Join us for many of our fabulous featured events during the 2024 Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival!

Schedule

10am - 11am: 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk - Concert Grove, Southern Division

Join your family and classmates in Essex County Branch Brook Park on Saturday, April 13th for the 2024 One-Mile Fun Run, part of our annual Cherry Blossom Festival. In 2023, over 1,000 children aged 6 through 14 ran through Branch Brook Park to celebrate the blooming of the historic cherry tree groves. Many then stayed into the afternoon to enjoy activities, crafts, and performances at our Family Day event held directly after in the Prudential Concert Grove section of the park.

There is no fee to participate. The first step is to get your school to register by having them complete one school entry form by March 15th, 2024. Permission slips for each run participant must also be received prior to the start of the race. Children can enter individually on race day. All participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt and an award at the completion of the race.

Click here for 2024 Fun Run Permission Slip
Click here for 2024 School Fun Run Registration Application
Click here for 2024 Fun Run Flyer

11am – 3pm: Essex County Family Day - Concert Grove, Southern Division

Visit the renovated and landscaped concert grove to enjoy an afternoon outdoors with your family. Work out in our paddle boats, construct a craft, get your face painted, jump in a bouncy house, climb a rock wall, or grab food from a food vendor and enjoy the cherry blossom trees!

Main Stage Entertainment

Cost: Free

11am: Cherry Blossom Talks - Cherry Blossom Welcome Center, Extension Division