Southern Chinese Daily News

The Texas Lunar Festival is working to develop a 2021 event without a live audience due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event will take place on Thursday, February 11, 2021 and it will consist of live performances that will be televised through STV 15.3 local station and online at scdaily.com and through our phone app Southern News TV. We not only celebrate an important part of Asia but also include International performance. In the Chinese lunar calendar a different animal or mythological beast represents every year in a twelve year cycle. The year of 2021 is the year of the Ox. We celebrate the impressive qualities of every culture while celebrating the Asian Lunar New Year. For the past 24 years, community leaders and volunteers have worked hard to promote the remarkable diversity and impressive leadership of the greater Asian community while fostering friendship among nearly every culture. In the Past thousands of citizens across the great State of Texas visit our festival every year. This year will allow viewers not only local but worldwide to enjoy our performance thanks to technology. We have initiated and been the driving force behind many community projects, programs and events that include the Texas Lunar New Year Festival, the McDonald's Education Workshops, the Texas African Summit, the ITC Education Institute and have aired many more educational, cultural and business-related television programs on our digital television station, STV 15.3, as well as having hosted over 200 international business related meetings and events at our International Trade Center. The 25th Annual Texas Lunar Festival is hosted by ITC Cultural & Education Foundation, Southern News Group, Chinese New Year Festival Inc., & STV.