From savory eats and sweet treats to traditional dances, music and parades, here’s what a few places are doing to celebrate Lunar New Year.
The L.A. Chinatown Firecracker has been going on for 45 years and it’s one of the largest and oldest-running races in the country. It includes the Lunar New Year run, walk, cycling and dog walk events happening on Feb.
18-19 at the Los Angeles Chinatown Plaza. In addition to the race, the weekend includes a Lunar New Year Celebration in Chinatown with an opening ceremony consisting of lion dancers and the traditional lighting of 100,000 firecrackers. The Firecracker post-race weekend expo includes vendors and booths as well as the Chalk Art Festival and Boba Garden. The events start at 8 a.m. each day.The Zoo is celebrating Lunar New Year in conjunction with its L.A. Zoo Lights event, and this weekend is the last chance to catch the festivities with nightly shows Jan. 20-22. The Lunar New Year celebrations start at 6:30 p.m. with a dragon dance parade followed by Chinese dancers plus a Wushu Warriors show and other performances throughout the night. And the Cafe Vietnam and Rice Balls of Fire food trucks will be parked at the Treetops Terrace serving Asian dishes to visitors. Admission to the zoo is required.26300 Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes Peninsula.For the first time, the South Coast Botanic Garden is hosting a Lunar New Year Celebration Jan. 28-29. The weekend will include cultural dancers, drummers, martial arts demonstrations, calligraphy demonstrations and other activities from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. each day. Admission to the park is required.This one caters more for young kids as Pretend City Children’s Museum celebrates the Year of the Rabbit Jan. 21-22 with art activities where they can learn to make lanterns and Asian calligraphy. There will also be musical performances, dancers and drummers. The events start at 11 a.m. each day. Museum admission required.The Jan. 21-22 celebration starts with an opening ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday that will include Taiko drummers, lion and dragon dancers and Shaolin kung fu demonstrations. There will also be a lot of live music and cultural performances starting at 11 a.m. each day, plus there will be food and a marketplace selling artisan goods. The event is free.This will be one of the biggest events around with thousands expected to attend the Jan. 28-29 festival, which kicks off with an opening ceremony on Mission Inn Avenue starting at noon on Saturday. There will be Taiko drummers, lion and dragon dance performances, live acts on stage both days and a marketplace plus a fun-zone for kids with inflatable rides, including an obstacle course and 20-foot-tall rock wall climbing wall. The event is free.Santa Monica Place Center Plaza, 395 Santa Monica Place, Santa Monica.The Center Plaza at Santa Monica place will become the center of Lunar Year celebrations with a performance by traditional Chinese lion dancers from 2-5 p.m. Jan. 28. This will be a good place to bring the kids since there will be balloon and dough artists on hand and cherry blossom wishing trees, where people can hang their wishes for the new year. It’ll be a good place for photos, too, since the plaza will be decorated with red and gold lanterns.
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