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Join us & celebrate the Year of the Horse at the 2025 Downtown Akron Lunar New Year Celebration!Venue doors open at 3:30 pm for the Culture Fair featuring local vendors, information booths, free crafts, festive photo opportunities, and more.
House doors open at 5 pm ahead of the 6 pm program, which will feature a lineup of cultural performances on the Civic's main stage.
More information is coming soon!
Performers for 2026 include:
Kwan Family Lion Dance
The Cleveland Glory Waist Drum Team
Master Sen Gao
Blooming Flower Dance Group
Myong Feinstein
Akron Chinese School
Cleveland Phoenix Club
The Ohio Samul Nori
NIHF STEM Middle School learners
LingYun Rising Star Dance School and Stellar Acrobatic Dance Academy
Soaring Grace Dance Group
Five Lakes Chinese Ensemble.
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Interested in learning about sponsorship for this year's festival? Email us at [email protected].
Year of the Horse illustration by Thao Nguyen
The 2026 Downtown Akron Lunar New Year Celebration is presented by Downtown Akron Partnership, with generous support from the City of Akron, Knight Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, GAR Foundation, Akron Community Foundation, and the Akron Civic Theatre. Other community partners include Akron Public Schools, National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM Middle School, Asian Services in Action, The University of Akron Zips Activity Board and the Lunar New Year Planning Committee.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Akron Civic Theatre, 190 S Main St, Akron, OH 44308-1316, United States
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Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
