The Soaring Phoenix dance troop will return to Top Sushi’s Woodlands location for its second annual Lunar New Year celebration. Festivities ensue on January 28 at 7:30 p.m. during which the dancers will take to the dining room, and the restaurant’s regular menu will be offered.

Lunar New Year celebrations return to Katy Mills again this year. The festive holiday event, which the whole family can enjoy between roaming the outlet mall, features a tradition lion dance by dance troop Soaring Phoenix in the food court on Saturday, January 14 at 12:30 p.m.

Phat Eatery is honoring Lunar New Year with a special five-course tasting menu, offered family style and individually, during four different seatings — Sunday, January 22 at 6 p.m.; Friday, January 27 at 7 p.m.; Saturday, January 28 at 11:30 a.m.; and Sunday, January 29 at 11:30 a.m.

Menu highlights include traditional dishes, like the interactive Yu Sheng, or Prosperity Toss, a traditional Malaysian dish symbolizing abundance, beef rendang, and Chilean sea bass. The cost is $88 for adults, and $28 for children ages 4 to 12.

Two full days of honoring Lunar New Year are planned at the Viet Hoa Center in Houston’s Asiatown. On January 28 and 29, guests are invited to enjoy live music, lion and dragon dance performances with lucky firecrackers and martial arts demonstrations. Partake in festivities, then stick around to explore the neighborhood’s bountiful restaurants and markets.

The Soaring Phoenix dance troop is taking to Le Colonial’s patio for a performance on January 22 beginning at 6 p.m. In addition the Lunar New Year menu specials, the whimsical dragon and lion dancers will journey through the dining room, which will feature festive décor, including hanging red envelopes, filled with $1, for guests to “feed” the dragons and lions. The traditional offering symbolizes good wishes and luck for the new year.

Go for the heaping vermicelli bowls, and stay to ring in the Year of the Rabbit at Lua Viet Kitchen in Montrose. A winding and hypnotic dragon dance performance will kick off the festivities at 5 p.m. on February 1.

The Have A Nice Day pop-up market will host its Lunar New Year celebration at the Ion on January 29 from 4 to 8 p.m. Like the group’s other annual events, festivities will include a lively market made up of local AAPI small businesses, food vendors, and Have A Nice Day merchandise. A performance by the Nu Vuong Hoa Binh dance team, beginning at 6 p.m., will round out the evening.

Asia Society will keep its annual tradition of welcoming guests to its free Lunar New Year festival. The event takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m on Saturday, January 28, and will feature arts and crafts for all ages, lion dance performances presented by Shaolin Kung Fu Academy, zodiac games, and a food and retail market made up of local AAPI small business owners. While the event is free, RSVPs are requested.