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When Tết, Trung Thu and the festivals of the lunar year land on the Western calendar — worked out from the calendar itself, so the dates stay right for years.
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The festivals that follow the Vietnamese lunar calendar land on a different Western-calendar date each year. This works those dates out from the lunar calendar itself, so they stay right for years — Tết and the days that shape the year in Little Saigon.
Tết Nguyên Đán — Lunar New Year
In 167 days
Saturday, February 6, 2027 · lunar 1/1
The most important holiday of the year — the lunisolar New Year. Families reunite, honor their ancestors, and welcome the new year over the first several days. In Little Saigon it is marked by the City of Westminster Tết Parade on Bolsa Avenue and the UVSA Tết Festival.
The date below is New Year's Day itself (mùng 1). The parade and the festivals are scheduled on the nearest convenient weekends, so their dates fall a few days off and change each year — check the official links below.
Thursday, August 27, 2026 · lunar 15/7
The Buddhist festival of filial piety, honoring parents and ancestors — observed at local temples. It falls on the same full moon as the day of pardon for wandering souls.
Friday, September 25, 2026 · lunar 15/8
The children's festival, under the brightest full moon of the year — lantern parades, lion dances and mooncakes. Asian Garden Mall (Phước Lộc Thọ) usually hosts a Mid-Autumn celebration on its front stage.
Saturday, February 20, 2027 · lunar 15/1
The first full moon of the lunar year, an important Buddhist observance. Many families visit the temple (chùa) to make offerings for the year ahead.
Friday, April 16, 2027 · lunar 10/3
The commemoration of the legendary Hùng Kings, founders of the nation — a day of ancestral remembrance, honored at temples and community gatherings.
How these dates are worked out
The dates are computed from the lunar calendar itself, so they stay right for years. The exact hours and any street closure can still change — check the official channel below before you set out.
City of Westminster — Tết Parade — The dates here are the lunar dates themselves. For this year's Tết Parade date and route, the UVSA Tết Festival (tetfestival.org), and Asian Garden Mall's Mid-Autumn and night-market events, check the organizers — those are scheduled on nearby weekends and change each year.
Wednesday, June 9, 2027 · lunar 5/5
The Vietnamese midyear festival — a home ritual at midday with fermented sticky rice (rượu nếp) and sour summer fruit. It is not the dragon-boat festival; that is a separate, Chinese tradition.
Sat, Feb 6
Tết Nguyên Đán — Lunar New Year · in 167 days
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