2025 Chinatown Festival & Lunar New Year Parade. Saturday, January 25, 9:00 am – 10:00 pm. Join Chinatown 808 and American Savings Bank for a family-friendly festival in Honolulu’s Historic Chinatown, celebrating the 2025 Lunar New Year. HONOLULU (Island News) -- Celebrate Chinese New Year by slithering into the Year of the Snake at the Chinatown Festival & Parade this Saturday. The popular event returns on Jan. 25, 2025 with all Jan 25, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM. Chinatown Cultural Plaza, 100 N Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA Chinese New Year Celebration. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii once again hosts activities for its annual Chinese New Year Celebration at the Chinatown Cultural Plaza from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday. Over 40 food, craft and cultural booths, free activities for keiki, Chinese lion dances and entertainment Family fun awaits in the heart of Chinatown as Honolulu and Hawaii prepare to ring in the year of the snake. By Casey Lund Published : Jan. 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM HST | Updated : Jan. 24, 2025 at 9: Celebrate Chinese New Year and welcome good fortune in 2025 for the Year of the Snake with these festivities across O‘ahu. I n 2025, Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Leading up to The Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii will be hosting its annual Chinese New Year celebrations at the Chinatown Cultural Plaza on Jan. 24, 5 to 10 p.m., and Jan. 25, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. January 4, 2025 - Narcissus Queen Pageant. Hawaii Theater; 7PM - 9:30PM January 24, 2025 - Choy Cheng. Chinatown; 6PM - 9PM January 24 & 25, 2025 - Chinese New Year Celebration. Chinatown Cultural Plaza; 5PM - 10PM (24th), 10AM - 10PM (25th) February 1, 2025 - 75th Coronation Ball. Hilton Hawaiian Village; 5PM - 11:45PM Lunar New Year in Chinatown (January 24-25, 2025) Honolulu's Chinatown Cultural Plaza will come alive with vibrant Lunar New Year celebrations on January 24–25, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. Festivities kick off Friday evening from 5 pm to 10 pm and continue all day Saturday from 9 am to 10 pm. Visitors can enjoy two days of cultural Chinese New Year in Honokaa Town (late January, 2025) Another celebration takes place at Honokaa Town along Mamane Street. Festivities include live music, food trucks, as well as origami animals, and Chinese paper lantern workshops. Honokaa People's Theatre is one of the main spots for the celebration, drawing in hundreds of people each year. On Wednesday, Hawai'i's Asian American communities are ringing in the year of the snake, according to the Chinese zodiac calendar, a 12-year cycle represented by animals. The last year of the snake happened in 2013. The Lunar New Year begins on the first new moon of the year when the moon sets between the Earth and the sun. Here are 25 notable parades and festivals scheduled for 2025: January. Chinatown New Year Celebration & Parade. Date: January 25, 2025; Overview: Celebrates the Lunar New Year with lion dances, martial arts performances, and traditional music, honoring Honolulu’s Chinese community. More Information: Chinatown 808; February. Waikiki Artfest The Chinese Civic Association of Hawaii is celebrating the Lunar New Year with its first in-person public event in three years. The celebration marks the Year of the Wood Dragon in the Chinese zodiac calendar, which will start on Saturday, Feb. 10, and last until Jan. 29, 2025. Chinese Cultural Series Class #3 - Chinese Knotting Feb 22, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, 8 S King St # 201, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA Big Island Candies is also celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year with some special limited-edition Year of the Snake Gift and appearances by the 2025 and 2024 Miss Chinatown Hawaii Queens and On Feb. 1, Central Maui will come alive with excitement as the 23rd annual Chinese New Year Festival kicks off at the Maui Mall Village to celebrate the Year of the Snake. Cathy Yago, an advisor Find tickets & information for Flavors: Chinese New Year. happening at 2829 Ala Kalani Kaumaka St, Koloa, HI, United States, Hawaii 96756, Koloa, HI on Fri, 31 Jan, 2025 at 05:30 pm HST. The Chinese make up about 5% of the Hawaii population, and Lunar New Year is widely celebrated in most cities. On Maui, the largest festivities are held in Lahaina, Wailuku, or Kahului. Festivals often feature lion dances, martial arts demonstrations, traditional food & music, and firecrackers to wa This new Year of the Snake, look forward to playful lions bringing you lots of good luck. High pole lion dances will take place this Saturday, Feb. 1, at Ala Moana Center stage starting at 11 a.m HONOLULU (KHON2) — As the world settles into 2025, many look to astrology for guidance on what the year ahead may bring. Get Hawaii’s latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for
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