The first-ever Joy on Joice Street Fair hosted by the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum (CHSA) and Cut Fruit Collective looks to uplift Bay Area Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) creativity, community, and joy. With the many challenges facing San Francisco Chinatown and AAPI communities across the Bay, we look to all of our collective creative energies and participation to bring us together. Join us as we hold space for reconnecting and building solidarity across generations and communities.

Enjoy a day filled with AAPI makers, artists, performers, community organizations, and more.

The street fair will take place on Joice Street in San Francisco Chinatown, between Sacramento Street and Clay Street. Admission is free. For more festival updates, news, and information, visit Cut Fruit Collective and CHSA.

COVID Protocols* - All attendees are required to:

• Provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 if age 12+ (physical vaccination card, a photo of their vaccination card, or a digital vaccine record, and a valid ID for those 18+)
• Wear a mask
• Stay home if sick or show any symptoms associated with COVID-19

*Requirements are subject to change

Exhibits and Performances:

• Book signing by Valerie Luu, co-author of Chinatown Pretty
• Lotus Boy, a local Chinese American drag king performer
• Son of Paper, SF native rapper, singer, and song-writer inspired by 2000’s R&B, golden era and Korean Hip-Hop
• Johnny Huy Nguyen, a first generation Vietnamese-American multidisciplinary artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Centering his practice on the body, he weaves together dance, theatre, ritual, and performance art to navigate the intersections between the personal and political.
• Fault Radio DJ set and live radio broadcast
• Alex Ramos, photographer presenting "Ceremony at Summit" an ongoing photo series which focuses on the efforts of the Chinese laborers who built the transcontinental railroad on Donner Pass, California. A limited edition set of 25 photographs will be sold as a fundraiser for CHSA's work.
• Yunfei Ren, a San Francisco-based visual artist that works with the photographic medium. His work critically investigates identity and the notion of belonging. Through photography, he presents identities as fluid and diverse in the context of citizenship, sexuality, and cultural polarization. He will be presenting his work in progress, “Ghosts of Chinatown.”
• Artivate, a special silk screening activity presented by Project Artivism, a non-profit organization bringing multidisciplinary art experiences to marginalized communities in San Francisco.

Featuring the following AAPI makers:

Jennifer Zee, Bloody Girl Gang, Loyale Studio x Modern Theory Candles, Lunaria Flower Farm, This Asian American Life, Hachi Bit, Neko-Oi, pot & shrooms, CLUB CHAZU, Jasivyc.eramics, Ximaps, LaanMao, The Ponnery, Prints by Paulina , Lotus Haus Studio, BREADBELLY, W House SF, One Belly, SAMAAJ, Nana Esguerra, Drawwithkristi, Studio Xu, RE/Search and Search&Destroy

About CHSA

The Chinese Historical Society of America in San Francisco is the oldest organization in the country dedicated to the presentation and preservation of Chinese American history. Since 1963, CHSA has strived to be a responsible steward of the remarkable narrative of the Chinese American community through education, exhibitions, and programming.

About Cut Fruit Collective

Cut Fruit Collective is a SF Bay Area grassroots group creating art for AAPI community care. Originally known as Save Our Chinatowns, they are driven by art, community, and shared love of food. Their vision is for the existence of a colorful future where all AAPI communities thrive and feel seen, heard, and celebrated. Their work involves empowering AAPI communities, activists, and small businesses through art. Cut Fruit Collective is a fiscally-sponsored program of nonprofit Possibility Labs.

A big thank you to our partners: Cameron House, Chinese Cultural Center, Together SF, Revive SF Chinatown, Golden Gate Restaurant Association