Carnival of Cultures 2015

Carnival of Cultures 2015 will be held in Jamaica, Queens on May 22-24. This 3-day event is celebration of Bangladeshi culture, tradition, and music for Bangladeshi and other communities in New York. The event is organized by Bangladeshi American Community Development & Youth Services (BACDYS).

The event includes live concert, music, food, shopping, award, and other fun. Mechanical rides for children and youth: Ferris Wheel, Round Up, Loop O Plane, Carousel, Car Ride, Chair Swing, Rock Out, Lady Bug, Air plain Slide.

The event not free. Entrance fee $3.00

Venue

First Parking Lot
90-02 168th Street, Jamaica, NY 11432

Contacts

AKM Shafiqul Islam, 917-650-5912
Bahar Khandaker, 646-750-5660

Contact for stall:
Shafiq, 917-650-5912
Kamal Chowdhury, 347-484-9223
Saifullah, 347-484-9223
Sykhul, 718-785-7692

Naneer Boishakhi Mela

Naneer Boishakhi Mela or Bangla New Year 1422 festival will be held in California. There will be Bangladeshi food, snacks, cloth, jewelry stalls for shooping convenience, amusement for children, musical chair for adults. Best Boishakhi Dressed couple will be awarded. Music will be performed by visiting singers from Bangladesh and local singers of Bangladeshi origin.

Naneer Boishakhi Mela is organized by Women Organization of Greater Los Angeles.

Free event.

Venue

Woodley Park – The Japanese Garden
6100 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91406

Contact

312-529-7841
918-804-7974
310-256-7149

Bangladesh Mela

Bangladesh Mela organized by Noor’s House of Asia. Live music will be presented by local Bangladeshi artists of New York as well as singers from Bangladesh will attend. Dance, music, fun and raffle draw will part of the event.

Bangladeshi vendors will come to sell cloth, jewelery, food, etc. The event is free.

Venue

37 Road, Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Contact

Abdul Chowdhury Shahin, 646-633-3647

Rongomela by Rongaloy NY

Rongomela by Rongaloy NY will be held in Long Island on Saturday, June 6, 2015. A Bangladeshi festival for the first time in Long Island! Music by visiting Bangladeshi singers, poetry recitation, dance, drama. Stall for fashion items, food, jewelry and children’s items.

Special attraction: Ferdous Wahid and Shabnam Abedee

Organized by Rongaloy NY – a Bangladeshi cultural organization in Long Island, New York

Venue

St. Ignatius Loyola Parish
129 Broadway, Hicksville, NY 11801

Contacts

Sobhan Esmet Chowdhury, 718-570-9758
Nazrul Islam, 251-391-8254

Ozone Park Pothomela & Bangla New Year Celebration

Ozone Park Pothomela & Bangla New Year Celebration 1422, orgaized by Ozone Park Legend Baul Association, in collaboration with Bangladeshi community, businesses, organizations and other communities of Ozone Park, Brooklyn.

Special attraction: Baul music performed by visiting Bangladeshi and local Bangladeshi singers of New York.
Food, clothing, toy stalls for shopping. Inflatable sliders for children, Raffle draw to win attractive prizes.

Event is free.

Venue

Eldert Lane Memorial Park
Between Liberty Ave. & Glenmore Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11208

Contacts

Zakir Hussain, 347-200-1702
Dulal Ahmed, 347-339-8759

Pathamela

BCCDI Bangla School Boishakhi Mela

BCCDI Bangla School Boishakhi Mela : A day of fun, food, music, dance and other festivities to welcome and celebrate Bangla New Year. There will be stalls for shopping, eating and conversation. The event is free – No tickets! Free parking all day and all night. Come alone or with family, friends, children.

Venue:

Mary Louise Jackson Amphitheater at Northern Virginia Community College
(NOVA Manassas Campus)
6901 Sudley Road, Manassas, VA 20109

Contact

Jashim Uddin, 202-709-1936

International Bangla Festival & Book Fair 2015

International Bangla Festival & Book Fair (আন্তর্জাতিক বাংলা উৎসব এবং বইমেলা) will be held from May 22 to 24, 2015 in Queens, New York. This three-day event is organized by Muktadhara Foundation. Writers, poets, artists, essayists, reciters, publishers, book vendors from Bangladesh, India, and other countries are invited to participate.

The principal aim of International Bangla Festival & Book Fair or (Boi Mela) is to preserve and promote Bangladeshi culture and heritage among expatriate Bangladeshi community living in USA and Canada. The event draws Bangla literary enthusiastic from Bangladesh, West Bengal of India, and Europe. Literary discussions, book reviews, poetry recitation, music, dance, folk drama, children’s program, youth discussion, book fair, photo exhibition, are part of the three day event.

Artists from Chittagong Hill Tracks, Bangladesh will perform on the opening night. Bangla Utshob Parade at 5:00 pm. Bangla handwriting, drawing, dance, recitation, and song competition for Bangladeshi children and young will be held on May 23rd.

Contact for children’s event:

Mosharrof Hussein, 718-314-4648
Alpona Guha, 646-696-5585
Jebu Chowdhury, 347-393-0762
Baby Mondal, 347-759-4973
Maksuda Ahmed, 347-393-0762
Roksana Begum, 914-426-6449

General entrance of the event is free.

Attendee registration, advertisement and vendor information can be found here.

Apart from New York, the event will also be held in Virginia on May 29 and 30, 2015 and in New Jersey on May 31, 2015.

Contacts:

718-565-7258
347-656-5106
703-589-8534
610-203-9695
718-406-5201
718-969-3912

International Bangla Festival & Book Fair in New York — Bangla Boi Mela, NY