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 Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 6:30pm in Cox Auditorium on the University of Tennessee Knoxville Campus. Our Special Guest this year will be musician Yao Lu from Atlanta (pictured above), who will play the guzheng for us, a traditional Chinese musical instrument. We also will have a Lion Dance, dancing, singing, martial arts, poetry, and more.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS for the 2023 East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival on Saturday, January 28, 2023.

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

Time, Date, and Place of our 2023 Festival

Our Year of the Rabbit celebration will be held on Saturday, January 28, 2023 from 6:30 - 8:30pm 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 basketball game that evening.
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. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS for the 2023 East Tennessee Chinese New Year Festival on Saturday, January 28, 2023.
If you access this ticket website from a laptop, please click here to see how to choose your individual seats

Program

Our Special Guest this year will be the lovely and talented Yao Lu from Atlanta. Please visit her on Facebook to learn all about her history and performance accomplishments. Our Festival will also feature a traditional Lion dance from Wah Lum Kung Fu, and a variety of dance, singing, and martial arts performances. We sincerely hope you can join us for the fun, and to welcome Spring and the Year of the Rabbit with our exciting variety show!

Please click here to see the list of acts for the 2023 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.