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Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wing Luke’s New 12 months’s All 12 months Spherical exhibit is again within the Uwajimaya & Moriguchi KidPLACE Gallery, slithering into the 12 months of the Wooden Snake with recent shows on lion dances, New 12 months’s demonstrations, and meals traditions. LC
Wing Luke Museum, Chinatown-Worldwide District (Jan 17, 2025–Jan 4, 2026)
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Slither into the 12 months of the Snake at Wing Luke Museum’s annual Lunar New 12 months Honest, which begins exterior the entrance doorways with remarks from native audio system and lion dance performances from Mak Fai Kung Fu Dragon and Lion Dance Affiliation. Seize a timed entry ticket to entry indoor actions together with calligraphy classes, a zodiac scavenger hunt, storytime periods, neighborhood cubicles, and humanities and crafts tables. Do not miss the latest addition to the KidPLACE Gallery, New 12 months’s All 12 months Spherical: Meals, Household, and Enjoyable, the place you possibly can be taught extra about Lunar New 12 months cultural traditions. SL
Wing Luke Museum, Chinatown-Worldwide District (Sat Jan 18)
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Celebrating the 12 months of the Snake, this neighborhood celebration and market provides pups and homeowners an important alternative to take a look at Coby’s, a dog-friendly cafe that opened final 12 months. You could find particular treats for pets and people, pet equipment, and handmade items alongside Coby’s ordinary food and drinks choices—I am obsessive about the truth that they serve vegan pandan waffles and “woofles” for canines. SL
Coby’s Cafe, North Queen Anne (Sat Jan 18)
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Neighborhood gathering house Little Saigon Inventive will kick off its 12 months of the Snake celebration with a lion dance earlier than attendees discover a market stuffed with Lunar New 12 months-inspired creations. Native artist Quynh Nguyen will lead a paper flower-making workshop and signal copies of her debut ebook, The New Artwork of Paper Flowers: The Full Information to Crafting Beautiful Crepe Paper Flowers. I am trying ahead to getting some lovely stickers and charms from nxn illustrations, vegan waffle mixes in flavors like pandan and durian from Dragonfly Items, and pet equipment from Chow Enjoyable Pet Co. SL
Little Saigon Inventive, Chinatown-Worldwide District (Sat Jan 18)
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Greet the 12 months of the Snake (regarded as a time of knowledge, instinct, creativity, transformation, and non secular development) by studying methods to create the standard Lunar New 12 months dish bánh tét, a scrumptious savory glutinous rice cake full of mung beans and pork and wrapped in a banana leaf. Native cooks Yenvy Pham of Phở Bắc and Trinh Nguyen of Ba Sa and artist Quynh Nguyen from Pink and Posey will information you thru the method. JB
Little Saigon Inventive, Chinatown-Worldwide District (Solar Jan 19)
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The primary of Seattle Heart’s 2025 cultural festivals celebrates Tết, or Vietnamese New 12 months. A style present will function colourful ao dai, conventional Vietnamese clothes, and the remainder of the schedule is jam-packed with artwork, music, performances, and extra experiences that showcase Vietnamese tradition. Count on purple and yellow in all places (they’re thought of fortunate colours) and get excited for lion dances and meals from Egg Roll Hut, Saigon Station, and extra. Plus, set the tone for a wholesome 12 months by stopping by the well being honest without spending a dime providers, screenings, and help. SL
Seattle Heart, Uptown (Jan 25–26)
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Have a good time the mysterious knowledge that the 12 months of the Wooden Snake holds with Seattle Asian Artwork Museum’s cultural Lunar New 12 months choices, together with dwell performances by the Lieu Quan Lion dance staff and Mak Fai Lion Dance, illustrator Julie Kim’s holiday-inspired storytime, and neighborhood sculpture-making with native artists Monyee Chau and Jae Eun Kim. Hope you are hungry—Shooby Doo Catering will serve up drool-worthy dumplings and edamame. LC
Seattle Asian Artwork Museum, Capitol Hill (Sat Feb 1)
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Rain or Shine, a neighborhood market that promotes and showcases BIPOC makers, is internet hosting its first-ever Lunar New 12 months market at native candle store Lulumière. Take pleasure in Grayseas Pies and Vietnamese consolation meals from pop-up Ba + Mẹ whilst you store paper items, pottery, jewellery, and extra from distributors together with Bentley & Willow Classic, Terracotta Skincare, and City Belle Designs. JW
