California Festivals
California Chinese, Tet, Lunar New Year Festivals
2026 is the Year of the Horse
Are you a "horse"? If you were born in: 1930 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002, 2014 or 2026 you may be!
Horse is the sixth in the 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac sign. People born in the Year of the Horse are considered responsible, confident, agreeable, fit and intelligent, and they dislike being reined in by others. They’re decisive but also easily swayed and impatient.
Horses can get bored easily, which applies to work and love. They can also be vain and self-glorifying, prone to seeking attention and applause.
ALHAMBRA: Lunar New Year Celebration
Main Street
Free, alhambralunarnewyear.com
ANAHEIM: Disneyland Lunar New Year
Disneyland Resort
1313 S. Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim, CA
Disneyland Tickets
See and get your picture taken with Minnie & Mickey Mouse in their splendid costumes and be sure to catch Lunar New Year Procession, a bright and bold parade with a Chinese dragon puppet, warriors, drummers and dancers.
ARCADIA: Lunar New Year
February 28, 2026, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Los Angeles County Arboretum
301 N. Baldwin Ave.
Aracadia, CA
$18, arboretum.org
Activities are included with paid admission. Reservations are encouraged
- Red Envelope Wildflower Seed Giveaway
- Cabbage Planting Station
- Year of the Horse Crafts: masks, Paper snakes
- Meet & Greet
- Photo-Op: Free photo at photo booth.
- Food Trucks & Vendors
- Peacock Cafe Specials Menu with Steamed Bao Chicken and Vegetable; Potstickers with Sweet Chili & Garlic Dipping Sauce;
- 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. Lion Dance and Kung Fu Demonstration
BERKELEY: Berkeley Solano Ave. Lunar New Year
Solano Avenue Association Peralta Park 1559 Solano Ave. Berkeley, CA Free, solanoavenueassn.org
COSTA MESA: Lunar New Year
February 21, 2026, 8 p.m.
Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Pacific Symphony festivities honoring Lunar New Year!
$65.54-up, scfta.org
A colorful presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance. Carl St. Clair,
conductor
GARDEN GROVE: Tet Festival Chinese New Year
Golden West College
15744 Goldenwest Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
$7, tetfestival.org
UVSA Tet Festival has decades long
tradition in Orange County. Foods, contests, entertainment and strong attendance
due to its location as the largest Vietnamese community outside Vietnam!
LOS ANGELES: Golden Dragon Parade & Chinese New Year
February 21, 2026, 1-4 p.m.lachinesechamber.org
Los Angeles Chinese Chamber of Commerce hosts this beloved annual event which includes a beauty pageant and banquet held one evening before the date of the parade.
GLENDALE: Lunar New Year Parade
No date announced for 2026 as of 1/4/26
The Americana at Brand
889 Americana Way
Glendale, CA
Free, americanaatbrand.com
New Year Parade welcomes the excitement of traditional lion and dragon dances,
along with performances by the Korean Dance Team, at The Americana at Brand.
LOS ANGELES/ SAN PEDRO: Port of Los Angeles Lunar New Year Festival
Free, portoflosangeles.org
Port of Los Angeles celebrates each year with a huge street fair filled with
entertainment, crafts, food for sale and more.
MARYSVILLE: Bok Kai Festival
March 21-22, 2026
Downtown Marysville
Marysville, CA
bokkaitemple.com/ bokkai-weekend
Billed as a year of elegance, wisdom and transformation, the event celebrates
Chinese community with the annual Bok Kai parade from the crowning of the Bok Kai Parade Hostess to the Parade and community festivities that culminate in Bomb Day.
MILLBRAE: Millbrae Lunar New Year Festival
February 14-15, 2026, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Lunar New Year Festival and Street Fair, Golden Mouse Parade, Outdoor
Performances
400 Broadway
Millbrae, CA
Centered at 300-400
blocks of
Broadway. Boba tea, matcha ice cream, Asian BBQ, coconut pudding, fresh popcorn… 20+ food vendors offer you amazing delicious food!
Custom face painting, bounce houses, fashion clothing, fortune telling… and more.
Free, millbraeculture.org
MONTEREY PARK: Lunar New Year Festival
January 31-February 1, 2026
Seven blocks on Garvey Avenue
lunarnewyears.com
Large street fair with vendors galore, great food options and entertainment for
all ages.
