when: 19 January 2025 - 16 February 2025 | venue: Sara D. Roosevelt Park | cost: See event for details | address: East Houston Street to Canal Street (bet. Forsyth and Chrystie Sts.), Manhattan, NY, 10002 | website: http://betterchinatown.com/
published: 16 Jan 2025, 5 min read
Chinatown's annual Lunar New Year celebration features stunning visuals, tantalizing treats and impressive performances, capped off by the always fabulous lion dance. In 2025, the festivities usher in the Year of the Snake. The big parade—whose route in Manhattan's Chinatown begins on Mott Street at Hester and moves down, heading east on East Broadway and then up Forsyth to Grand Street—takes place on February 16. A couple of weeks earlier, the Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival is held in Sara D. Roosevelt Park (January 29). Note that similar Lunar New Year events take place in the City's other Chinatowns, including in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Flushing, Queens, and that there are many more ways to take part in observing the holiday, as detailed below.
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Chinatown's annual Lunar New Year celebration features stunning visuals, tantalizing treats and impressive performances, capped off by the always fabulous lion dance. In 2025, the festivities usher in the Year of the Snake. The big parade—whose route in Manhattan's Chinatown begins on Mott Street at Hester and moves down, heading east on East Broadway and then up Forsyth to Grand Street—takes place on February 16. A couple of weeks earlier, the Firecracker Ceremony and Cultural Festival is held in Sara D. Roosevelt Park (January 29). Note that similar Lunar New Year events take place in the City's other Chinatowns, including in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, and Flushing, Queens, and that there are many more ways to take part in observing the holiday, as detailed below.
Go see Lunar New Year 2025 in NYC: Lunar New Year Parade & Festival.
Lunar New Year 2025 in NYC: Lunar New Year Parade & Festival is on 19 January 2025 - 16 February 2025. The opening hours are: See event website for details. Conveniently located in Manhattan NY. Visit their website at http://betterchinatown.com/.
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