The Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is commonly referred to as Chinese New Year, Tết in Vietnamese, Seollal (설날) in Korean, Losar ལོ་གསར in Tibet, and Tsagaan Sar in Mongolian. It is one of the most celebrated holidays in Asia and many Asian-American communities throughout the United States.
2022 is the Year of the Water Tiger which begins on Tuesday, February 1st, and lasts up to fifteen days. The holiday is a time for renewal, new clothes, lucky greetings, and feasting for family and friends. It is celebrated with lucky symbolic foods, family reunions, and time spent with friends and loved ones. Those born in the year of the Tiger are said to be brave, competitive, charming, authoritative, and confident.
Celebrate the Year of the Tiger in Northeast Ohio by attending some of the events and programs listed below. Due to the current pandemic, some events may change. Please check with each event before heading out.
Wednesday, January 26, 5:30 p.m. Chinese New Year Networking Event, by Asian American Commerce Group of Columbus, Sheraton Suites Columbus. Come out and network with the Asian Business Leaders of Central Ohio and prepare for the Chinese New Year/The Year of The Tiger for food, drinks, networking, and fun! $10 for Members/$15 for Non-Members
Friday, January 28th, 6-8 p.m. Chinese New Year Workshop by Young Chefs Academy of North Solon, OH. Registration Required.
Saturday, January 29th, 10-11 a.m. Lunar New Year (Online event), Geauga County Public Library, Help us celebrate the Year of the Tiger as we learn about the lunar new year and where it’s celebrated around the world. All ages. Registration Required.
Saturday, January 29th, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Chinese New Year Workshop by Young Chefs Academy of Strongsville, OH. Registration Required
Saturday, January 29th, 6-10 p.m. 2022 Erie Chinese Journal Spring Festival Party, Fun Buffet, 2695 Creekside Dr.. Twinsburg, OH 44087, 216-324-2959. $30-$50/ticket.
Sunday, January 30th at 12-2 p.m. FREE Zoom Cantonese Lunar New Year Party for kids, 歡迎小朋友一齊參加我哋嘅農曆新年party。我哋將會有故事，遊戲，志安哥哥會同大家一齊唱新年歌，倩茹老師會教小朋友畫新年畫。如果你家中有搖鈴或舞獅頭，歡迎你帶來一齊玩。 一齊開開心心過新年。
Welcome your kids to join us for our Free Cantonese Lunar New Year Party. We will have story, game, sing Lunar New Year songs with Zeongogo, learn how to draw Lunar New Year picture with Ms Sin Yu. If you have musical shaker & Chinese Lion Dance Head at home, welcome to have them with you for the party. Let’s have fun celebrate Lunar New Year.
Welcome your kids to join us for our Free Cantonese Lunar New Year Party. We will have story, game, sing Lunar New Year songs with Zeongogo, learn how to draw Lunar New Year picture with Ms Sin Yu. If you have musical shaker & Chinese Lion Dance Head at home, welcome to have them with you for the party. Let’s have fun celebrate Lunar New Year.
Monday, January 31st, 6-7 p.m. Case Western Reserve University celebrates Lunar New Year with a fireworks display, popular Asian snacks, and giveaways for students. Fireworks will start outside the Tink at 6:30 pm. Dress warmly, come masked, and enjoy the fireworks!
Tuesday, February 1st, 11 a.m. Lunar New Year Day Community Celebration, Emperor’s Palace, Rockwell Ave, Cleveland with Firecrackers, and a Lion Dance by Coiling Dragon Chinese Kung Fu Studio.
Tuesday, February 1st, 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., Chinese New Year Celebration (Grades 3 – 5), Warrensville Heights Branch, Story/Craft Room. Celebrate Chinese New Year with crafts and stories and other fun activities. Registration Required CANCELED
Wed. February 2nd, 7-8 p.m. 2022 Chinese New Year Celebration (Online Event), Celebrate the new Year of the Tiger with the Chinese American Museum of Chicago at our annual Chinese New Year Celebration. This year’s event will take place virtually on YouTube. Festivities include learning about Chinese New Year traditions, musical performances, lion dance, paper-cutting art, and much more! This event is FREE and for all ages. Ring in the lunar new year with a night of celebration!
