{"id":158873,"date":"2026-02-10T20:47:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/158873\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T20:47:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T20:47:06","slug":"6-lunar-new-year-celebrations-to-attend-in-the-greater-houston-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/158873\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Lunar New Year celebrations to attend in the Greater Houston area"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCelebrate the Year of the Fire Horse for Lunar New Year at one of multiple celebrations being held across the Greater Houston area.<\/p>\n

This list is not comprehensive. Events are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Lunar New Year at Children’s Museum Houston<\/p>\n

Enjoy two days of Lunar New Year festivities at the Children’s Museum in Houston. On Feb. 14, entertainment will begin at 11 a.m. and include a traditional lion dance from Soaring Phoenix Lion Dance; a Diabolo, Chinese yo-yo, performance; and a contemporary Chinese dance show by J&H Dance School. On Feb. 15 at noon, a traditional Chinese dance will take place. On both days, attendees will have the opportunity to make crafts, such as horse hand puppets and paper lanterns, beginning when the museum opens.<\/p>\n

Feb. 14-15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.$19.95 (entry for adults and children ages 1 or older), $17.95 (seniors)1500 Binz St., Houstonwww.cmhouston.org<\/a>Celebration of the Fire Horse at The Woodlands Children’s Museum<\/p>\n

To kick off The Year of the Fire Horse, The Woodlands Children’s Museum is hosting a Lunar New Year event. The celebration will feature dance performances from Houston Lion Kings. Parades will take place at 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Art projects will also be available for attendees to learn about Asian culture. The museum recommends purchasing tickets online ahead of the event. Visit the museum’s event tickets page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Feb. 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.$9 (admission for adults and children 1 year old and older)The Woodlands Children’s Museum, 4775 West Panther Creek Drive, Ste. 280, The Woodlandswww.woodlandschildrensmuseum.org<\/a>\"\"On Feb. 14, The Woodlands Children’s Museum will host multiple performances for Lunar New Year. (Courtesy The Woodlands Children’s Museum)Houston Premium Outlets events <\/p>\n

On Feb. 14, from 2-3 p.m., attendees can enjoy crafts and giveaways based on Asian culture and Lunar New Year traditions. The Phap Luan Buddhist Culture Center will perform a Lion Dance from 3-4 p.m. at these events, which are hosted by Houston Premium Outlets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lunar New Year festivities at the Galleria<\/p>\n

To be held across four days, Lunar New Year celebrations, hosted by Asia Society Texas<\/a> and the Galleria<\/a>, will include multiple performances. The Houston Shaolin Kung Fu Academy Lion Dancing will perform each day of the celebrations. Meanwhile, the Huaxing Arts Group and SalaRu Sri Lankan Cultural Academy will put on shows Feb. 15. Han Narea and the Filipino Young Professionals will debut Feb. 21. Finally, Feb. 22, Sanggar Tari Citra Indonesia and Dance of Asian America will close out the events with multiple performances. Feb. 14 events will be held at the mall’s Luxury Wing while the other days will have festivities in the Nordstrom Wing.<\/p>\n

Feb. 14, 3 p.m.; Feb. 15, noon-5 p.m.; Feb. 21, noon-5 p.m.; Feb. 22, noon-5:30 p.m.Free (attendance)5085 Westheimer, Houstonwww.simon.com\/mall\/the-galleria<\/a>River Oaks District celebrations<\/p>\n

The River Oaks District<\/a> will host multiple days of events in honor of the Lunar New Year<\/a>. On Feb. 17, Lee\u2019s Golden Dragon group will give a Platform Dragon Dance performance in the park next to Bari Ristorante. On Feb. 21, attendees can enjoy free boba drinks, cocktails at Azumi Japanese Steaks & Sushi, and an origami station. At 3 p.m., a Jong\/High Pole performance will be held. The events are dependent on weather conditions.<\/p>\n

\"\"The River Oaks District will host festivities for Lunar New Year on Feb. 17 and Feb. 21. (Courtesy River Oaks District)Lunar New Year at Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center<\/p>\n

Attendees can watch an interactive storybook opera and make Lunar New Year crafts at the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center. Grand Houston Opera will be performing, and children can also make paper lanterns, horse puppets and full moon silhouettes.<\/p>\n

Feb. 21, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (museum hours)$15 (entry for adults and children ages 1 or older)198 Kempner St., Sugar Landwww.childrensdiscoveryfb.org<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrate the Year of the Fire Horse for Lunar New Year at one of multiple celebrations being held…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,52655,65278,65281,65280,65282,65279],"class_list":["post-158873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-lunar-new-year","tag-lunar-new-year-2026","tag-lunar-new-year-celebrations-houston","tag-lunar-new-year-events-houston","tag-lunar-new-year-lion-dance-houston","tag-year-of-the-fire-horse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}