Downtown Akron Sakura Festival

Volunteer with us Saturday, April 5th, for the 2025 Downtown Akron Sakura Festival! This event will take place along the Towpath in downtown Akron, including Locks 1, 2, and 3, the Towpath Trailhead at Spaghetti Warehouse, the James R. Williams Tower in Ohio & Erie Canal Park, and The Mustill Store. This celebration is a love letter to the 472 cherry blossom trees planted by the Japanese Association of Northeast Ohio (JANO) and the City of Akron in 2011 and 2012 and honors the coming of spring, Japanese culture, and JANO’s generous gift to the downtown neighborhood.

Various shifts are open! Please be sure to sign up here and on the Events page, and join the Slack channel #temp-sakura-fest for details.

This is a TB5 Service Event, awarding volunteers with 5 service points per every hour volunteered.