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Bellevue's Cultural Crossroads Festival Starts Friday

Three days of food, dancing, music, and shopping begins Friday night at Crossroads Bellevue. Here's the full lineup.

Dancers from the Tara Academy of Irish Dance at the Seattle St. Patrick's Day parade in 2018.
Dancers from the Tara Academy of Irish Dance at the Seattle St. Patrick's Day parade in 2018. (Patch file photo/Neal McNamara)

BELLEVUE, WA - One of the larger cultural festivals in Bellevue kicks off Friday night. The 28th annual Cultural Crossroads Festival features food, music, dancing, and a bazaar highlighting cultures from a variety of different nations.

The festival begins Friday night with a performance of ancient Russian folk songs, but that's just the beginning. The festival blitzes through performances by Irish dancers, Indian classical musicians, a Native American violinist, and Hawaiian hula dancers.

The free event will be happening all weekend inside the Crossroads shopping center in northeast Bellevue. Here's a schedule of all the music and dance performances:

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