AAPI Heritage Month celebration at Austin Bouldering Project

AAPI Fest at Austin Bouldering Project

John Singson talks to FOX 7 Austin's Tierra Neubaum about the event being held to help celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month and gives some tips on climbing.

AUSTIN, Texas - There's more than just rock climbing going on at Austin Bouldering Project this weekend. The business has partnered with Austin Food Adventures to host an Asian American and Pacific Islander Fest to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month.

The AAPI Fest will be at ABP's Springdale location at 979 Springdale Road on Saturday, May 28 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The festival is showcasing local Austin restaurants, businesses, cooks, and artists. It's free and will be an indoor and outdoor event.

Austin Bouldering Project is also offering all-day climbing passes for $5 the day of the event.

Food offerings are expected to include:

Beef skewers and noodles from Penang Shack
Dumplings from Steamies Dumplings
Fried chicken and soju from Seoulju ATX
Bihoon from Mia Li
Shaved ice from Lenny Dewi
Fried rice from SXSE CO
Japanese chicken bowls from Seeda Japanese Fusion
Malaysian baked goods from Austin Kuih Co.

Food and art at AAPI Fest at Austin Bouldering Project

There's more than just climbing going on at ABP this weekend. FOX 7 Austin's Tierra Neubaum gets details on a festival going on and chats with a few of the vendors.

Artists on hand to sell local art include:

The Spark Collection selling bilingual children’s books and goods
Keiko Hayner selling prints
Kaiju Cut and Sew selling Japanese leather goods and homemade items
TT’s Creativity selling resin art and stickers

Other activities going on throughout the day include a yoga session, an all-day tea room service with West China Tea, a lion dance sponsored by Seoulju ATX at 12 p.m., a short film screening and panel of "STORIES WITHIN" from the Austin Asian American Film Festival at 2 p.m., and a live painting from Peelander Z at 3 p.m.