Lunar New Year, often also called the Spring Festival or Chinese New Year, marks the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar! In 2025, the holiday starts on January 29th, and celebrations culminate with the Lantern Festival on February 12th. From lion dances to traditional eats, we’ve rounded up all the Lunar New Year events happening around DFW! Explore the below and get ready to welcome the Year of the Snake!
Updated January 2025
ASIA TIMES SQUARE LUNAR NEW YEAR
The biggest Lunar New Year celebration in DFW takes place at Asia Times Square, spanning three weekends! Enjoy a food market with dozens of vendors spanning many Asian cultures. watch performances like the lion dance by Jiu Long Lion Dance Troupe and K-Pop cover bands, and shop traditional toys, clothing, and more. The final weekend also features a firecracker show!
Date & time: January 17th, 18th, and 19th, 24th and 25th, and February 1st and 2nd
Location: Asia Times Square
Price: Free
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LUNAR NEW YEAR AT THE KIMBELL
The Kimbell and Fort Worth Sister Cities International are hosting an art-filled happy hour for the holiday! Enjoy traditional guzheng musical performances, Lunar New Year artmaking, and an Asian art-themed scavenger hunt.
Date & time: January 24th from 5pm to 7pm
Location: Kimbell Art Museum
Price: Free
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LUNAR NEW YEAR AT NORTHPARK CENTER
Head to Level 1 of NorthPark Center for a family-friendly Lunar New Year celebration! The event will feature live music and performances like lion dancer performance by Rising Phoenix, and a show from the Dallas Asian Wind Symphony. Plus, enjoy crafts like Paper Lantern making and Origami lessons with the Crow Museum of Asian Art and Bookmarks Library!
Date & time: January 25th from 10am to 1pm
Location: NorthPark Center
Price: Free
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LUNAR NEW YEAR CRAFTS WITH DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Families can partake in the holiday with fun crafts at the library! Kids will learn to make paper snake wind twirlers, and paper plate New Year’s drums, followed by a showing of the movie Kung Fu Panda.
Date & time: January 25th from 11am to 1pm
Location: White Rock Hills Branch Library Auditorium
Price: Free with RSVP
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DOWNTOWN PLANO’S LUNAR NEW YEAR
Welcome the Year of the Snake with this celebration honoring good fortune, happiness, and prosperity! Enjoy a lion dance performance, Chinese calligraphy demonstrations, photo ops, face painting, temporary tattoos, and balloon art, plus a DJ spinning tunes all afternoon long!
Date & time: January 25th from noon to 4pm
Location: McCall Plaza
Price: Free
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CHINESE NEW YEAR COOKING CLASS
Join Central Market Cooking School Dallas in celebrating the holiday with food! In this class, you’ll create traditional dishes Northern-style Boiled Dumplings, Eight Treasure Lo Mein, Braised Whole Fish in Chili Bean Sauce, and a Citrus Almond Float. Plus, you’ll get to hear a little about the dishes and why the ingredients symbolize prosperity, fortune, and longevity!
Date & time: January 29th from 6:30pm to 8pm
Location: Central Market Dallas Lovers Lane
Price: $85
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Goisagi Daiko Taiko drum performance
See a beautiful traditional Japanese drum performance from Taiko drum ensemble, Goisagi Daiko!
Date & time: February 1st from 11am to noon
Location: North Oak Cliff Branch Library
Price: Free
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LUNAR NEW YEAR DINNER AT KIRIN COURT
Join the DFW Singapore Club for their biggest event of the year! The celebration includes a nine-course dinner, lion dance performance, hampers raffles, lucky draw, and Uncle Ang Pow games.
Date & time: February 1st from 6pm to 9pm
Location: Kirin Court
Price: $60 per person, $38 for members, $550 for full table
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RICHARDSON LUNAR NEW YEAR
Join the City of Richardson, the CORE District, and the Dallas Chinese Community Center for an immersive celebration welcoming the Year of the Snake! Enjoy dragon and lion dances, musical and martial arts demos, art making, calligraphy, specialty booths, and more.
Date & time: February 8th from 11am to 3pm
Location: DFW Chinatown (Located in the CORE District)
Price: Free
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FRISCO LUNAR NEW YEAR FESTIVAL
Frisco’s fifth annual Lunar New Year celebration will have family-friendly activities galore! Explore cultural art, live music and performances like lion dances and a fashion show, kids activities, red envelopes, giveaways, community resources, and more.
Date & time: February 8th from 3pm to 8pm
Location: Simpson Plaza
Price: Free
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Lunar New Year Art Festival
Join The Center for Asian Studies at UTD, Texas Cultural Exchange Center (TCEC), and Dallas Huayun Orchestra for a multicultural arts festival! Festivities include instrumental live music, graceful ballet, and Bollywood dance performances.
Date & time: February 8th from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Edith O'Donnell Arts & Technology Building (ATC) at UT Dallas
Price: Free
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