Celebrate The Chinese New Year
/ Ronnie SharpeChinese New Year, also referred to as Lunar New Year, is the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar. The holiday is a celebration with family and friends, an abundance of food and wishes for a new year filled with success, happiness and good fortune. There's so many epic celebrations throughout the Bay Area for the Chinese New Year to usher in the Year of the Rat. Gung hay fat choy!
Enjoy Other Chinese New Year Celebrations Around The Bay Area
Join us in ushering in the Year of the Snake with this colorful celebration in Downtown San Rafael with our 2nd Annual "Snake Hunt & Word Scramble Challenge"!
Celebrate the Chinese traditional holiday Lunar New Year at SSF!
Gamble Garden welcomes you to spend a beautiful February morning with us!
Ring in the Year of the Snake with a traditional lion dance from the West Coast Lion Dance Troupe.
Craft together with your little one to make something beautiful. Celebrate the Year of the Snake with Paper Plate Puppets and handmade lanterns. For ages 3–7.
Gather with us at OMCA for our 24th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration. Celebrate and honor Lunar New Year traditions through family-friendly storytelling, performances, activities, and more.
Experience the many cultural traditions represented in San Francisco through a day of themed music, dance performance, and crafts! The series kicks off on February 8 with a Lunar New Year celebration featuring performances by Lion Dance Me, a free paper lantern craft, and more TBA.
Welcome the Year of the Snake with this exciting lion dance performance from the Marin Chinese Cultural Association Lion Dance Team!
Ring in the Year of the Snake with a traditional lion dance from the West Coast Lion Dance Troupe.
Make paper wand streamer to ring in the Year of the Snake. Stay after to watch a traditional lion dance from the West Coast Lion Dance Troupe. For children and their families.
Celebrate the Year of the Snake!
Ring in the Year of the Snake with a traditional lion dance from the West Coast Lion Dance Troupe.
Shed last year’s woes and slither into the Year of the Snake! Join us on February 8 at 2PM in Center Court for a Lunar New Year celebration featuring a lion dance, martial arts exhibition, drum performance, and more.
Ring in the Year of the Snake with a traditional lion dance from the West Coast Lion Dance Troupe.
Ring in the Year of the Snake with a traditional lion dance from the West Coast Lion Dance Troupe.
Welcome the Year of the Snake with the San Francisco Symphony!
Mark Your Calendars for the MCCA Chinese New Year Dinner!!
Celebrate Lunar New Year with your loved ones at our Lunar New Year-themed Family Day. Enjoy traditional Chinese Lion Dance performances in the Garden and a Lunar New Year story time.
Join us at the Lantern Festival 2025 in Oakland Chinatown for a magical night of food, performances, maker market and all ages fun!
Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of San Francisco’s exhilarating Chinatown during one of the community’s most exciting times of the year.
Come to the 2025 Sunnyvale OMG Lantern Festival, where ancient traditions and modern festivities come together to create a unique and memorable experience.
Join KQED Live and The Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco for an exclusive viewing party at the Portsmouth Square Bridge, where you’ll have a prime spot to enjoy the colorful and vibrant Chinese New Year’s Parade.
Named one of the top ten Parades in the world by International Festivals & Events Association, the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in North America and the biggest parade celebrating the lunar new year outside of Asia.
Come celebrate the year of the snake and make a spiral snake craft!
OCIC hosts the Oakland Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade.
Bring your enthusiasm, come dressed in your most festive outfits, and support the community!
Welcome to the 16th CPAA Spring Festival Silicon Valley and the 2nd Multicultural Arts Festival! Get ready for an evening filled with the beauty of various art forms, from dance to music, showcasing the rich tapestry of cultures.
The Chinatown YMCA CCHP Lunar New Year Run gives participants a rare opportunity to run through San Francisco Chinatown’s historic (and slightly hilly) streets, taking in the architecture, scents, and sounds of a bustling and vibrant community.
It’s a holiday season! We, UStar Productions, proud to bring to you the largest Vietnamese Lunar New Year-Tet Festival in San Jose for 3 days on Feb 16th, 17th, and 18th 2024 at EASTRIDGE CENTER, former Sears parking space/Hello Ben Thanh in the future at corner of Quimby & Tully road.