its fullest roundest circle, which symbolizes harmonious union.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is also the time for harvesting crops.
On the evening of Sunday, October 5th, we welcome you to gather over tea and mooncakes from local bakers Bakesum, moon stories and poems, and good company. If the skies are clear, we will try to watch the moon rise from our courtyard! Bring any poems or stories of your own that you would like to share with the group.
A night for teas, moon cakes, social, moon poems and stories (welcome to wear your own traditional dress, no need to be Chinese!!)
Oct. 05th | 6:30–8:30 PM | Doors open at 6:15 PM
6:30-6:45pm Social with welcome tea to settle yourself and meet people - Shan Lin Xi Autumn Honey Dew, Taiwan
6:45-7:00pm Cultural of moon festival celebration introductions - Ancient Tree Jing Mai Moonlight White, China
7:00-7:45 Tea paring with mooncake - teas and BakeSum mooncakes TBD
7:45-8:30pm Open Mic - share moon poem, sing moon song culture of moon festival celebration, Welcome sign up ahead of time for the open mic. - tea will be served continuously!
Low-caffeine and herbal teas will be provided upon request.
