Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association Presents 2025 Year of the Snake Lunar New Year Celebration February 15, 2025 10am to 3pm at Jacksonville's New City Hall, Community Center, Library, and The Miners' Bazaar in Jacksonville, OR Lunar New Year is celebrated across Oregon in February, but if you haven’t attended the festival in Jacksonville lately, it’s time. The free event takes place at the Britt Pavilion garden, near the region’s oldest Chinese Quarters, on Feb. 17. Volunteer members of the Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association have hosted the The Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association will present its annual Lunar New Year celebration on Feb. 15, marking the Year of the Snake. The event will take place across Jacksonville’s new A celebration of the Lunar New Year, “Year of the Dragon”, will be held at the Britt Pavilion on February 17, 2024, from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. The Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association had, for over 15 years, presented a Chinese New Year Celebration in Jacksonville. Jacksonville Review – February 2024 UPDATED WITH SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 02/15/24—please see link below. THE SOUTHERN OREGON CHINESE CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (SOCCA), with openhanded support from sponsors, is once again blowing a refreshing breath of early spring our way. The Chinese New Year celebration in February has been conspicuously absent for the past few years. Now, [] LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IN JACKSONVILLE. Saturday, February 15th, 10am - 3pm. Located at: Jacksonville’ New City Hall, Community Center, Library, and The Miners' Bazaar in Jacksonville, OR (Rain or shine! If the weather is unsafe, we'll post a cancellation notice here) JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – Last Saturday marked the start of the Lunar New year, but there’s a way you can still celebrate locally this weekend. The Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association is hosting a Year of the Dragon celebration at the Britt Pavilion in Jacksonville Saturday, February 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association (SOCCA) was formed in 2006 and is dedicated to facilitating awareness, understanding, and appreciation of Chinese culture and history. Southern Oregon, and specifically, Jacksonville, has a strong historical relationship with Chinese immigrants. JACKSONVILLE, Ore — Last Saturday marked the New Lunar Year, but celebration isn’t over just yet. An event is coming to Jacksonville this weekend where you can celebrate with the community. This Saturday from 10 to 3, the Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association is hosting a Year of the Dragon Celebration at the Britt pavilion. JACKSONVILLE, Ore. — In February, Oregonians celebrate the Lunar New Year. If you have not been to the Jacksonville festival recently, now is the time. The event is free and scheduled for February 17 at the Britt Pavilion Garden, which is close to the oldest Chinese Quarters. Since 2006, the Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association’s [] JACKSONVILLE, Ore — Last Saturday marked the New Lunar Year, but celebration isn’t over just yet. An event is coming to Jacksonville this weekend where you can celebrate with the community. This Saturday from 10 to 3, the Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association is hosting a Year of the Dragon Celebration at the Britt pavilion. Official Schedule of the Chinese New Year Celebration in Jacksonville! 2012 “YEAR OF THE DRAGON” CELEBRATION IN JACKSONVILLE, OR. Join the Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association (SOCCA) for the “Year of the Dragon” celebration in downtown Jacksonville on Saturday, February 4, 2012. Celebrate the year of the Snake - Chinese New Year 2025 In Jacksonville, Oregon with a bunch of interesting events. From extensive dinners to lantern making workshops in Jacksonville, Oregon there is a lot to do on the occasion of the Chinese New Year 2025 in Jacksonville, Oregon. During the Vietnamese Tết Nguyên Đán, families display New Year trees, which are decorated with good-luck charms and origami, and enjoy bánh tét — sticky rice filled with mung beans and/or meat and wrapped in banana leaves. Chinese New Year is perhaps the most well-known of the Lunar New Year celebrations. The festive period spans 15 Chinese New Year. Did you know that Jacksonville had the first Chinatown in Oregon? By the early 1870s several 100 Chinese lived in Jacksonville, primarily on West Main between South Oregon and 1 st streets in the ramshackle buildings that had been the mining camp’s original “business district.” Since Chinese New Year—the Year of the Year of the Snake Chinese New Year is celebrated in Jacksonville, Oregon on February 16, 2013 SOCCA 2013 CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION Schedule of Activities in Jacksonville on February 16, Jacksonville, Oregon (Subject to change) SPECIAL EVENTS 8AM - The Snake-A-Leg 5K Fun Run - starts at the Bigham Knoll Campus rain or shine. Chinese New Year Celebration. SOHS #1505. A 2016 report, “Rising from the Ashes: Jacksonville Chinese Quarter Site,” prepared by the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA) for The Oregon Department of Transportation affords most of the insights we have into the Chinese community. PCT / PACC / CCBA Chinese New Year Cultural Fair. Location: Oregon Convention Center 777 NE MLK, Jr Blvd From Chinese New Year to fall Harvest and Wine Festivals, we have it all! Facebook; Jacksonville, Oregon 97530 ph: 541-899-8118 Visitor Information Center hours: Southern Oregon’s rich history of Chinese immigration extends back to the beginning of the Oregon Gold Rush in the 1850s. To commemorate this history, the town of Jacksonville, Ore., working with Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association puts on a yearly Chinese New Year’s Celebration.
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