LULUMIÈRE, College District (Sat Feb 1)
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Not a lot has been revealed concerning the Seattle Chinese language Backyard’s upcoming Lunar New 12 months celebration, however in prior years, the backyard’s festivities have included conventional Chinese language music, riddles, a tai chi demonstration, a tongyuan (candy dumpling) demonstration, and extra. No matter this 12 months’s choices could also be, the Sichuan-style Chinese language backyard is a beautiful place to replicate on the brand new 12 months amid classical Chinese language structure and peaceable water options. LC
Seattle Chinese language Backyard, Riverview (Sat Feb 8)
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Seattle’s largest indoor evening market is celebrating Lunar New 12 months with an adults-only night of leisure, scrumptious eats, and a makers’ market stuffed with wares and treats from dozens of AAPI-owned companies. On our hit checklist: trying out the drunken lion dance, slurping scorching noods, and selecting up some cute equipment as Valentine’s Day items. There’ll even be a bar devoted to 2 of Seattle’s favourite issues: alcohol and boba—a dream come true! Basic admission tickets are $15, however for ten bucks extra you possibly can deal with your self to “all day pleased hour,” which features a tote bag, two drink tickets, and a “bling ring.” SL
Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Sand Level (Sat Feb 8)
Ba Sa
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Sibling cooks Trinh and Thai Nguyen’s acclaimed Vietnamese restaurant on Bainbridge Island will welcome “transformation, renewal, and non secular development” into the brand new 12 months with a particular vacation menu accessible from January 31–February 2, together with thit ko mang (braised pork stomach with bamboo shoots), ga khong loi throat (steamed hen in lotus leaf with shiitake mushroom and Chinese language sausage), che troi nuoc (glutinous rice balls in heat ginger syrup), and bánh tét or bánh chung (sticky rice full of pork stomach and mung beans, wrapped in banana leaves, and served steamed or fried). On Sunday, February 2 at 1:45 pm, a conventional lion dance will happen in entrance of the restaurant on Winslow Means—cease by if you’d like some additional prosperity within the months to come back.
Bainbridge Island
The Flour Field
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The acclaimed doughnut store’s newest menu includes a bevy of flavors impressed by Lunar New 12 months, together with candy taro, purple bean cream, hojicha, and mandarin cream. (Notice that the store is not going to be open on Lunar New 12 months, so plan accordingly.)
Hillman Metropolis
Fortunate Envelope Brewing
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Cofounders Raymond Kwan and Barry Chan named their Ballard craft brewery Fortunate Envelope for the colourful purple envelopes historically full of cash and given out on Chinese language New 12 months to convey luck, so it stands to cause that it is the good place to ring within the 12 months of the Wooden Snake. This 12 months, they’re going to host a kick-off celebration
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on February 1 with 4 brand-new beer releases, together with Sesame Warmth (a sesame chili cream stout brewed in collaboration with Halcyon and Ladd & Lass Brewing), 12 months of the Snake Honey Amber Lager (brewed in collaboration with Highland Brewing), Pomegranate Hazy Pale Ale, and 2025 Double Happiness Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout (brewed with China Mist tea). Panda Dim Sum will sling Chinese language delicacies from its transformed faculty bus from 3–8:30 pm.
West Woodland
Paper Cake Store
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Rachel Yang and Gabby Park’s cake bakery is serving particular slices for Lunar New 12 months by the tip of January. The Good Fortune Cake consists of gluten-free chocolate sponge, chocolate walnut praline buttercream filling, mandarin orange caramel, walnut praline frosting, and tart kumquat slices.
Wallingford
Raised Doughnuts & Desserts
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From January 30 to February 2, the Central District store can be serving up fortunate mochi doughnuts adorned with scarlet-red glaze and shimmering gold leaf flakes, in addition to savory furikake mochi doughnuts with a soy butter glaze.
Central District
