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Chinese New Year celebration featuring live dance, music and other performances, plus traditional food, crafts and more at Aon Grand Ballroom in Navy Pier on Saturday, February 16, 2019. Photo: Abel Arciniega/for Choose Chicago

Lunar New Year in Chicago

Year of the Dragon, Feb. 10 – 25

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Ring in the Lunar New Year in Chicago! The city is welcoming the Year of the Dragon from Feb. 10 through 25, 2024. Enjoy colorful parades, cultural celebrations, dining specials, shopping offers, and more.

Discover ways to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Chicago.

Lunar New Year parades

Lunar New Year on Argyle
Feb17
Lunar New Year on Argyle

The Uptown neighborhood will welcome the Lunar New Year with their annual parade, featuring community groups, cultural institutions, dancers, and performers.

Saturday February 17, 2024

Argyle Street

Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown
Feb18
Chinese New Year parade in Chinatown

Welcome the Year of the Dragon with traditional lion dances, cultural performances, and more during this colorful celebration.

Sunday February 18, 2024

4th Street and Wentworth Avenue to Chinatown Square

CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS

World Music Wednesday: Lunar New Year Concert
Feb7
World Music Wednesday: Lunar New Year Concert

This free concert will immerse you in the spirit of Lunar New Year with performances blending traditional and contemporary Chinese and Thai music and instruments. Featured performers include multi-instrumentalist Tzu-Tsen Wu, multi-percussionist Brent Roman, and their duo, Ruan and Hide, along with special guest Chamni Sripraram.

Wednesday February 7, 2024

Old Town School of Folk Music
4544 N. Lincoln Ave.

Lunar New Year Celebration at the Field Museum
Feb8
Lunar New Year Celebration at the Field Museum

Enjoy performances from the Chicago Chinese Cultural Center’s Lion Dance team, throat singing, horse-head fiddles, and percussion from Tuvergen band, dance performances from award-winning dance troupe Hao Dance and the Chicago Korean Dance Company, and gravity-defying tricks from the Chinese Yo-Yo school.

Thursday February 8, 2024

Field Museum
1400 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive

Navy Pier Global Connections: Lunar New Year
Feb10
Navy Pier Global Connections: Lunar New Year

Immerse yourself in Lunar New Year festivities as the AON Grand Ballroom is transformed into a free family-friendly and interactive celebration space to usher in the Year of the Dragon! Enjoy performances of dance, music, and more, browse local AAPI vendors, and enjoy festive food!

Saturday February 10, 2024

Navy Pier,  AON Grand Ballroom
600 E. Grand Ave.

Lunar New Year Concert featuring Rabia Brooke
Feb11
Lunar New Year Concert featuring Rabia Brooke

Join us for a matinee concert featuring violinist Rabia Brooke performing a world premiere of Lei-Liang’s Mongolian Suite for Violin, and a performance of Mongolian folk-fusion music from Tuvergen band. Rabia and Lei will also sit down before the concert for a pre-concert Q and A.

Sunday February 11, 2024

Chicago Cultural Center’s Preston Bradley Hall
78 E. Washington St.

Asian Pop-Up Cinema
Feb17
Asian Pop-Up Cinema

Come enjoy a free screening of the martial arts film 100 Yards, with a pre-show Lion Dance performed by Master P.C. Leung & Team. RSVP is required.

Saturday February 17, 2024
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.

CULINARY EVENTS

Lunar New Year Dinner
Feb15
Lunar New Year Dinner

Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce hosts this annual traditional Chinese New Year dinner feast at Phoenix Restaurant.

Thursday February 15, 2024

2131 S. Archer Ave.

Shopping specials

Fashion Outlets of Chicago
Feb 10 – Feb 25
Fashion Outlets of Chicago

Ring in the Year of the Dragon with Fashion Outlets of Chicago! Receive a free Saving Pass and special Lunar New Year offers from participating retailers. There will also be a kick-off event on Feb. 10 with cultural games and performances from local groups.

Saturday February 10, 2024 Sunday February 25, 2024

5220 Fashion Outlets Way
Rosemont

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