Celebrate Lunar New Year Houston style! This year, the Lunar New Year – otherwise known as Chinese New Year – lands on Saturday, February 10. Celebrations for the annual event often last for up to two weeks, starting ahead of the special day. For the next couple weeks, there are a variety of fabulous celebrations you can attend here in Houston – from food festivals, to sumo, and lion dances!
1. Post HTX
Lunar New Year in Houston is going to be one to remember this year! Houston’s premier entertainment venue and cultural hub is ushering in the Year of the Dragon on February 4th with a day full of Lunar New Year festivities beginning at 11 am. The festivities include a carnivalesque Asian pop-up market, lion dancing, food vendors, and more.
2. Asia Society Texas
On Saturday, February 10, the Asia Society Texas Center is hosting a free Lunar New Year festival with “drums, dances, dim sum, and more”! The all-ages, indoor/outdoors event is free to attend, but does require registration as well as additional purchase for performances by Huaxing Arts Group Houston.
The celebration runs from 10 am to 4 pm at 1370 Southmore Blvd, Houston, TX, 77004 and is set to include LNY traditions, arts, crafts, festive food, and fun!
3. Otaku Food Fest at Karbach Brewery
Following in the footsteps of the Asian Night Market, Otaku Food Fest made its debut in Houston a couple years ago and has continued to be one of the most vibrant food festivals in the city.
Promising lion dances, sumo wrestling, cosplay contests, voice actors, and a whole lot of good eats, Otaku Food Festival on February 10th and 11th at Karbach Brewery might go down as the best one yet!
4. Chinese Community Center
On Saturday, February 10, the Chinese Community Center in Houston will host an all-outdoors event from 10 am to 4 pm. The free festival will feature cultural and family-friendly activities, live performances, LNY souvenirs, and fantastic Chinese food!
5. Texas Lunar Festival
This year, the Texas Lunar Festival will be held on February 10 at the Alief Career Center located at 12160 Richmond Ave in Houston. From 10:30 am to 4:30 the Lunar New Year festival in Houston will feature an absolutely stacked program of performances (singing, dancing, orchestral, and more) as well as calligraphy demonstrations, kungfu demonstrations, magic show, fashion show, vendors, and much more!