Liberty Station will be awash with Asian culture this weekend. In recognition of Asian Heritage Month, the Asian Cultural Festival will take place on Saturday, May 8 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. “It’s a very open, welcoming multiethnic event,” said organizer Dennis-Michael Broussard. “The focus of it is on Asian cultures, but it’s very open to the general public. It’s just a fun, family-oriented and free event.” The festival will be held at NTC Park and feature a main stage with live entertainment and two other performance areas. Those areas will have martial arts shows, cultural dances and cooking demonstrations ranging from sushi to Thai to Korean food. “This will integrate all of these countries and present it in a great way,” Broussard said. The Asian Cultural Festival will also have an educational component. Ten different countries will be represented at cultural exhibition tents, including Bangladesh, Burma, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. “It has an educational aspect on the cultural side because we expect a lot of people that don’t know a lot about Asia or [its] cultures,” Broussard said. “The exhibitions are put on by community organizations who represent those cultures to provide something informative, educational and interactive.” The festival will also offer community workshops hosted at the New American Museum at Liberty Station. The informative sessions include foreclosure prevention, computer literacy and an arts and music mentorship program. For more information about the Asian Cultural Festival, visit www.asianculturalfesti-valsd.com.