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Where to celebrate Chinese New Year in Los Angeles

Celebrate Chinese New Year 2024 in Los Angeles with our guide of events and the best places to eat dim sum and dumplings

Michael Juliano
Patricia Kelly Yeo
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Michael Juliano
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Patricia Kelly Yeo
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As the Lunar New Year approaches, celebrate Chinese New Year 2024 in Los Angeles with these events and things to do.

Need to feed your belly for an auspicious year ahead? Slurp some of the city’s best noodle dishes and cheap eats or check out our dim sum guide below. Whether you’re celebrating a long-running family tradition or experiencing the holiday for the first time, join the Chinese New Year festivities for a year of good luck and fortune.

When is Chinese New Year 2024?

Chinese New Year—and the Year of the Dragon—begins on Saturday, February 10, 2024.

Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year events

  • Things to do
  • Festivals

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with this free family day at the Japanese American National Museum, complete with crafts, games and cultural activities and performances. Kids can embark on a scavenger hunt and fold their own origami dragons, while all ages can enjoy rice pounding rituals and candy sculpture demonstrations.

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Ring in the Lunar New Year in the heart of L.A.’s Chinese community at this annual two-day Monterey Park festival. This street fair takes over five blocks of Downtown Monterey Park with folk art, delectable bites and a carnival zone. The action typically kicks off Saturday morning with firecrackers and dragon and lion dances. Past fests have brought in over 100,000 people over so plan ahead; the city suggests utilizing the free parking shuttles at Mark Keppel High School (501 E Hellman Ave) and El Repetto Elementary School (650 Grandridge Ave).

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Join in one of L.A.’s oldest traditions at the 125th annual Chinese New Year parade and festival in Chinatown. As is fitting for the Year of the Dragon, the main attraction here is the yearly Golden Dragon Parade, which follows its route (kicking off at Hill and Ord Streets, and concluding at Broadway and Cesar Chavez) on Saturday, February 17 from 1 to 3:30pm. The parade coincides with a free festival in the Central Plaza, as well.

Alhambra Lunar New Year Festival
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Scope out dozens food and craft booths while lion dances, kung fu demonstrations and other performances play out across a street fest and entertainment. This annual event takes place just off of Main Street, in front of Alhambra City Hall (100 S 2nd St).

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What better spot to mark the Lunar New Year than “the happiest place on earth”? Disney California Adventure commemorates the Year of the Dragon with a month of multicultural celebrations. Kids can look forward to photo ops and parade processions with Mulan, Mushu, and Mickey and Minnie Mouse, while adults will find a tasty reprieve with treats from China, Korea and Vietnam.

What to eat for Chinese New Year

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  • West Hollywood
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For a glittering, over-the-top Lunar New Year dinner, Wolfgang Puck's pan-Asian rooftop restaurant at the Pendry West Hollywood is serving a five-course prix fixe menu for $165 per person on Saturday, Feb 10. The special menu includes Alaska king crab, black truffle prawn shumai and wild mushroom spring rolls for the table, plus your choice of entrée and a Spikey Mandarin (normally made with lemon) for dessert. Expect a live dragon dance performance halfway through the evening. Book online via Sevenrooms.

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