Raw States
Chinatown-International District Lunar New Year
Seattle, WA · Holiday
- When
- February 27, 2027
- Where
- Hing Hay Park · Seattle · WA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
An annual street celebration in Seattle's Chinatown-International District centered on Hing Hay Park, with lion and dragon dances, martial arts demonstrations, and dozens of food vendors. Now in its third decade, it draws tens of thousands of visitors timed to the lunar calendar each winter.
The history within reach
An annual street celebration in Seattle's Chinatown-International District centered on Hing Hay Park, with lion and dragon dances, martial arts demonstrations, and dozens of food vendors.
- Wah Mee massacre sitesame spot
Thirteen people were hog-tied and shot in a gambling club in February 1983, the deadliest mass murder in Washington history.
- Anti-Chinese expulsion0.1 mi
A mob marched some 350 Chinese residents to the docks in February 1886 to force them onto a steamer.
- Panama Hotel0.2 mi
Its basement still holds trunks and suitcases left by Japanese American families sent to incarceration camps in 1942 who never returned to claim them.
- Battle of Seattle0.4 mi
Native forces attacked the settlement in January 1856 and were driven off by shelling from the sloop USS Decatur in the harbour.