3rd Annual Lunar New Year Festival

Celebrate the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake with this family-friendly cultural festival! The Lunar New Year is one of the largest holidays in Chinese culture and is celebrated by billions of people worldwide.  

A variety of activities, performances and local vendors will be at the library to commemorate this important and widely celebrated holiday: 

• Performances

  • Traditional Dance Performance - 11 a.m.

  • Lion Dance and Kung Fu Demonstration - 11:30 a.m.

    • Provided by Lee's White Leopard Kung-Fu School

  • Tea Ceremony - 12:15 p.m.

    • Provided by Sunshine Studios

• Live Snake Meet and Greet - 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

  • Provided by All About Animals Live

• Asian Culture and Education Society USA 

  • Games and prizes 

  • Calligraphy demonstrations 

• Tea station 

• Face painting - 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 12 to 1 p.m.

• Wishing tree 

  • Cast your wish for the new year into a tree to see if it will come true! 

• Snake and lantern-themed crafts 

• Local Vendor booths 

  • Shop a variety of goods from Asian-owned and other local businesses 

• Food 

  • The BopBop Korean BBQ (@the_bopbop) 

  • Crunchies Eggrolls and More (@crunchiestx)

  • The Boba Plug (@thebobaplug)

This event is supported in part by the City of Dallas Police Department and the Association of Asian American City Employees (AAACE). 

If you are interested in being a vendor, please email Hannah at forestgreen@dallaslibrary.org