How to get to Nashville Expo Center’s Show Arena at Fairground Nashville?

Due to the possibility of rain, we are moving the 2025 Chinese New Year Celebration event to its rain Site: Fairground Nashville’s Show Arena at the Nashville Expo Center.

Google Map “Nashville Expo Center”                                      

It will show as 625 Smith Avenue, 37204 ; enter from Wedgewood Ave/Walsh Road.    Then, go to the “Show Arena” .

CAAN IS HOSTING THE 10TH CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

SATURDAY, FEB 8, 11 AM TO 3 PM. FREE EVENT!

ALL ARE WELCOME!

The coming Chinese New Year is the Year of the s~SNAKE. We encourage attendees to wear Chinese outfits of your imagination, or any Chinese costumes to attend this celebration!  Red is the lucky color of the Chinese New Year; simply wearing red will be perfect.

Programs includes CAAN’s Lion Dance, Dragon Dance, Frist Art Museum’s Arts/Crafts, Nashville Public Library’s Puppet Truck’s puppet show, Nashville Chinese School’s Chinese yoyo workshop, Chinese music, dance, Chinese calligraphy demonstration, Chinese naming, s~SNAKE finger puppet making, food trucks, and more.

Mark the date and bundle up and come to celebrate the New Year with Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville! Free event for the public, all are welcome.

Free Registration is requested to allow us to well plan the event for you!  If it rains, we will prepare a rain-site for the event.  Rain-site is TBA.

FYI:

-GongXi! GongXi! CNY Celebration from 2016 to 2024. Now, join us at the 2025 CNY Celebration. (click here) Sing along with us at the opening of the performance at 1 PM

-Celebrate the Chinese New Year Extravaganza - Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville (click here).

-"Story of Chinese New Year" and "CNY Decoration Workshop" (click here).

-2024 CNY of the Dragon Celebration @ Fairground Nashville (Click here).

-2023 CNY of the Rabbit Celebration @ Centennial Park video clips (click here).

-2022 CNY of the Tiger Celebration @ Vanderbilt's Corner Park video clips (click here).

Click here to listen Felix Wang (CAAN’s Board member), Anne Oppenheimer (CAAN’s dancer), Tom Cash (District 18 Councilman), and Jen-Jen Lin (CAAN’s director) said about the 2025 Chinese New Year.

Chinese Arts Alliance of Nashville (CAAN) is grateful for the grant support from Nissan Foundation, TN Arts Commission, Vanderbilt University, Caterpillar Financial, Metro Nashville Arts Commission, the public and you!