Name: Maui Chinese New Year Festival 2026
Start: 2026-02-21T09:00:00-10:00
End: 2026-02-21T15:00:00-10:00
Location: Maui Mall Village

Kung Hee Fat Choy! Celebrate the lunar new year at our free family & community event. Chinese Lion Dance & Firecracker blessing and more!
About this Event

FREE event! Kung Hee Fat Choy! Maui's biggest Chinese New Year Festival is here!! Maui Mall Village 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. This is a community & family festival featuring Maui’s most exclusive Chinese cultural entertainment talents. Grab your good luck at the Lion Dance Blessing by Maui Chinese Martial Arts & Lion Dance Assoc., featuring performances at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Entertainment by Taiji on Maui, Ohana Martial Arts, T’ai Chi Ch’uan on Maui, Exergy 35 Edutainment Dragon Parade and Chinese Ribbon Dance.

Year of the Horse Program

9 AM Taiji on Maui

10 AM Lion Dance & Firecracker Blessing

10:45 AM Chinese Cooking Demo

11:15 AM Hawaii T’ai Chi Ch’uan Assoc

Noon Ohana Martial Arts

1 PM Lion Dance & Firecracker Blessing

1:30 PM Keiki Fashion Show, Chinese Art Contest Awards

2 PM Exergy 36 Edutainment Dragon Dance & Chinese Ribbons

Free Keiki Arts & Crafts, Chinese Master Calligraphers, Chinese Art Contest Display, Photobooth, Chinese History Display, New Year Ritual & Family Table.

Keiki Come-in-costume for the Keiki Chinese Fashion Show, the first 80 keiki will receive free goodie bags.

Learn the secrets of Chinese Cooking at the Chinese Cooking Demonstration by Chef Dean Louie and Chef Wesley Yee.

Onolicious Chinese food by Only Ono BBQ, Holo Holo Garlic Noodles, Fiya Foods, Ano Farms, Siuʻs Kitchen, Pastele House Maui and more. Exclusive festival Tshirts featuring Year of the Horse design by Paulo Sabado from Sabado Art Maui. Recycling for this event will be provided by Teens on Call.

Sponsors for this event are The County of Maui, Maui Chinese Cultural Society, Maui Chinese Martial Arts and Lion Dance Assoc., Philip Sabado Museum & Art Studio, Maui Mall Village, Chris and Laura Pinto, First Hawaiian Bank.

Celebrate the year of the Horse with us at Maui Chinese New Year Festival 2026, Saturday, February 21, Maui Mall Village 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Instagram @CNYFestMaui, facebook @cnyMaui. This festival is organized by volunteers who love Chinese & Asian culture.