Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park in midtown Manhattan will host a Lunar New Year Celebration on Sunday, February 2, featuring live music and dance from the New York Chinese Cultural Center, Year of the Snake arts and crafts, a ribbon dancing class, and a lion dance performance complete with a meet-and-greet with the performers 27th Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival; Lunar New Year Celebration in Manhattan Chinatown in 2023. Photo: April Xu for Documented. Time: Sunday, February 16, 1:00 PM (parade starts), activities and booths open from 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Location: Manhattan Chinatown, Bayard St between Mott St and Mulberry St. Admission: Free Manhattan. 27th Annual Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival Glow Snake Lunar New Year Celebration: Chinese Variety Show Where: Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing Usually, locals and tourists alike will (obviously) flock to New York City’s Chinatown to celebrate the Lunar New Year. A huge Chinese New Year Parade takes place there every year. The official name of the event is called the Lunar New Year Parade and Festival. The Chinese New York Parade will down Mott and Canal Street. Celebrate Chinese New Year with a series of fun high-energy cultural events happening all over the city. Things to do The Chinese New Year Parade guide. Chinatown’s annual Lunar (Chinese) New Head to the Mandarin Oriental this Lunar New Year for a rage of happenings that include festive decorations, lion dance performances, festive dinner menus, and more. Where: Mandarin Oriental – 80 Columbus Circle. When: January 31st. 11. Chinese New Year Celebration at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden The Chinese New Year Parade and Festival is Sunday, February 16, 2025. The parade kicks off at 1pm. This year will be the parade's 27th anniversary. While Manhattan’s Chinese restaurants CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- New York City is gearing up to celebrate the Year of the Snake at the 2025 Lunar New Year Parade and Festival. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend AP: Dragons and dancers parade through Manhattan’s Chinatown for Lunar New Year YEAR OF THE DRAGON — New Yorkers celebrate the Lunar New Year in Chinatown in Manhattan. People packed the streets to watch the parade filled with dancing, music, costumes and most appropriately, colorful dragons. NEW YORK, USA - JAN. 29, 2025: The festivities of the Year of the Snake, Chinese New Year begins on January 29, in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York, United States. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Where to celebrate Lunar New Year in New York at the best Chinese restaurants with dumplings, noodles, soups pastries, and more. The Hottest New Restaurants in Manhattan, January 2025. Top 10 Best Chinese New Year in Manhattan, NY - November 2024 - Yelp - Blue Willow 夜来湘, Pig Heaven, Chow House 德悦轩, Mr. Sun, Uluh, Tri Dim Shanghai, Han Dynasty, Hop Lee Restaurant, Wah Fung No 1, Jing Fong Restaurant On January 29th, New York Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club (CFMAC) will host a Lion Dance parade through the heart of Chinatown. The parade route starts at the Athletic Club on Canal Street around Top 10 Best Chinese New Year Dinner in Chinatown, Manhattan, NY - January 2025 - Yelp - Uncle Lou 快樂人, Hop Lee Restaurant, Shanghai 21, Chow House 德悦轩, Shu Jiao Fu Zhou, Joe's Shanghai, Kong Sihk Tong 港食堂, Jiang Nan, Ming Wong Restaurant, Big Wong This upcoming Lunar New Year is the year of the snake, which applies to those born in 1941, 1953, 1977, 1989, 2001 and 2013. In the Chinese zodiac, the snake represents wisdom and transformation Nom Wah Tea Parlor has been a dim sum staple on Doyers Street in Manhattan’s Chinatown for over 100 years. This year for Lunar New Year, they’re selling set menus for 2 and 4 people ($88 and $158 respectively) so you can recreate a dim sum celebration at home with dishes like soy sauce chicken, garlic-drenched string beans, pan fried noodles, red bean buns, and more. NEW YORK (AP) — Dragons took a starring role at the Lunar New Year parade in Manhattan’s historic Chinatown on Sunday — it’s the Year of the Dragon, after all — as hundreds of revelers filled the cold clear air with the sound of drums, cymbals and puffs of confetti. Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Westfield World Trade Center and the New York Chinese Cultural Center. Join us for performances of Chinese folk and classical dances, Chinese drumming, Peking opera, kung fu, and a dance with yo-yos, a lion and a dragon to ring in this Year of the Dragon. Songkran, or Thai New Year, is celebrated in April, but over at Somtum Der in the East Village, they’re eager to celebrate both the restaurant’s 10th anniversary and Lunar New Year with New Yorkers with their latest special: towers of their signature Isan-style food that are perfect for dining with a crew. Through Feb. 11, they’re 2025 Chinese New Year Parades and Celebrations Chinatown Chinese New Year Cracker Show: 1/29/2025 11:30am - 3:30 pm, Roosevelt Park in Chinatown Flushing Queens Parade: 2/20/2025 at 10 am. From Union Street at 37th Ave. to Main Street, 37th Ave. Flushing Brooklyn Celebrations: 2/2/2025 11 am - 2:30 pm. 8th Ave & 50 Street. Cultural
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