Hello Kitty's Supercute Friendship Festival Lights Up the Forum

CC and Chococat, her favorite Hello Kitty character, at Hello Kitty's Supercute Friendship Festival

Hello Kitty and her adorable friends arrived at the Forum this weekend for her Supercute Friendship Festival, and "supercute" is the perfect word to describe it.

With rainbow-bright stages and bursts of colorful exhibits and characters, this family-friendly festival was like walking into a dancing puff of cotton candy — in a good way!

Hello Kitty and friends perform on the rainbow stage.

Hello Kitty, Chococat, Melody and more joined their human dance companions for a variety of live shows about every 15 minutes, keeping kids entertained with new dance moves and story lines. Festival goers could even participate in a dance-off!

The floor of the Forum was filled with various exhibits, from Badtz-Maru's garage, where kids (and adults!) could get fun temporary tattoos to the Sweet Movie Time Theater (CC loved this!), which showed different Hello Kitty shows, some straight from Japan. Very cool!

Hello, Hello Kitty!

There were lots of photo ops around the festival floor, including this giant plastic Hello Kitty bag (above) that visitors could walk through. Also, there was Donut Pond (the best kind of pond!), a teacup in which fans could pose with Hello Kitty, and more!

We were there about two hours and still didn't hit everything.

What CC loved most were the live performances. She was still dancing even after we'd left. She loved the singing, dancing and adorable characters. Not only that, but she was able to see the shows up close. And if you happened to miss one, you could always catch the next one soon after, and with great seats to boot!

If your child is a Hello Kitty fan — or even if you're a nostalgic fan yourself — you and the family should definitely check out this festival next time it comes this way.

Live stage show at Hello Kitty's Supercute Friendship Festival