Featuring:
- Eating & Drinking Contests: Pho eating contest, bubble milk tea drinking contest, dumpling wrapping contest, and featuring Bún Bò Huế eating contest-- one of Vietnam’s most flavorful and spicy noodle soups.
- Lion Dance Extravaganza: featuring lion and dragon dance performances multiple times each day
- Diverse Culinary Experiences: featuring many food vendors with a variety of flavors from Korea, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
- Family-Friendly Fun: family fun activities for all ages, including free lucky red envelopes, wish-making trees, new year oracle reading, arts, crafts, and carnival games.
- Immersive Cultural Village: featuring re-enactment of the Asian village lifestyle with highlander's house, a floating village, cultural market, bamboo huts, etc.
- Children's Art Murals: In collaboration with Hoover High School Art students, children will have the opportunity to contribute to the creation of three vibrant murals. This community art project will celebrate creativity and cultural expression, allowing young artists to leave their mark on the festival.
The Lunar New Year is an important Asian holiday that has been celebrated for thousands of years throughout the world, especially in Asia. 2026 marks the 16th annual San Diego Lunar New Year Festival. This three-day event will feature a vibrant array of folk and traditional performances, arts and cultural exhibitions, lion dances, firecrackers, and numerous family-friendly activities. A highlight of the festival will be the Cultural Village, which aims to recreate the traditional villager lifestyle of Southeastern Asia. Most importantly, this inclusive and festive event is open to the public and free of charge.
