Ring In Lunar New Year In Montclair: 2025 Holiday Event

MONTCLAIR, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of AAPI New Jersey. Find out how to post announcements or events to your local Patch site.

AAPI New Jersey and the Montclair Art Museum (MAM) are excited to welcome community members to their Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday, January 25 from 11 am to 3 pm (rain date: February 8) at the Montclair Art Museum, located at 3 South Mountain Avenue in Montclair.

This inclusive, family-friendly festival will usher in the Year of the Snake, a symbol of wisdom and strength. Join us for an exciting afternoon featuring musical and martial arts acts by local students and performers, kid-friendly crafts, mouthwatering Asian food and drinks, and a vendor marketplace showcasing unique goods from local artists and businesses. Attendees will have the opportunity to take home specially crafted keepsakes like a floating fan, traditional Chinese calligraphy, and handmade bookmarks created at the event.

Festivities will begin at 11:15 am with the community dragon parade, followed by performances on the main stage at 11:30 am. Don’t miss the amazing acrobatics of the lion dancers, the power and grace of Japanese and Korean drumming, and the dramatic art of face changing. The program will also feature a Vietnamese cultural dance, K-pop dance, a vibrant fashion show of traditional cultural attire, and more.

We are grateful to our Lunar New Year sponsors for helping to make this celebration a success: Gold sponsor Montclair Center BID; Silver sponsor Papasikos Orthodontics; and Bronze sponsors Julie Kim (Sotheby’s International Realty), T.S. Ma, and Yuhan Heating and Cooling. This event is also made possible by funds from the Essex County Division of Cultural Affairs, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

General admission tickets are just $8 each (fee waivers available) and $28 for families (limit to five attendees per family). Children under the age of five are free. This event is also free to MAM members. Reserve tickets at: https://givebutter.com/LNY2025.

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