2026 Lunar New Year Parade and Festival
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About the Event
Come celebrate the Lunar New Year at the inaugural 2026 Lunar New Year Parade and Festival, celebrating the Year of the Horse on Saturday, February 7th, 2026. Supported by the City of Irvine and the Asian American Museum at Great Park, this marks the first time that a Lunar New Year Parade and Festival will take place at the Orange County Great Park. This celebration kicks off with a parade featuring floats, local marching bands, schools, community organizations, and more, followed by a festival with exciting performances, fun games and activities, delicious food, and more!
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Schedule
Parade Start
Kick off the celebration with our inaugural Lunar New Year parade
Festival Begins
Join us for performances, activities, food, and cultural celebrations
Event Ends
Closing ceremonies and farewell
What is Lunar New Year?
Lunar New Year is a major festival celebrating the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar, focused on family, renewal, and good fortune, marked by rituals like deep cleaning, festive feasts (especially the reunion dinner), honoring ancestors, giving red envelopes with money, and vibrant decorations with red and gold, often featuring lion or dragon dances and fireworks to ward off evil spirits. Celebrated across East and Southeast Asia and by diaspora communities worldwide, it marks the transition from one zodiac animal year to the next, symbolizing hope for prosperity and happiness in the coming year.
What is Meaning of Fire Horse?
The Lunar New Year Fire Horse signifies intense dynamism, passion, and rapid change, blending the Horse's independence and speed with Fire's fiery energy, creating a powerful call for bold action, innovation, and breaking from stagnation, often called the "Red Horse" year for its transformative potential, but also requiring balanced, mindful steps to avoid impulsiveness or burnout. It's a time for courageous leadership, pursuing goals with intense drive, and a major shift after the introspective Year of the Snake, favoring decisive moves and creative expression.
Special Guest
CBS News Los Angeles
Suzie Suh
Suzie Suh is the first Korean American primetime news anchor in Los Angeles.
She began her journalism career as a one-woman-band reporter in Kalispell, Montana then went worked as a reporter in Las Vegas before joining the CBS LA team in 2005. She covered nights as the Orange County Bureau Reporter–reporting from the community where she grew up. Suzie was born in South Korea.
When she's not at the anchor desk, Suzie is cheering on her two boys at basketball games, following along with Bob Ross painting tutorials, or dancing whenever she can. As she likes to say, "Dancing is the color of my energy."