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Celebrate Lunar New Year in Somerville on February 14
Storytelling, interactive cultural activities, food, and more.
Welcome the Year of the Horse at Somerville’s third annual Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday, February 14, at Somerville High School (81 Highland Ave.) from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. The festival will highlight our Chinese, Vietnamese, East Asian, and Southeast Asian communities and offer family-friendly storytelling, cultural performances, food, facepainting, and more.
For all event information, visit somervillema.gov/calendar.
About Somerville’s Lunar New Year Cultural Festival
The Lunar New Year Cultural Festival is produced by Somerville’s Office of Immigrant Affairs in partnership with the Department of Racial and Social Justice, the Office of Sustainability and Environment, and our community partners including New England Hong Kong Festival, Chinese American Association of Cambridge, the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, and the Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center.
Photos from the 2025 celebration courtesy of Kevin Ko can be found here: bit.ly/4q9Aes6.
Banner image used for this news item also by Kevin Ko.
Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact Adrienne Pomeroy in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or apomeroy@somervillema.gov.
The City of Somerville can provide you with an interpreter in your language for free. To request an interpreter, please contact us at languageaccess@somervillema.gov or call 311 (617-666-3311) at least 7 days in advance of this event.
This event will be videotaped by the City’s GovTV team. Watch it on-demand with optional closed-captioning (select the CC icon) on YouTube.com/SomervilleCityTV. Or watch on cable TV at GovTV ( somervillema.gov/video) Comcast Ch. 22 and GovTV Astound (RCN) Ch. 13 & 613. Videos generally post within one business day of recording.
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