2024 Lunar New Year Celebration VIP Event

Cultural Exchange Festival, Concert and After-Party

Event Information

6 pm: Cultural Exchange Festival
7:30 pm: Lunar New Year Celebration Concert
9 pm: Dessert-filled After-Party

Join us in celebrating the Year of the Dragon at the New Jersey Symphony’s Lunar New Year Celebration VIP Event. The celebration continues our tradition, started by Music Director Xian Zhang, of blending music from East and West in a celebration of cultural collaboration. Net proceeds from this event will raise critical funds that support Xian Zhang’s artistic vision. You won’t want to miss it!

Your full-night VIP event ticket includes:

Pre-concert Cultural Exchange Festival with crafters from the Zhejiang province in China, musical performances on traditional Chinese instruments, dancers, singers and a Qipao fashion show!
Lunar New Year Concert with preferred seating
- Under the baton of conductor Yue Bao, the Symphony will perform selections from Huang Ruo’s Folk Songs for Orchestra and Zhou Tian’s Gift, plus perennial favorites like Spring Festival Overture. Rising star pianist Tony Siqi Yun will perform selections from the Yellow River Concerto and Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G.
After-Party with sumptuous desserts!
VIP perks such as access to an exclusive reception, valet parking and premier concert seating.

Download the Event Details, Reservation Form and Advertising information here.

Sponsorships and Tickets

Packages start at $2,500
Individual tickets start at $250
Young Professionals (ages 21-40) tickets are $100

Purchase Celebration Tickets

Program Book Advertising Opportunities

Ads will appear in the concert program book that is distributed to all concertgoers. Artwork is due by January 8, 2024.

Inside cover full-page ad (color) – $3,000
Full-page ad (color) – $2,000
Half-page ad (color) – $1,000

Color Full-Page Ad Specs: Full bleed and trim 5.375" W x 8.5" H (add .25" bleed all around)
Color Half-Page Ad Specs: Trim 5.375" W x 4.25" H (no bleed)
Format: High-res pdf, eps or jpeg files
If you want help with the wording in your ad, let us know and we’ll create text for you.

Purchase Ad

For more information, please contact Jesse Goodale at 973.735.1729 or events@njsymphony.org. Please reference Lunar New Year Celebration.

Thank you to our Sponsors & Supporters

This celebration is generously sponsored in part by an anonymous donor in honor of Music Director Xian Zhang.

Platinum Sponsor
Norm Slonaker & Linda Dujack

Silver Sponsors
Lipper Family Charitable Foundation
The Trenti Family
PNC (Michael Richards)

Bronze Sponsors
Elin Mueller
McCarter & English
NJIT

Celebration supported in part by the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York.

Festival co-curated by the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Eastern Cultural Exchange Association.

*Commitments as of 1/5/24