Photostory: The inaugural Columbia County Cultural Festival

Hundred visited Evans Towne Center Park, Saturday, from 3 to 7 p.m. for Columbia County's inaugural Cultural Festival. The county's Parks and Recreation Department hosted the bazaar, which featured live entertainment from performers representing Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Native American and several more cultures, alongside merchants and food vendors representing some 24 countries. Above, audience members join hands in a Native American round dance, part of a presentation by TwoShields Productions, an edutainment group based in Utah. Photo by Skyler Andrews.

Date: March 31, 2025
A performer with the Atlanta-based Chieng Hong School of Kung Fu dazzles attendees of Columbia County’s Cultural Festival as a Chinese dragon. Photo by Skyler Andrews.

Tent representing the Philippines in the Asia section of the Columbia County Cultural Festival at Evans Towne Center Park. Photo by Skyler Andrews.

A crowd amid the food merchants in the Africa section of the Columbia County Cultural Festival. Photo by Skyler Andrews.

The Augusta Chinese Dance Group performs before spectators at the mobile stage during the Columbia County Cultural Festival. Photo by Skyler Andrews.

Booth for Master Park’s World Class Taekwondo–a Korean martial art–at the Columbia County Cultural Festival. Photo by Skyler Andrews.

During the Cultural Festival, Evans Towne Center Park was bedecked with play areas featuring traditional sports and games with signs explaining the games’ country and time period of origin. Photo by Skyler Andrews.
Festival attendees enjoyed watching one of the performances at the Cultural Festival. Video by Stephanie Hill

Skyler Andrews is a reporter covering business for The Augusta Press. Reach him at skyler@theaugustapress.com.

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Skyler Andrews is a bona fide native of the CSRA; born in Augusta, raised in Aiken, with family roots in Edgefield County, S.C., and presently residing in the Augusta area. A graduate of University of South Carolina - Aiken with a Bachelor of Arts in English, he has produced content for Verge Magazine, The Aiken Standard and the Augusta Conventions and Visitors Bureau. Amid working various jobs from pest control to life insurance and real estate, he is also an active in the Augusta arts community; writing plays, short stories and spoken-word pieces. He can often be found throughout downtown with his nose in a book, writing, or performing stand-up comedy.

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