New Year

DragonFest is Palm Beach Zoo's annual celebration of the Chinese New Year!  This year is the year of the Red Chicken.  Join in for great fun and great wishes for the new year!  We'll have a DJ, crafts, face painting, and the always amazing Dragon and Lion Dances by John Wai Kung Fu Academy along with a marial arts demonstration! Be sure to visit their resident modern day dragon...the Komodo dragon.  

Ring in the New Year like never before at Palm Beach Zoo's fourth annual Noon Year's Eve Celebration with your furry, feathered, and scaly friends! Join us for our children's dance party in the Fountain Plaza where they can get their face painted and join us leading up to 12 noon as we celebrate the New Year with an apple juice toast and "alligator ball" drop fit for children of all ages! This event is included with regular zoo admission. 

The Fort Lauderdale Orange Bowl Downtown Countdown has been touted as one of the largest New Year’s Eve celebrations in Florida, this year’s free street festival is full of fun and excitement for both children and adults. The spectacular celebration will feature a variety of activities for the whole family until 8:30 p.m. including a kids countdown at 7:00 p.m. The festivities for kids include bounce houses/inflatables, face painting and games, contests and dancing with the DJ. Then live music kicks off at 8:00 p.m.

3, 2, 1, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Well, not quite, but it’s never too early to kick off a fabulous New Year’s party. Once again Miami Children’s Museum is celebrating the New Year just a little bit earlier!  Ring in the New Year (a few hours early) with a countdown TO NOON, fun crafts, a stage performance by our MCM Players and an unforgettable balloon drop!

The newly renovated Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach is celebrating the Year of the  Boar! Fireworks and a Dragon Dance highlight the Norton’s free Chinese New Year’s celebration on Saturday, February 16th. Activities begin at noon and include music, exhibition tours, lectures, storytelling, art projects for all ages, and more. 

Come to the Chinese New Year Festival in Miami to welcome the year of the ROOSTER, officially on Saturday, January 28th in China, at the 29th anniversary edition of South Florida’s largest Chinese New Year celebration. The festival shows will feature Chinese acrobats, Taiko drummers, dance groups, and musical performances, including traditional lion and dragon dances. Plan to bring the kids and spend the entire day here as there will be plenty of food as well as children’s activities!