The Lowell Southeast Asian Water Festival, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation, protection and sharing of the cultural heritages of the Southeast Asian Americans of Greater Lowell, Massachusetts area.

Every 3rd Saturday in August, more than 60,000 people from around the country and the world come to Lowell to celebrate water as it is celebrated in Southeast Asia. They come for the blessings, food, crafts, performances and (of course) the races.

Lowell Water Festival website

According to the website, the best places to park at the UMass Lowell parking lots, there will be free shuttles going to the races and festival. There is the north and south parking lots. Even though the race starts at 10:30AM, I think meeting an hour earlier will be good, so we have a greater chance of securing free parking spaces. I am going to be at the South campus parking lot around 9:30AM.