The Seabrook Buddhist Temple will be celebrating Japanese American history with the 74th annual Obon Festival.

The festival will have the Contested Histories exhibit from the Japanese American National Museum and a special opening for the Seabrook Educational and Cultural Center with a presentation by John M. Seabrook Jr.

The Obon Festival will feature traditional Japanese folk dancing, taiko drumming, Kendo-Japanese Fencing and Swordsmanship, a mini-lecture and Q&A on Buddhism, and more.

Below is a list on all the activities at the festival:

• 4 p.m. to close: Food booths and craft tables will be open.
• 4 p.m. – dusk: Temple Meditation Garden open for viewing. Memorial luminaries are available for purchase.
• 4 p.m. Cherry Hill Ken-yu Kai: Kendo-Japanese Fencing and Swordsmanship
• 4:15-4:45 & 5:00-5:30 p.m. Mini lecture and Q&A on Buddhism in the Temple with Rev. Earl Ikeda
• 4:30 p.m. Shotokan Karate Academy: Traditional Japanese Karate Demonstration
• 5 p.m. Woodruff School Ace Music Performance
• 6:15 – 6:50 p.m. & 8:00 – 8:40 p.m.: Japanese folk dancing. Audience participation is encouraged.
• 6:50 – 8 p.m. Japanese taiko drumming will be performed by the Seabrook Buddhist Temple’s Hoh Daiko Drummers. There will be a special guest performance by the Soh Daiko Drummers of the New York Buddhist Church and Nen Daiko of the Ekoji Buddhist Temple, Fairfax Station, Virginia.