The 2024 Annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade is hosted and organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Washington, DC (CCBA) in partnership with the DC Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA). In the lunar calendar, it will be the year 4723! Think!Chinatown LNY Papercut Decorations January 26 | 1 Pike St Get into the Lunar New Year spirit and make your own decorations in Think!Chinatown’s hands-on workshop led by this year’s Artist-in-Residence, Ling Tang. There will be two sessions: one for beginners ages 8+, and one for those with papercutting experience. Event Details DC Chinatown Celebrates the Year of the Snake! The 2025 Annual Chinese Lunar New Year Parade will take place Sunday, February 2, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. Hosted and organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of Washington, DC (CCBA) in partnership with the DC Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA). 🐉 DC Chinese Lunar New Year Parade: The annual festive procession travels through Chinatown on Sunday at 2pm with costumed dancers and a lively firecracker finale. Upscale Vietnamese restaurant Nue offers Lunar New Year specials. Photo: courtesy Nue Food & Drink D.C.’s annual Lunar New Year parade this weekend will be chockful of traditional dances and garb, but will also come with some road closures along the parade route. The 2025 Annual Chinese Lunar Where: Sixth St., NW and I St., NW DC’s Lunar New Year Parade. Photo courtesy of DC Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs. The annual DC Lunar New Year Parade will move through Chinatown, ending with firecrackers outside of Wah Luck House. The parade will feature traditional lion and dragon dances, and no tickets are required. A young Chinese girl celebrates the New Year and goes on a mystical journey through a world of festive Chinese customs and folklore. Tickets The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20566 02/02/2025 02:00 PM 02/02/2025 04:00 PM America/Atikokan 2025 Lunar New Year Parade The Annual Lunar New Year Parade has been hosted by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) for over 60 years in Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown. This year, we are partnering with the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA) to DC Chinese Lunar New Year Parade (February 2, 2025) The annual Spring Festival features the vibrant Chinese New Year Parade, organized by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA). Highlights include dragon and lion dances, firecrackers, drummers, and entries such as Chinese folk dancers, kung fu groups, beauty queens, and floats. The Annual DC Lunar New Year Parade. Photograph courtesy of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association. When: Sunday, February 11 at 2 PM. Where: Starts on Sixth and Eye sts., NW, Ends on Sixth and H sts., NW. This annual Chinatown parade will welcome the New Year with traditional dragon dances and appearances from a number of community The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) has organized the Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade as an annual event for over 50 years, and each year around 40,000 people attend the parade. Every year, the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs (MOAPIA) supports the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in planning Sadly, the D.C. Chinese Lunar New Year Parade, the annual parade through Chinatown, sponsored by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association and the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, has once again been canceled. Even without the parade, plenty of Year of the Tiger celebrations in D.C. are roaring on. Upcoming Events to Celebrate Lunar New Year! 27TH CHINATOWN LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE & FESTIVAL 日期 : 2025年2月16曰 (星期日) 下午 1:00時 February 16, 2025 | Sunday | Parade Start 1:00pmChinatown, New York Festival & Booths: 11:30AM – 3:30PM (Bayard Street between Mulberry and Mott St) 27TH NEW YEAR FIRECRACKER CEREMONY & CULTURAL FESTIVAL 日期 : Continue reading 2025 – Year Myanmar Lunar New Year Chinese artists leap from pedestals as they perform a traditional lion dance marking the Lunar New Year of the Snake in the Chinatown area of Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Jan On Sunday, February 11, 2024, the Chinese New Year Celebration will take place in the District of Columbia. DC 20001 Phone: (202) 727-9099 Fax: (202) 727-4106 WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — This Lunar New Year will welcome the year of the dragon. The celebration starts on Saturday, Feb. 10, and ends 15 days later on the Lantern Festival. Here are some events in Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland that you can attend to welcome in the new year: WASHINGTON D.C. DC [] Washington, DC’s Chinatown celebrated the Lunar New Year on February 11th, 2024, with one of its most anticipated and time-honored traditions: the annual DC Chinese-Lunar New Year Parade. Hosted by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (CCBA) since the 1950s, the parade has since grown from its humble origins as a lion dancing and They were interviewed to discuss the 2023 Lunar New Year parade in Chinatown on Sunday, January 22nd at 2pm. The Chinese Youth Club (CYC) performed a short routine by (instruments) Wally Lee, Jack Lee, Kevin Lee, and Eddie Moy & (lion) Kaison Wu and Mitchell Yam. In Washington, DC Chinese New Year Parade and Festival in Washington, D.C. Washington's biggest Chinese New Year event is its parade, on January 26, 2020, at 2 p.m. The parade route goes directly through Washington's Chinatown, starting at Sixth and Eye streets. 🐉 DC Chinese Lunar New Year Parade: The festive procession on Feb. 11 travels through Chinatown with a lively firecracker finale. 🎶 The Kennedy Center: A month-plus of Lunar New Year programming includes a glowing lantern festival (through Friday) and performances from K-Pop to Chinese zither music. Lunar New Year dishes at Tiger Fork.
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