NEVADA CITY: The Nevada City Chinese Lunar New Year Festival and Parade
February 23, 2025, 12-4:30 p.m.
Parade starts at 12 p.m. (Noon)
Chinese Monument on Commercial Street to Robinson Plaza on Union Street
Nevada City, CA
Free, catsweb.org
Presented by Community Asian Theatre of the Sierras (CATS)
The community parade begins at Robinson Plaza on Union Street, heads up Commercial Street past the Chinese Monument,
left turn and down Broad Street, right turn on Bridge Street, cross Spring
Street, and into the Miners Foundry, for an afternoon of entertainment, food,
and fun! Free admission at the Foundry. Parade units include Chinese
ceremonial Lion Dancers and a 72' Chinese Dragon from Eastern Ways Martial Arts
of Sacramento, Grass Valley Taiko drummers, school children, and other community
entries.
OAKLAND: Lunar New Year Celebration
February 8, 2025, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Oakland Museum of California includes
Chinese Opera face makeup, acrobatics. Year of the Monkey Valentine's Day
celebration includes Asian arts
OAKLAND: Lunar New Year Celebration
February 21, 2026, 1-3 p.m.
Jack London Square
Scott's Pavilion
Broadway/ Embarcadero West
Oakland, CA
Free, jacklondonsquare.com
Lion dancers, martial arts performances, kids crafts, Year of the Horse selfie
photo op
PALOS VERDES PENINSULA: Lunar New Year Celebration
February 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 & 22, 2026 (weekends in Feb.) 10
a.m.-5 p.m.
South Coast Botanic Garden
26300 Crenshaw
Boulevard
Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274
$18-20, southcoastbotanicgarden.org
Festive activities include Lion dancers, Fan dancing, Drummers, Martial Arts,
Chinese zodiac scroll making, paper lantern decorating, Chinese paper cutting,
Chinese game booths, a Chinese calligraphy artist demonstration and
storytelling.
PASADENA: Lunar New Year Festival
February 1, 2025, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. no info 2026
USC Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, California
pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu
Lion dancers, traditional East Asian music and dance, opera, live
stories, festive crafts, and treat yourself to some delicious delicacies from
local food trucks.
POMONA: Asian American Expo
January 17-18, 2026
Fairplex
1101 W. McKinley Ave.
Pomona, CA
$25-30 with optional add-ons, $
parking at Gate 17, aaexpo.com
REDWOOD CITY: Lunar New Year Celebration
February 28, 2026, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Courthouse Square
Redwood City, CA
Free
Free Museum Admission this day
Redwood City, its Parks Recreation and Community Services Department, and partner Redwood City International will be hosting the
15th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration! Celebrate the new year with lion dancers, martial artists, taiko
drummers, and other live performances, for this celebration of the Year of the
Horse.
RIVERSIDE: Riverside Lunar New Year Festival
January 24-25, 2026
Downtown Riverside between Lime and Orange
453 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
Free admission, calfestival.com
SACRAMENTO/ ELK GROVE: Lunar Flower Fest & Little Saigon Tet Parade
February 14-15, 2026
Elk Grove Regional Park
Elk Grove, CA
Vietnamese Community of Sacramento and Greater Sacramento Vietnamese-American
Chamber of Commerce Present Little Saigon Tet Parade & Lunar Flower Fest
SACRAMENTO: Chinese New Year Cultural Association Festival
February 7, 2026, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Hiram Johnson High School
6879 14th Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95820
$10-15 stage show entertainment, Free admission to the exhibitions and shopping, cnyca.net
SAN DIEGO: Little Saigon San Diego Lunar New Year Tet Festival
February 20-22, 2026
Liberty Station - NTC Park
San Diego, CA
sdtet.com
Entertainers include: Lion Dance,
Carnival, Food, Contests, Beauty Contest
SAN DIEGO: Chinese New Year
February 28-March 1, 2026, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Downtown Food and Cultural Fair
chinesenewyearfairesandiego. godaddysites.com/
SAN DIEGO: Lunar New Year Festival
February 13-15, 2026
Jeremy Henwood Memorial Park
sdlunarnewyearfestival.com
SAN DIEGO: San Diego Zoo Lunar New Year
February 1-2, 2025 2026 not announced as of 1/4/26
San Diego Zoo
2920 Zoo Drive
San Diego, CA
$ Tickets,
zoo.sandiegozoo.org/ lunar-new-year
Celebrate Lunar New Year and Wild Weekend: Asia to make a difference for vulnerable and endangered Asian wildlife, including giant pandas.
