Lunar New Year Celebration and Other Asian Traditions: Year of the Monkey
Join OMCA for the 15th annual Lunar New Year celebration, a fortune-filled family-friendly event to welcome in the Year of the Monkey and celebrate Valentine’s Day. Enjoy an array of Asian traditions in arts, crafts, food, demonstrations, live music, dance, martial arts, and so much more. Explore connections between the diverse Asian cultures represented in California, including Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Mongolian and other Asian cultures.
Students from the Developing Virtue Secondary School will perform traditional lucky lion and dragon dances. Enjoy performances by the Red Panda Acrobats, a magic show by Dan Chan, stories from the Chinese zodiac with children’s book author Oliver Chin, and a chance to meet live farm animals with Little Explorers Petting Zoo. Monglian dancers from Ger Youth Center, Okinawan drumming by Ruy-Q Musasaki Daiko, Vietnamese folk dances and martial arts demonstrations by Vovinam America, Chinese yo-yo tricks performed by the Foothill High School Chinese Yo-Yo Club, and Korean drumming and K-pop dance by student groups from UC Berkeley will round out the performances.
All activities included with Museum admission.
Day-of tickets: $15.95/adult; $10.95 student/senior; $6.95 youth (9–17)
Entry is free for children 8 and under.
OMCA Members always get in free! Learn more about OMCA Membership.
The Lunar New Year Celebration is made possible in part by generous support from Macy’s and the Oakland Museum Women’s Board.