Lunar New Year: Celebrating the Year of the Dragon

Kupferberg Center for the Arts 153-49 Reeves Ave, Flushing

Join us for a spellbinding family dance performance and embrace the spirit of the Year of the Dragon through the power and beauty of dance. Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company weaves together graceful movements and vibrant costumes to bring ancient traditions to life. Experience majestic dragons, dancing lions, elegant peacocks, stunning acrobats, twirling ribbons, and much…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 $20

DTBK Present Lunar New Year Celebration & Balloontopia

City Point BKLYN 445 Albee Square, Brooklyn

Ring in the Year of the Dragon with live performances, including traditional lion dances by the Choy Lay Fut Dance Team and music spun live by DJ Boogie. DTBK will be giving away lucky red envelopes with coins and some with gift certificates for the neighborhood’s Asian-owned businesses. Inside, enjoy a Balloontopia pop-up featuring life-sized…

Moon Over Manhattan: A Lunar New Year Family Day

Asia Society 725 Park Ave at E 70th Street,

Ring in the new year with performances and craft activities inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia. Activities include lion dances and interactive Kung Fu demonstrations by the Bo Law Kung Fu martial arts school and a musical performance and singalong with Elena Moon Park and Friends featuring Korean New Year’s songs, fun and…

Suggested Ages: All
🎟 $12, $7/students & seniors, free/ages 12 & under

Lunar New Year Celebration

Chappaqua Performing Arts Center 480 Bedford Road, Chappaqua

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with a red envelope give-away, lion and Chinese dances, karate, Korean games, calligraphy, arts & crafts and more. Doors open at 2:30 pm. No registration. First come, first served.

Lunar New Year Family Celebration

Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,

Celebrate a diasporic Lunar New Year at Lincoln Center with a family-friendly party featuring a beloved lion dance performance. Enjoy delicious goodies, fun demonstrations, crafts, dancing and more.

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Lunar New Year Celebration

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 58 Seventh Avenue, Brookyln

Ring in the Year of the Blue Dragon at BKCM with live music, festive snacks, candy, calligraphy, crafts and more. The Columbia Lion Dancers perform at 4:45 pm and 5:30 pm. Each ticket will include a snack box with dumplings (pork or veggie), lo mein, a spring roll, a fried sesame ball and a bubble…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 $25/adults, $15/kids

Celebrate Lunar New Year BCM

Brooklyn Children's Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn

Join Brooklyn Children’s Museum to usher in the Year of the Dragon. Learn about the traditions of Lunar New Year through live music, dance performances, and kung fu workshops with the New York Chinese Cultural Center, storytelling with authors Michele Wong McSween and Yobe Qiu, calligraphy workshops with artist Nelson Leung, and a lion dance…

Suggested Ages: All
🎟 $15, free/babies under 1

Glow Dragon Lunar New Year Celebration

Flushing Town Hall 137-35 Northern Blvd, Queens

Join a Lunar New Year Parade with Lion Dance & a traditional Chinese wedding procession from Glow Cultural Center to Flushing Town Hall via 41st Ave, Main St, and Northern Blvd. Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, and smells of a traditional Lunar New Year festival open to all ages. Enjoy cultural performances featuring Umbrella…

Lunar New Year Celebration

Queens Museum Flushing Meadows-Corona Park,

The New York Chinese Cultural Center (NYCCC) returns to Queens Museum with its signature program. Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with folk dances, Lion and Dragon Dance, Peking Opera, and traditional arts and crafts. The event will include an hour-long performance program featuring professional artists and students of NYCCC’s School of the Arts. In…

Bryant Park Lunar New Year Celebration

Bryant Park 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue,

Welcome the Year of the Dragon and celebrate the Lunar New Year at Bryant Park. Craft drums and dragon puppets, join a kung-fu demonstration, and watch a Lion Dance and other traditional musical performances by the New York Chinese Cultural Center.

Lunar New Year 2024

Hudson River Museum 511 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers

Kick off the Year of the Dragon with traditional Asian arts, crafts, demonstrations, and performances for all ages. Festivities begin with the colorful ceremonial lion dance. Make dragon drums and dragon puppets in Family Art Workshops, and learn the art of origami (paper folding). Enjoy performances of Chinese folk dances, Indonesian gamelan music and dance,…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 $10/adults, $6/ages 3-18

The Lunar New Year Seaport

South Street Seaport Museum 12 Fulton Street,

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with lion dance performances, calligraphy and crafts. Presented by the New York Chinese Cultural Center and the South Street Seaport Museum. Also enjoy a Chinese-inspired dinner at the House of the Red Pearl or shop for Asian ingredients at Mercantile East, both in the Tin Building.

Lunar New Year at the Queens Botanical Garden

Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street, Flushing

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon at the Queens Botanical Garden with lion dance performances, a zodiac-themed craft, storytelling, and more. Shop a Lucky Plant sale at the QBG Storr and Chinese retail and food vendors. Look for special appearance by the God of Wealth during the day to bring luck and prosperity to all.…

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 $5/suggested donation, $15/parking

Welcome to the Year of the Dragon

Westfield World Trade Center Oculus 185 Greenwich Street,

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with free cultural performances of Chinese folk and classical dances, Chinese drumming, Peking opera, kung fu, and a dance with yo-yos, a lion and dragon. Check out TheBLANC Art Space's Red Ball Art Exhibit and a Chinese calligraphy banner display on the west projection of the Oculus.

Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
🎟 $30/adults, $25/ages 8-18

Lunar New Year with Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company

Brooklyn Public Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

Join the world-renowned Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company for a fantastic Lunar New Year Celebration at the Brooklyn Public Library to welcome the coming of the Year of the Dragon. Witness the spectacular, innovative Lion Dance, the Company's signature Ribbon Dance and Fan Dance, and experience amazing Peking Opera acrobatics of the Long Spear Dance

Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival

Sara D. Roosevelt Park Rivington Street between Chrystie Street & Forsyth Street,

This annual spectacle features lion and dragon dancers, floats, marching bands, magicians, acrobats and more. Parade participants gather around noon at Sara Roosevelt Park, then move to Hester and Mott street where the parade starts at 1 pm, winding though the main streets of Lower Manhattan/Chinatown (Mott & Canal to Chatham Square to East Broadway…

Holi + Dhuleti Festival in Prospect Park

Prospect Park Carousel 95 Prospect Park West, Brookyln

Join Prospect Park Alliance and Indian dance arts educator Aeilushi Misty for a celebration inspired by the spring festival of Holi. Join a fun-filled family friendly event to learn the significance of Holi and Dhuleti traditions and take part in the celebration with music, dance, art and more. Learn about the ceremonial offerings of Holika…

Celebrate Holi at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum

Brooklyn Children's Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn

Celebrate Holi with Brooklyn Children's Museum, Ajna Dance Company and The Culture Tree at an annual celebration of springtime, renewal, color, and play. Known as the “Color Festival,” Holi originated in India and is now enjoyed by millions of people worldwide. Come hungry and ready to play at a day of art, dance, food, music,…

Suggested Ages: All
🎟 $15, free/babies under 1
Event Series Fancy Nancy The Musical

Fancy Nancy The Musical

Actor's Temple Theatre 339 W 47th Street,

Elegant, energetic book character Fancy Nancy comes to life in an hour-long musical from Vital Theatre Company. Fancy Nancy and her friends, Bree, Rhonda, Wanda, and Lionel are going to be performing in their very first show, "Deep Sea Dances." Nancy is positive, that's fancy for 100 percent sure, that she and Bree will be…

Suggested Ages: 2 to 8
🎟 $49.50