Celebrate the beginning of autumn and the harvest season, while giving thanks to the moon. Enjoy a lion dance performance by Yun Yee Tong, create a playdough mooncake, and learn more about the vibrant cultures that celebrate around the world.
Performances
11:30 am and 1:30 pm – Yun Yee Tong, USA Lion Dance Performances
Hands-on Activities
Playdough Mooncakes
Make a Lantern
Sun Stories: Full Moon Festival with Andy Nguyen
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
“Sun Stories: Full Moon Festival” is a creative and culturally enriching art workshop that invites children and their families to collaboratively create cyanotype prints—sunlight-based photographic artwork—to honor the themes of the Mid-Autumn Festival and shared memories.
Using UV-sensitive cyanotype paper, participants will arrange natural materials (leaves, flowers, meaningful objects) and personal or symbolic imagery (transparencies or hand-drawn illustrations) to craft visual stories. These compositions are then exposed to sunlight and rinsed to reveal striking blue-toned prints that participants can take home as keepsakes.
Where: Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose | 180 Woz Way | Downtown San Jose
When: September 27, 2025, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (Special programming 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.)
Admission: $18 for children and adults; $16 for seniors; infants under one & members are free
Tickets: https://www.cdm.org/event/mid-autumn-moon-festival/
