The Tet Festival of Southern California is taking place this year from Feb. 8-10, in Westminster. This event is recognized as the world’s largest Tet Festival outside of Vietnam. The Tet Festival attracts over 100,000+ every year. Visitors are immersed with a vibrant array of traditional foods, live entertainment, festive games, and customs celebrating the new year. Click here to like the Tet Festival on Facebook.
A coalition of groups led by the Vietnamese American Federation of Southern California raised more than $81,000, so the Tet Parade, the only one of its kind in the U.S., will be happening as part of the Tet Festival, on Feb. 10.
Here is the event schedule:
Friday, Feb 8th, 3pm-10pm
Main Stage:
- 4pm – Band Performances
- 5pm – Miss Vietnam of SoCal Pageant
Youth Stage:
- 12pm – Various Entertainment
- 6pm – Tony T Show
Saturday, Feb 9th, 10am-10pm
Main Stage:
- 12p – Opening Ceremony
- 1:30pm – Firecrackers
- 2pm – Youth Entertainment
- 5pm – Talent Search Competition
- 8pm – Youth Night
- Fireworks
Cultural Village Stage:
- 2pm – Opening Ceremony
Sunday, Feb 10th, 10am-9pm
Tet Parade – For more info. click here. The parade starts at 9 am! The parade marches along the streets of Westminster with bands comprised of young violinists (girls dressed in silky, long dresses,) traditional Vietnamese attire that is elegant, bright and contains lots of silk & sashes, and some of the name singers and actors in the Vietnamese world of entertainment.
Main Stage:
- 12pm – Children’s Pageant
- 2pm – Community Entertainment
- 5pm – Grand Concert
Cultural Village Stage
- 12pm – Traditional Spring Wedding
Youth Stage:
- 12pm – Various Entertainment
- 6pm – DJ Sets
Admission:
- $5 at the door (cash only)
- Children 3ft and under FREE
- Only $1 if you show your OCTA Metrolink pass
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*Veterans/Scouts in uniform & visitors in Cultural Attire enter for free on Saturday 10am-1pm
**Animals are NOT permitted (except for service animals)
***Tickets only pay for entrance fee and entertainment. Products, Services, Exhibits, and Food are paid to individual vendors.
Location:
Garden Grove Park
9301 Westminster Ave, Garden Grove, CA 92844
Click here for directions.
Traffic:
Entering the Festival:
There is only 1 way to enter the Tet Festival (Deodara Dr.). Guests may travel Westbound on Westminster Ave from Brookhurst St or travel north on Bushard St toward Westminster Ave. All vehicles must enter through the right Westbound lane of Westminster Ave to enter the Tet Festival. There is no entrance for guests traveling Eastbound on Westminster Ave.
*Please refrain from jaywalking. Any child placed in a car seat must be seated. WEAR YOUR SEATBELTS AT ALL TIMES.
Parking
Free parking is available at the adjacent Bolsa Grande High School parking lot as well as street parking in the nearby neighborhood.
Free Shuttle Service
Tet Festival guests can commute to the Tet Festival via free shuttle service.
Shuttles are FREE and are a good alternative to avoiding the traffic and parking constraints at the festival grounds.
Shuttles will be operating throughout the following days and times:
Saturday from 12 PM – 10 PM
Sunday from 12 PM – 9 PM
Shuttle Location #1:
Westminster Civic Center
8200 Westminster Boulevard, Westminster, CA
Shuttle Location #2:
La Quinta High School
10372 McFadden Avenue, Westminster, CA
Rules:
To ensure the family atmosphere of the Tet Festival, guests are asked to refrain from the following, including, but not limited to:
- possession and consumption of alcoholic beverages,
- weapons,
- drugs,
- obscene material,
- firecrackers,
- fireworks,
- spray aerosol cans and smoking.
The Union of the Vietnamese Student Associations of Southern California (UVSA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization founded in 1982. Over the past years, over $1,000,000 in festival proceeds have been awarded to non-profit organizations in the community.
Sponsors:
Event sponsors include:
- Wells Fargo
- OCTA
- AT&T
- Verizon
- Nguoi Viet
- Viet Bao
- Lee’s Sandwiches
- Vien Dong
- Huy Khiem
- CalOptima
- Yeo’s
- Southern California Gas Company
- Lover’s Care
- Lexor
- Sempra Energy
- Musco, Inc.
- Eva Air
- China Airlines
- Bank of America
- State Farm Insurance
- China Airlines
- McDonald’s
- QGS
- SBTN
- VPTV
- Alfalfa Nail Supply, Inc.
- VNA-TV
- IBlanc
- Little Saigon News
- H&B Benefits
- LSTV
- The Paul Mitchell School
- Global TV
- Lady Belle Spa
- NutriVita
- Obagi Medical
Contact Information:
Main Office
12821 Western Ave #H
Garden Grove, CA
(714) 890-1418 (Office)
contact@uvsa.org
Mailing Address
UVSA
P.O. Box 2069
Westminster, CA 92683
Office Hours
Mon – Fri: 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Weekends by appointment only
*Closed during days of Festival (2/8 to 2/10)
Tet Festival Chair
Billy Lê
Billy.Le@uvsa.org
Tet Festival Vice-Chair
Paul Lương
paul.luong@uvsa.org
