Dragon boats paddlers listen to instructions during practice Sunday, May 4, 2025, at White Rock Lake in Dallas. The team is getting ready for races during the 2025 Dragon Boat Festival.

At the Bangor Public Library, the festival was celebrated by Chen Chinese Academy similarly to how it is in China: with crafts, special foods and a game in the style of dragon boat races.

At the Yiai Lake's dragon boat arena in Huanggang, before the official start of the festival, thousands of spectators cheer as an AI "conductor" gives instructions to rowers on how to coordinate ...

The folk atmosphere during the Dragon Boat Festival in Diejiao is unparalleled. The spirit of "winning honor for the village" is deeply ingrained thus making the competition even more intense.

The festival has long been associated with the poet Qu Yuan (342–278BC). It is because of him, the legend goes, that we row dragon boats and eat zongzi, sticky rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo ...

Celebrate the spring season at a May Flower Potluck on Saturday. With proceeds going to SMYAL, the event invites guests to bring flowers and a vessel ... D.C. Dragon Boat Festival ...

The oldest dragon boat festival in the country and one of the largest on the East Coast, the Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival hosts nearly 70 teams and 50,000 attendees for a day full of arts ...

DECATUR, Ala. - The 12th Annual Decatur Morgan Hospital Foundation Dragon Boat Festival was hosted on Saturday morning.This boat festival is a premier sporting event each year, drawing participants ...

Luckily, Massachusetts has plenty of exciting festivals lined up to celebrate the season all summer long, from June through September. From food festivals to outdoor concerts to extravagant Fourth of ...