East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival

This large, family-friendly variety show is held annually in late January - early February during the Chinese New Year and brings together many local Chinese organizations for an afternoon of singing, dance, martial arts, and other performances to celebrate the coming of Spring! In past years, we have had professional musicians, dancers, and singers dazzle our audience, complemented by a wide variety of talented local performers.

Our upcoming Festival will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 3:30pm in Cox Auditorium on the University of Tennessee Knoxville Campus. Check back on this page to find out our Special Guests for the 2024 Festival. We also will have dancing, singing, martial arts, and more from local performers!

Please visit us on Facebook to see some fantastic pictures of previous shows!

Time, Date, and Place of our 2024 Festival

Our Year of the Dragon celebration will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2024 from 3:30 - 6:00pm at Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building of the University of Tennessee Knoxville, 1408 Middle Dr., Knoxville, TN 37996. We hope you will join us for a wonderful event!

Parking

Please arrive early and expect traffic from a UTK Lady Vols basketball game at noon on Feb. 25th.
Please click here for a general link to parking in the area.

Tickets

All seats are reserved for this event, and ticket prices are $6, $9, and $10. Tickets will soon be available, please check back on this page soon.

Program

Please check back here for information on our Special Guests for the 2024 Festival.

Many images from past performances can be found on our Facebook page -- please like and follow us there!

Please click here for highlights of our past shows.

For memories of our 2020 show, please click here.

For memories of our 2019 show, please click here.

For memories of our 2018 show, please click here.

For memories of our 2017 show, please click here.

For memories of our 2016 show, please click here.

For memories of our 2015 show, please click here.

For memories of our 2014 show, please click here.

For memories of the 2013 show, please click here.

For memories of the 2012 show, please click here.

For memories of the 2011 show, please click here.

Organizers

The East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival is Produced by Michael Smith of the East Tennessee Wushu Team / East Tennessee Tai Chi Team. Dan Wang, Xiaohui Li, Rachel Rui, Amy Campbell, and others also helped with organizing this event.