Lunar New Year Festival

Celebrate the Lunar New Year and year of the Rabbit at the Forest Green Branch Library! 

Chinese New Year officially begins on January 22, 2023, and ends on February 1st with tons of activities, celebrations, and gatherings between. We are packing celebration into one fun-filled event for the Lunar New Year Eve with this mini-festival.

What is Chinese/Lunar New Year? In China and in ethnic communities around the world, the lunar new year is the most important and most festive holiday of the year. Through centuries of China’s agrarian tradition, this was the one period when farmers could rest from their work in the fields. Family members from near and far would travel to be with loved ones in time to usher out the old year and welcome in the new, with great celebratory flourish.

Let's celebrate the New Year with music, dance, crafts, and community!

We will have:

• Crafts!
  • Supplies provided, while supplies last!
• Calligraphy
• Chinese Tea Station 
  • Warm up with a hot cup of tea
• Rabbit adoption and petting station
• Dance and musical performances
  • Lion Dance at 11:30 a.m.
  • Jasmine Flower Dance at 12:30 p.m.
• New Year Fortunes
• Dumpling making demonstration
  • 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m., and 1:15 p.m.
• Wishing Tree
  • See if your wish for the new year will come true by testing your luck to see if it sticks to the tree!
• Vendors
• Food

This event will be outdoors and inside, spread around to encourage social distancing practices. Standard precautions will be advised, such as wearing a mask, social distancing, and sanitizing hands and craft area. This event is supported in part by the Association of Asian American City Employees (AAACE), the Friends of the Dallas Public Library, and the Dallas Police Department. With out all their help this event couldn't have taken place!

We can’t wait to see you there!

If you are interested in being a vendor at this event, please email Libraryprograms@dallas.gov, attn: Jessica.