Register here: bit.ly/CNY-2022
Register here: bit.ly/CNY-2022
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Photo by Lisa Wong
Saturday, February 5th, 9:50 a.m. 2022 Chinese New Year Celebration by the Chinese Academy of Cleveland (CAOC), Shaker Heights Middle School. Games, performances, and Taiwanese Night-Market Style Food Vendors. Ticket Pre-Sale $20 ($22 value) ends 1/29. All proceeds benefit CAoC. Sponsored by Overseas Community Affiars Council, Taiwan.
Saturday, February 5th, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Asia Plaza’s Year of the Tiger Lunar New Year Celebration, 2999 Payne Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.
10:00 a.m. Children Activities w/Art Block
10:15 a.m. Shaolin Kung Fu Institute
10:30 a.m. LingYun Rising Star 凌云舞蹈
10:45 a.m. Stellar Acrobatic Dance Academy
11:00 a.m. Kwan Lion Dance in Li Wah
11:30 a.m. Kwan Lion Dance, Asia Plaza
12:15 p.m. Rosa Lee on Guzheng
12:30 p.m. Janice Liu on Erhu
10:15 a.m. Shaolin Kung Fu Institute
10:30 a.m. LingYun Rising Star 凌云舞蹈
10:45 a.m. Stellar Acrobatic Dance Academy
11:00 a.m. Kwan Lion Dance in Li Wah
11:30 a.m. Kwan Lion Dance, Asia Plaza
12:15 p.m. Rosa Lee on Guzheng
12:30 p.m. Janice Liu on Erhu
12:45 p.m. Rosa Lee & Janice Liu Duet
01:00 p.m. Tai Chi Demo by John Cosma
01:30 p.m. Pacific Paradise Entertainment
02:30 p.m. Chinese Square Dancing
02:45 p.m. Glory Drum Team of Cleveland
01:30 p.m. Pacific Paradise Entertainment
02:30 p.m. Chinese Square Dancing
02:45 p.m. Glory Drum Team of Cleveland
* schedule subject to change.
Sponsored by Margaret W. Wong & Associates, Asian Services In Action, Inc., OCA Greater Cleveland, Asiatown Cleveland, and Erie Chinese Journal. Free and Open to All, Free Parking
* Masks are highly recommended when not eating or drinking regardless of vaccination status.
Photo by Lisa Wong
Saturday, February 5th, 11:00 a.m. Kwan Lion Dance at Li Wah. Celebrate the Chinese New Year with the Kwan Lion Dance at Li Wah in Asia Plaza for the Year of the Tiger. First come, first serve (Sorry, no reservations). * Masks are highly recommended when not eating or drinking regardless of vaccination status.
Saturday, February 5th, 2-3 p.m. Lunar New Year Concert 虎年春節音樂會 · “多彩之華韻”, Middleburg Heights Branch, Middleburgh, OH. Ring in the Year of the Tiger with Northeast Ohio’s traditional Chinese orchestra. Using a wide variety of traditional instruments including the dizi (bamboo flute), erhu (fiddle), pipa (lute), and guzheng (zither), as well as gongs, drums, and cymbals, the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble’s six veteran musicians will present a program of festive and captivating melodies from China’s north, south, east, and west. The program will include explanations of the instruments as well as the stories behind the pieces. As an added attraction, audience members of all ages will be invited to try the ensemble’s percussion instruments and join the group on stage for an interactive finale. Registration Required CANCELED
Saturday, February 5th, 2:30 p.m. ACA 2022 Lunar New Year Celebration (online), The Association of Chinese Americans (ACA), the Detroit Chapter of OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, is hosting a virtual Lunar New Year (LNY) Celebration for the arrival of the Year of the Tiger on Saturday, February 5th, 2:30 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) through Zoom. The Celebration includes performances, such as Chinese folk dance, guzheng / Zither, piano, soprano solo, Chinese traditional operas, and other shows. Register HERE
Saturday, February 5th, 6:30 p.m. Lunar New Year Celebration with fireworks, performances, Kwan Lion Dance, activities, and more, Lock 3, Downtown Akron. Event by the Downtown Akron Partnership POSTPONED (See 2/12 listing)
Saturday, February 5th, 7-9 p.m. Chinese New Year Celebration by the Westlake Chinese School, Westlake City Schools Performance Arts Center, Westlake, OH.
