Lunar New Year is one of our favorite winter celebrations in New York City. Although the holiday is often referred to as Chinese New Year, many Asian nations celebrate Lunar New Year. In 2025, the Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden is putting on a Chinese New Year Festival, complete with two separate puppet shows, on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Attendees can Returning to Chinatown’s Sara D. Roosevelt Park for its 27th year, the Chinese New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival features thousands of firecrackers that are set off to scare 27th Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony & Cultural Festival. Wednesday, January 29, 2025. 11:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Find out about the Chinatown parade and many other events for NYC's Lunar New Year 2025 celebration. The Chinese New Year Parade and Festival is Sunday, February 16, 2025. The parade kicks off 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 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 For Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year), which honors household and heavenly deities, as well as ancestors, NYC is once again going all out with a huge parade in Chinatown, festive events NYC Lunar New Year Parade Organizer. 26TH NEW YEAR FIRECRACKER CEREMONY & CULTURAL FESTIVAL. 日期 : 2024年2月10曰 年初一(星期六) 上午 11:00時 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 On Jan. 29, Asian American communities around the U.S. will ring in the Year of the Snake with community carnivals, family gatherings, parades, traditional food, fireworks and other festivities When are fireworks traditionally set off during Chinese New Year? Fireworks tend to be let off just after midnight to herald in the New Year so, in 2025, that will be the night of January 28/29. Here are some events to help you celebrate Lunar New Year 2025: Leland Eating & Drinking House will have a special brunch, lunch and dinner menu from Jan. 27 – Feb. 2. The restaurant will be The Lunar New Year is just days away, bringing vibrant celebrations and traditions to New York City. This year, the festival falls on Wednesday, January 29, marking the Year of the Snake. The Museum of Chinese in America is the place to go if you want to learn more about the Chinese culture and Chinese history in NYC. The main and permanent exhibition With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America is a great place to find out more about the last 160 years of Chinese history in NYC. Lunar New Year NYC (Julie Feinstein/Dreamstime) Lunar New Year NYC 2024 brings back the usual celebrations. Lunar New Year Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival opens the Festival at Sara D. Roosevelt Park at Grand St in Manhattan’s Lower East Side (Manhattan Chinatown); on Saturday, February 10, 2024. These two events have been for years the iconic NYC traditional celebrations for the Spring Festival. More recently we have seen the development of a series of exciting arts and cultural events pioneered by the China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in association with the U.S.-China Cultural Institute and other community organizations, which has given way to the "Happy Chinese New Year The Lunar New Year, also known as The Chinese New Year, is a two-week-long festival celebrating new beginnings, emphasizing gratitude, and important things like spending time with loved ones. 2024 is the Year of the Dragon, a long-held symbol in China that represents charisma, intelligence, power, luck, wisdom, nobility, prosperity, and the Attending the Lunar New Year Parade NYC 2025? Discover the top do’s and dont’s to fully enjoy Chinese New Year NYC celebrations in Chinatown and beyond. Think!Chinatown Lunar New Year Special Event Series; Credit Think!Chinatown, papercutting by Ling Tang. Time: January 25 – February 16. Location: 1 Pike St, New York, NY 10002. Admission: Some events are free. Click here for more details. Think!Chinatown invites everyone to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a variety of exciting events:
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