Chinatown Celebration Events

Lion Dance Parade
Place: Starts at 10th and Race St.
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013
Time: 11am – 3pm

Chinatown Flower Market
Place: 10th Street Plaza (10th and Vine Street)
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Time: 10am-3pm
Description: This open air market will have gifts, candy, lanterns, and flowers available for sale to welcome in the New Year. There will also be a children’s craft corner. Participating vendors include: China Art Company, Company Names, China Art Company, DWC International, Flower Expressions, On Lok House, and the Philadelphia Suns.

Midnight Lion Dance Performance
Place: 10th and Race Street
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Time: 11pm

The Philadelphia Suns Lion Dance Parade
Place: Starts at 10th and Spring Street
Date: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Time: 11am-2pm

Martial Arts Performance
Place: 10th and Arch Street
Date: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Time: TBA

 

Greater Philadelphia Region Events:

Chinese Heritage School of New Jersey
Place: 195 Major Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852

Event: Chinese New Year Celebration
Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013
Time: Please call
*** Contact for admissions information:  http://www.chsnj2000.org/announcements/cny2013/

Chinese School of South Jersey
Place: Carusi Middle School, Cherry Hill, NJ

Event: Chinese New Year Celebration
Date: Sunday, January 27, 2013
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm / tickets available for dinner at 5pm
*** Contact for admissions information: http://www.chineseschoolsj.org/index.html

Delaware Art Museum
Place: 2301 Kentmere Parkway, 19806

Event: Chinese New Year Celebration: Year of the Snake
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2013
Time: 10am – 4pm
*** Contact for admissions information: http://www.delart.org/prog_events/fam_youth/chineseNY.html

Great Wall Chinese School
Place: Upper Merion Area High School Auditorium, 19406

Event: Chinese New Year Gala
Date: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Time: Please call
*** Contact for admissions information: http://www.greatwall.org/

International House of Philadelphia
Place: 3701 Chestnut Street, 19104

Event: Cultural performances and samplings of food
Date: Friday, February 15, 2013
Time: 7:30pm
*** Contact for admissions information: http://ihousephilly.org/events/lunar-new-year-party/

Main Line Chinese Culture Center
Place: Great Valley High School in Malvern
Event: Cultural performances and fair
Date: Sunday, February 10, 2013
Time: 1pm-5pm
*** Contact for admissions information: http://www.mlccc.org/Forms/V2/News/Gala2013.aspx

Penn Museum
Place: 3260 South Street, 19104

Event: World Culture Day: Chinese New Year Celebration
Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013
Time: 11am – 4pm
*** Contact for admissions information: http://www.penn.museum/events-calendar/details/934-chinese-new-year-celebration.html

Philadelphia Free Library – Independence Branch
Place: 18 S. 7th Street, 19106

Event: Chinese folk dance and music by the Pennsylvania Chinese Dance Club
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Time: 4:30pm

Event: Folk dance and lion dance by the Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church and School
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Time: 12:30pm
http://libwww.freelibrary.org/calendar/calbydate.cfm?ID=36719&DiaryDate2=%7Bts%20%272013-02-13%2000%3A00%3A00%27%7D

Pan-Asian Dance Troupe, University of Pennsylvania
Place: Iron Gate Theater, 37th and Chestnut Street, 19104

Event: Revenge: Clash of the Zodiac
Date: Friday, February 15 and Saturday, February 16
Time: 7pm
Tickets are $10