2023 Tết Trung Thu (Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival)
2023 Tết Trung Thu (Vietnamese Mid-Autumn Moon Festival)
Our largest Tet Trung Thu event is coming and will be held on Saturday, September 23.
This year, our event will feature food and beverage vendors from around NYC - with a focus on a large range of Vietnamese food and drinks available for purchase. In the spirit of celebrating the Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival, an assortment of moon cakes will also be on sale.
In making things more festive - we will have a collection of lanterns for sale. Paper lanterns will still be provided to children for the Lantern Parade, which again will close the event.
Come along and enjoy the performance program, food, games and activities on offer!
Early Bird Price of $15 ends on Friday, September 8.
Children under 12 get FREE entrance.
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⏰ September 23, 2023 - 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM
📍Union Square, Manhattan
31 E 17th St, New York, NY 10003
(Near Barnes & Noble)
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Known as Tết Trung Thu in Vietnamese, the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival celebrates the fall harvest, full moon, and well-being of friends and family.
ABOUT THE MID-AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL
The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, called Tết Trung Thu in Vietnamese, is celebrated in the fall during the full moon. It was originally held to give thanks for the harvest and to pray for good luck and prosperity in the coming year. During the festival, towns and cities in Vietnam are lit up with the soft glow of lanterns and elaborate floats parading down the streets, along with traditional lion dances and re-tellings of the legend of Chú Cuội. Moon cakes of many varieties are distributed as gifts to family and friends to signify togetherness and good will. Tết Trung Thu also has a special emphasis on children, who are believed by the Vietnamese to have the strongest connection to the sacred and natural worlds in their purity and innocence.
