Festivals are busting out all over

April is aglow with festivals. Little Tokyo hosts the Cherry Blossom Festival on April 10 and 11 with a kimono fashion show, martial arts demonstrations and performers on many stages, including the Hawaiian Village Pavillion. The Scandinavian Festival holds a Viking court on the Cal Lutheran University campus in Thousand Oaks on April 17 and 18 with food court, folk dancing, and a Viking encampment. The California Poppy Festival covers over 55 acres in the Lancaster City Park on April 24 and 25 with live entertainment, food, and home and garden workshops. The ever popular Los Angeles Times Festival of Books also takes place on April 24 and 25 on the UCLA campus with author discussions and oodles of booths for buying books and getting them signed.