Activities include Flavors of Asia served in cafe, Bambo Panda character photos,
giant panda ear & rattle drum crafts, Red Envelope Wishing Trees, Asian wildlife
sloth bears, sun bears, tigers, Asian leopards & red pandas, and register for
Early Morning with Panda Walking Tour.
SAN FRANCISCO: Chinese New Year Parade
March 7, 2026, 5-9 p.m.
chineseparade.com
See the biggest parade outside of Asia celebrating the lunar new year.
SAN GABRIEL: San Gabriel Lunar Lantern Festival
March 21-22, 2026
San Gabriel Mission District
320 S. Mission Drive
San Gabriel, CA
Free admission, sangabrielcity.com
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.
Sunday, March 22, 2026, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Amazing Lantern displays unveiled for the first time
Live Performances
Street Foods
Shopping
SAN JOSE: Lunar New Year Tet & Moon Festival
Eastridge Mall
Sears Parking Lot, corner of Tully & Quimby
Free Entrance, Free Parking
facebook.com/UStarProductions/
10th annual Hoi Xuan event in 2025 features the same great attractions from
years past, plus even more. Family oriented entertainment, variety of foods for
sale, unique vendors and lots of photo opportunities.
SAN MARINO: Chinese New Year Celebration
February 21-22, 2026
Huntington Library & Gardens
San Marino, CA
huntington.org/ event/ lunar-new-year-festival
STOCKTON: Chinese New Year Celebration
March 14, 2026, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
First Baptist Church Community Center
33 W. Alpine Avenue
Stockton, CA 95204
$10 tickets sold day of or at Dave Wong's in advance
More info: ccs4you@att.net or jlljhuey@gmail.com
(209) 473-3499
Come out to the Annual Stockton Chinese New Year Celebration. It's the biggest Chinese New Year party in the Central Valley!
Lions, dragons and snakes presented by dance teams sizzle and gyrate, all part
of the day of entertainment.
TEMPLE CITY: Lunar New Year Street Festival
February 7, 2026, 12-4 p.m.
Temple City Park
9701 Las Tunas
Temple City, CA
Free, ci.temple-city.ca.us
Invite Friends Lunar New Year Street Festival. Ring in the Year of the Horse with a lively street fair featuring family-friendly games, vendor booths, food, live performances and much more! Cultural Pageantry,
Family Activities,
Information Booths,
Live Entertainment and
Traditional Cuisine
TORRANCE: Lunar New Year Festival
January 11, 2026, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Torrance Cultural Arts Center
3330 Civic Center Drive
Torrance, CA
ci.temple-city.ca.us
WESTMINSTER: Cho Hoa Flower Festival
January 29-February 15, 2026, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. | Food/night market vendors Thursdays to Sundays, 6-10 p.m.
Asian Garden Mall
Asian Garden Mall
9200 Bolsa Ave.
Westminster, CA
facebook.com/AsianGarden/
Free to see, asiangardenmall.com
WESTMINSTER: Little Saigon Tet Festival Parade
February 21, 2026, 9:30 a.m. Parade |
Opening Ceremony 8:30 a.m.
Bolsa Avenue between Magnolia Street and Bushard Street
Westminster, CA
westminster-ca.gov
Parade route: Begin on Bolsa Avenue at Magnolia Street, heading east to
Bushard Street, turn right, ending at Bishop Place
Thousands of people come to see this festive event with beautiful costumes,
floats and classic cars.
While Californians come from hundreds of countries and cultures there are several prominent types of New Year celebrations organized and hosted by cities, civic clubs, chambers of commerce and private enterprise. From the traditional American celebration on New Year's Eve to New Year's Day (December 31-January 1) to those whose dates are determined by lunar cycles, each culture has its own spin. Fireworks are an element found in most. Parades, games, food, music, dancing and contests are popular - and in most Asian cultures costumes play a big part in honoring traditions spanning generations.
not confirmed
FOUNTAIN VALLEY:
OC Tet Festival
Mile Square Park
Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.