Lunar New Year Celebration

For the first time in nearly nine decades, community members can come together for a big outdoor celebration of the Lunar New Year. While it’s largely celebrated across East Asia, Lunar New Year celebrations are unique events in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Tibetan and Mongolian cultures. The 2022 Lunar New Year began on Feb. 1, and ushered in the Year of the Tiger, per China’s zodiac. Celebrate and learn more about your neighbors who observe its passing during Spokane’s first community Lunar New Year festival in 89 years, offering live performances, vendors, food trucks, crafts, demonstrations and a COVID-19 vaccine clinic, plus a fireworks show at 7 pm. The event’s return is of special importance to the local Asian community, as the celebration’s hiatus since the mid-1930s was driven by racism against them. Its return now marks a transition to healing and reconciliation.

Lunar New Year Celebration • Sat, Feb. 5 from 1-7 pm • Free • All ages • Riverfront Park • 507 N. Howard St. • spokaneunitedwestand.org