Photo by Lisa Wong
Sunday, February 6th at 12 noon. Lunar New Year Celebration with a 16,000 firecracker display and the Kwan Lion Dance at Asian Town Center, 3820 Superior Ave. (Main Entrance on E. 38th Street), Asia Food Co., Pho Lee’s Vietnamese Restaurant, Miega Korean Restaurant, and more. Free parking in lots A, B, & C.
Sunday, February 6, 1:30 p.m. Year of the Tiger Lion Dance by the Coiling Dragon Chinese Kung Fu Studio, Eastern Buffet, 5703 Mines Rd SE, Niles, Ohio (330) 505-9088.
Tuesday, February 8, 7 p.m. OCA Greater Houston Lunar New Year 2022 | Making Dumplings (Virtual) learn traditional northern style dumplings and different ways to wrap southern style steamed dumplings. And get an introduction to Shanghai soup dumplings thanks to Master Chef Yin.
Saturday, February 12th, 4 p.m. Chinese New Year, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH.
Saturday, February 12th, 6:30 p.m. Lunar New Year Celebration in Downtown Akron with fireworks, performances, Kwan Lion Dance, activities, and more, Lock 3, Downtown Akron. Event by the Downtown Akron Partnership
Sunday, February 13th, 2-4 p.m. 克城台灣同鄉會虎年新春線上聚會 (Online event), 親愛的克里夫蘭台灣鄉親們大家平安！克里夫蘭同鄉會將於國曆民國一百一十一年二月十三日，舉辦線上虎年賀歲新春團聚。期待各位鄉親踴躍參加，線上歡慶新春佳節！我們誠摯邀請鄉親們共襄盛舉春節活動，請大家踴躍上傳自己或是家中孩子才藝表演的小影片。我們將會在活動當中播放並且和大家一起匿名投票選出前三名。第一名的大獎是50元的大紅包（亞馬遜禮品卡）。
Friday, February 18, 7:30 p.m. Chinese Lion Dance by the Coiling Dragon Chinese Kung Fu Studio, Royal Grill Sushi Buffet’ in Boardman, Ohio RT. 224 (Goodwill Plaza).
Saturday, February 19, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Lunar New Year Concert, North Olmsted Branch, Large Meeting Room, North Olmsted, OH. Ring in the Year of the Tiger with Northeast Ohio’s traditional Chinese orchestra. Using a wide variety of traditional instruments including the dizi (bamboo flute), erhu (fiddle), pipa (lute), and guzheng (zither), as well as gongs, drums, and cymbals, the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble’s six veteran musicians will present a program of festive and captivating melodies from China’s north, south, east, and west. The program will include explanations of the instruments as well as the stories behind the pieces. As an added attraction, audience members of all ages will be invited to try the ensemble’s percussion instruments and join the group on stage for an interactive finale. Registration Required CANCELED
Tuesday ,February 22, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Celebrating Chinese Cultural Heritage Through Film, University of Akron Film Festival (Leigh Hall 107). A collection of eight short-films that cover different aspects of ancient Chinese culture and the efforts made by local communities in China to keep that heritage alive in modern times. All films were produced by students at Henan University in China. Free but registration required.
Thursday, February 24th, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Lunar New Year Concert 虎年春節音樂會 · “多彩之華韻, South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch meeting rooms A, B, & C. Ring in the Year of the Tiger with Northeast Ohio’s traditional Chinese orchestra. Using a wide variety of traditional instruments including the dizi (bamboo flute), erhu (fiddle), pipa (lute), and guzheng (zither), as well as gongs, drums, and cymbals, the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble’s six veteran musicians will present a program of festive and captivating melodies from China’s north, south, east, and west. The program will include explanations of the instruments as well as the stories behind the pieces. As an added attraction, audience members of all ages will be invited to try the ensemble’s percussion instruments and join the group on stage for an interactive finale. Registration Required CANCELED
Saturday, February 26th, 12 noon Southpark Mall Lunar New Year Celebration with the Kwan Lion Dance Team, Cinemark Court, 500 Southpark Center, Strongsville, OH.
Sunday, February 27th, 5-8 p.m. EST (2-5 p.m. PST) Virtual Lunar New Year with OCA Orange County. RSVP at https://forms.gle/ckXF1Br8WJKqV6z46.
To include an event on this calendar, submit details to president@ocagc.org.