10+ Inspiring Ways to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Los Angeles
Are you looking for a fun and unique way to celebrate the Lunar New Year with your family? Welcome the Year of the Dragon on February 10, 2024! From traditional cultural events to creative activities, LA is full of opportunities for you and your kiddos to get in on all the festivities. Read on for our guide to some amazing Lunar New Year events happening in Los Angeles that are sure to be delightful.
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The Best Spots to Welcome the Lunar New Year for 2024
Disney’s California Adventure
January 23 – February 18, 2024
Head to the Disneyland Resort for a multicultural celebration to ring in the Lunar New Year at Disney California Adventure. Festivities celebrating the Year of the Dragon include Mulan’s Lunar New Year Procession, special dining options featuring Asian cuisine, live performances, and character meet-and-greets. You’ll also find specially-themed merchandise across the park.
Chinese New Year Festival at the Bowers Museum
February 4, 2024
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with a lively Chinese New Year Festival! Museum visitor can enjoy free art activities, face painting, and live entertainment featuring dance and music performances.
Chinese New Year at The Huntington
February 10 – 11, 2024
Join in the family-friendly festivities celebrating the Year of the Dragon at the Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. The Lunar New Year festivities include lion dancers, a mask-changing artist, calligraphy and martial arts demonstrations, musical performances, art and craft demonstrations, food trucks, and more. Festivities take place in and around the Chinese Garden and other performance spaces from 10am to 5pm.
Lunar New Year Celebration at Cayton Children’s Museum
February 10, 2024
Join in the good fortune and fun at the Cayton Children’s Museum! With special cultural performances by UCLA’s ACA Lion Dance group and a lively parade throughout the museum there is plenty of entertainment to enjoy. Celebrate with hands-on activities like lion puppet making, lantern decorating and Chinese pellet drum crafting.
Lunar New Year @PAM
February 10, 2024
Pay a visit to the USC Pacific Asia Museum and enjoy an afternoon of live performances and art activities for the whole family! This free event includes a traditional lion dance show, storytelling, calligraphy and crafts, food trucks, and free admission to the museum.
Lunar New Year Celebration at South Coast Botanic Garden
Saturdays and Sundays, February 2024
For the second annual Lunar New Year festival, the South Coast Botanic garden has expanded to every weekend throughout the month of February. The festivities include crafting dragon puppets, making paper lanterns, calligraphy, Mahjong, and games. Each weekend also features live performances of lion and dragon dances, as well as martial arts demonstrations, and more. The event is free with garden admission.
Lunar New Year at Segerstrom
February 10, 2024
Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with the Pacific Symphony at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The performance features a colorful presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance.
Lunar New Year Celebration at Beverly Center
February 10, 2024
Celebrate the year of The Dragon on Lunar New Year’s Day at Beverly Center! Immerse yourself under the lanterns and cherry blossom trees in an afternoon filled with live entertainment, festive activities, delicious bites, traditional drinks, and more. The celebration includes Dragon and lion dance performances by East Wind Foundation for Youth and Kung Fu demonstration by East Wind Foundation for Youth.
125th Annual Golden Dragon Parade
February 17, 2024
Join the thousands who flock to this annual cultural event. The parade route spans a five block radius of North Broadway and Hill street in Chinatown. The parade marchers include kung fu performers, lion dancers, marching bands, and the newly crowned Miss Chinatown Los Angeles. The event, which starts at 1pm and ends at 4pm, is free to the public, but tickets can be purchased for seating in the grandstand.
Chinese Lunar New Year At Santa Monica Place
February 17, 2024
Join in the festivities from 2 to 5pm in Center Plaza for lion dances, a Chinese dough artist, craft kits for kids, and more! From January 23rd to February 21st celebrate the Year of the Dragon and write a wish for the cherry blossom wishing trees, stand under the red and gold lanterns in Center Plaza, and grab a photo with all of our festive Lunar New Year décor.
Lunar New Year – Chamber Music with the LA Phil
February 27, 2024
Enjoy a night out at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Yi-Wen Jiang’s string quartet arrangements of popular Chinese folk melodies set the stage for a celebration of the Year of the Wood Dragon—a symbol of nobility, honor, and success in Chinese culture.
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