Celebrate the Year of the Snake at CCC’s free 2025 Lunar New Year Festival

The Lion dance, and the dragon dance at the ready in the background, are among the many highlights of the Lunar New Year Festival. | Photo courtesy of the Chinese Community Center

Slither into the Year of the Snake at the free, all ages 2025 Lunar New Year Festival at the Chinese Community Center on Saturday, February 1, 2025.

Now in its 22nd year, the Lunar New Year Festival returns again to the Chinese Community Center in Asiatown, offering a morning and afternoon packed with celebrations, performances, flavors, vendors, and more to celebrate the Year of the Snake and Houston’s rich Asian tapestry.

One of the city’s biggest festivals honoring the Chinese New Year, the yearly tradition showcases the beauty of Houston’s vast cultural diversity with a bustling marketplace, hands-on cultural activities and crafts, exciting dragon and tiger dances that serve as the fest’s main attraction, and more.

Perfect for the whole family, the free Lunar New Year Festival is a great way to explore the Chinese zodiac, learn traditions like calligraphy and origami, and immerse yourself in Asian culture through more than 50 local vendors serving up diverse cuisine, unique goods, artisan crafts, and more.

Learn more about the 2025 Lunar New Year Festival at Chinese Community Center.

Enjoy traditional music and dance from across Asia and beyond, a vibrant vendor marketplace, martial arts demonstrations, and more. | Photos courtesy of Chinese Community Center Houston

Year of the Snake: 2025 Lunar New Year Festival at Chinese Community Center

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