Concluding Creating a Historic Chinatown Alley
Final event of the one-year-series to create a Historic Chinatown Alley
2024 Lunar New Year Festival - Concludes the Historic Chinatown Alley events on Year of the Dragon with performers all the way from San Francisco’s Chinatown. Join the Helen and Joe Chew Foundation as the one-year series of events to Create a Historic Chinatown Alley comes to an end, 126 years later in Chinese American history. This is our FINAL event and last time the 5 original Chinese gold rush families are hosting Lunar New Year otherwise known as Chinese New Year.
This is only the second time in Tehama County history the Chinese Dragon has performed, the last time was July 4th, 1908 🤯 sponsored by Wong Foey and for this special event his descendants will again sponsor the Dragon for this beautiful farewell.
🗓️Date: February 4, 2024
📝RSVP: bit.ly/2024LunarNewYear
🎭Performance by San Francisco’s Leung's White Crane Dragon And Lion Dance Association is coming to revive this historic moment.
Admission: Free for all to enjoy!
Details: The event will kick off with a Asian Vendors from 12-5 PM. An Ancient Chinese Dragon will arrive for only the second time in history to bless the citizens and City of Red Bluff with prosperity, good fortunate, longevity for all the years that follow. The descendants from the 趙Chew, 黄Foey, 陳Chin and Chan family will provide a speech regarding the conclusion of the one-year series of events. There will be Lion feeding with Lai See in Historic Chinatown Alley followed by cultural performances including Tai Chi and other shared heritage.
Rainy Day Indoor Location: Tehama County Fairgrounds, 650 Antelope Blvd, GATE 4, “Tyler Jelly Building”, Red Bluff, CA 96080
Rainy Day Directions: Indoor Directions: https://maps.app.goo.gl/z6SoXdNuCMj69Nes6
ℹ️ Rainy Day Schedule: (with Rain)
1 PM kickoff with AAPI food and merchandise vendors so don’t forget to buy your red envelopes to feed the lion.
1 PM sneak peek and volunteer session with the ancient Chinese Dragon. Meet the the descendants from the 趙Chew, 黄Foey, 陳Chin and Lim family.
2 PM Dragon performance blessing the citizens of Red Bluff with great power, good luck and strength.
3 PM Tai Chi & other cultural performances on Rio Street.
4 PM Chinese Lion Dance feeding & closeout followed by pictures with them and the hosting descendants from the 趙Chew, 黄Foey, 陳Chin and Chan family as they say farewell for the conclusion of the one-year series of events and our last Chinese New Year festival.
Featuring the 趙 Chew 赵 Family Exhibition at the Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant, 860 Main Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080. The Helen and Joe Chew Foundation will have a display of the future self-guided walking tour for the Historic Chinatown Alley. Both, sponsored by the McConnell Foundation.
ℹ️ Sunny Day Schedule: (without rain)
✅ 12-5 PM kickoff with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders food and merchandise vendors so don’t forget to buy your red envelopes 🧧 to feed the lion.
✅ 12-1 PM sneak peek and volunteer session with the ancient Chinese Dragon. Meet the the descendants from the 趙Chew, 黄Foey, 陳Chin and Lim family.
✅🐉 1 PM 🥳Dragon parade starts at Walnut & Rio Street blessing the citizens of Red Bluff with great power, good luck and strength.
✅ 3 PM 🙆♀️Tai Chi & other cultural performances on Rio Street.
✅ 4 PM Chinese Lion Dance feeding & closeout followed by pictures with them and the hosting descendants from the 趙Chew, 黄Foey, 陳Chin and Chan family as they say farewell for the conclusion of the one-year series of events and our last Chinese New Year festival.
🚶♂️Featuring the 趙 Chew 赵 Family Exhibition at the Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant, 860 Main Street, Red Bluff, CA 96080. The Helen and Joe Chew Foundation will have self-guided walking tour display in the Historic Chinatown Alley. Both, sponsored by the McConnell Foundation.
Sunny Day Location: 📍 The event will begin in the original Historic Chinatown on Hickory Street and Rio Street (formerly known as High Street).
Historic Chinatown Alley Directions: https://g.co/kgs/VZvb9n
Complimentary concluding the one-year-series of events
Event Sponsored by:
The Helen and Joe Chew Foundation
North State Equity Fund
The descendants of Wong Foey