CHA CHA Festival is an immersive festival inspired by tea open every Saturday and Sunday in February from 12-7pm.
Get ready to CHA CHA: a celebration of tea culture, design, and tradition in the heart of NYC.
Join us every weekend in February for workshops ranging from mahjong, lion dance, group acupuncture, vinyl listening rooms, TCM lectures, lantern making, herbal steaming, tea tasting, painting with tea-dye and more!
Featuring:
π 5 artist tea house installations
π« Traditional Chinese Medicine
π Culinary artisans
π² Mahjong & more
π Where: WSA, 161 Water Street
ποΈ When: Weekends in February, starting Feb 1
ποΈ Admission: Free
Free Programming:
Mahjong King Guided Play, Every Saturday in February | 2-5pm
Collective Acupuncture and Sound Bath Meditation with YOUniverse with NOON, Every Sunday | 5-6pm | 23rd FLR
Oolong Tea Tasting with ChiCha San Chen NY, Every festival day, every 30 minutes
Opening Day Lion Dance with Wing on Wo Lions, February 1 | 5pm
Cha cha cha with Chinatown Records θ―ε ιι³, February 1 | 2-5pm
Hojicha Roasting by Tea Master Yoshitsugu Nagano in the Hojicha Tea House, February 2 | 2pm and 4pm
Lecture Series with Kamwo, February 2 | 5-6pm
Cantopop, Jpop and Kpop with Esther Park February 8, 3-6pm
Sugar Painter Hui Liu, February 9 | 2-6pm
Troy Yoshimoto Ceramics Market at Hojicha Tea House, February 15 | Noon-5pm