Schedule

Saturday, February 1, 2025
10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Festival
10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. First Timed Entry
1–4 p.m. Second Timed Entry

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Festival Fun: Activities, Free Festival Performances, Ticketed Theater Performances | Vendors: Food, Drink, and Shopping | Day-Of Information: Parking and Transportation, Festival Schedule | About Lunar New Year

2025 is the Year of the Snake — a symbol of wisdom, intuition, and transformation that also represents elegance, resilience, and mystery. Join Asia Society Texas in welcoming the Year of the Snake with performances, art and craft activities, a Lucky Lunar Mission, and food — all inspired by Lunar New Year traditions across Asia!

Celebrate the new year as traditional lion dancers perform outside on our festival lawn. Enjoy captivating Chinese music and dance performances, unleash your creativity with Lunar New Year-themed crafts, and embark on a Lucky Lunar Mission with a stop in our Space City: Art in the Age of Artemis exhibition!

This event is FREE and open to the public; registration is required and will be enforced for timed building entry at 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. and 1–4 p.m. Food and drink will be available for sale. Music and dance performances by Huaxing Arts Group Houston are ticketed ($12; 35% discount for AST members).

Festival Fun

All-Ages Activities

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Free Festival Performances

Lion Dance | 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Enjoy energetic lion dance performances by Houston Shaolin Kung Fu Academy and Vien Thong Tu Lion Dance as part of your festival registration!

Ticketed Theater Performances

Spring Festival: Splendor of Huaxing | 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
TICKETS: $12 (35% discount for AST members)
Performances take place inside the Brown Foundation Performing Arts Theater. Each showtime features the same music and dance performances.

To celebrate the 2025 Lunar New Year, Huaxing Arts Group joins Asia Society Texas to present a collection of Chinese music and dnace! From modern interpretations of traditional tunes to classic folk dances, the performances highlight a variety of performers and dance styles.

Huaxing Arts Group is a civic organization of Chinese Americans in the Greater Houston Area. The association has served the greater community through volunteerism, service, and cultural exchange with a patriotic focus on strengthening the Chinese American community and its relationship with fellow citizens.

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Vendors

Vendor applications for this festival are closed.

Food and Drink
AK Tea Premium | Bite Size | Dumpling Haus | Endless Umami Sweets | Foreign Policy Food Truck | HungryViet | Le Sweet | Mama Marie's Filipino Soul Food | Saigon Arts Matcha Cafe | Tea-Amo

Gifts, Art, and Apparel
A-Rod Balloons | AHAcraft | Knitted Kingdom | Lava Love Crafts | Outworld Studio | Queso's Quest | Shop of Gwing | StarMoon Jewelry | Tandem Throwing

Community Partners
Huaxing Arts Group | Asians Against Domestic Abuse | Houston Hanfu Association | Korean American Society of Houston

Day-Of Information

Our Lunar New Year 2025 festival is rain-or-shine. Most activities take place indoors. Lion dance performances are scheduled to take place outdoors.

All guests must check in at our tent before entering the building. Timed building entry is enforced.

Parking and Transportation

Paid parking ($10) is available in our lot across Southmore Boulevard. Entrances are located on Caroline Street and Austin Street. Bicycle racks are available in our parking lot for no cost.

Public transit is also available: Asia Society Texas is a five-minute walk from the Museum District METRO Rail Station (Red Line).

Festival Schedule

 * Tickets for Spring Festival: Splendor of Huaxing performances are $12 (35% discount for AST members) and include free building entry.

About Lunar New Year at Asia Society Texas

 Featuring music and dance performances as well as zodiac-inspired activities, our annual festival celebrates Lunar New Year traditions from across Asia. Free and open to the public, the all-ages event is one of Asia Society Texas' most popular programs, drawing roughly 2,000 guests each year.

Sponsorships

Interested in sponsoring Lunar New Year at Asia Society Texas? Please contact Saleena Jafry, Vice President of Development, at [email protected].

Previous Lunar New Year Festivals

2024: Highlights | Details
2023: Highlights | Details
2022: Highlights | Details
2021: Virtual Festival
2020: Highlights | Details
2019: Highlights | Details
2018: Highlights | Details
2017: Details
2016: Details
2014: Details

Sponsors

Janae and Ken Tsai

Program Partner

About Asia Society Texas

Asia Society Texas believes in the strength and beauty of diverse perspectives and people. As an educational institution, we advance cultural exchange by celebrating the vibrant diversity of Asia, inspiring empathy, and fostering a better understanding of our interconnected world. Spanning the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, our programming is rooted in the educational and cultural development of our community — trusting in the power of art, dialogue, and ideas to combat bias and build a more inclusive society.