Hmong Family Association of Lansing

09/04/2026

🎤✨ ATTENTION ALL TALENT — YOU’VE GOT MORE TIME TO SHINE! ✨🎤

HFA is officially EXTENDING Talent Show registration until SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH! 🎉

If you’ve been thinking about signing up… THIS IS YOUR SIGN! 👀🔥 Sing, dance, play an instrument, perform something cultural, or bring us a talent that will WOW the crowd — we want YOU on that stage!

💥 REGISTRATION IS FREE!
🏆 1st Place — $800
🥈 2nd Place — $500
🥉 3rd Place — $300

📅 Talent Show: September 26–27, 2026
📍 Lansing Pre-Hmong New Year Festival
🚨 NEW Registration Deadline: Saturday, September 12th!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfawaYB3eGK1xEUFCFfaTiL_DgX7135_ciOp9V1Yr6K3wDpJQ/viewform?usp=dialog

Don’t keep that talent hidden! Grab your friends, tell your family, tag someone who NEEDS to enter, and come SHINE LIKE A STAR! ⭐🎤🔥

FREE TO ENTER. BIG PRIZES. BIG STAGE. LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’VE GOT! 🔥🔥🔥

08/26/2026

📢 2026 HFA HMONG NEW YEAR – VENDOR UPDATE!

Vendor spaces are filling up quickly! 🎉 We currently have only the following spaces remaining:

🔸 1 – 20' × 20' Vendor Space
🔸 1 – 20' × 10' Vendor Space
🔸 3 – 10' × 10' Vendor Spaces

📅 September 26–27, 2026
📍 Grand Woods Park | Lansing, MI

Spaces are limited and will close once all available spots are filled. If any additional vendor spaces open up, we’ll be sure to announce them!

Interested in becoming a vendor or have questions? Please reach out for an application or additional information.

📧 [email protected]

We look forward to having you join us for the 2026 Hmong New Year Festival! ❤️

08/22/2026

📢📣**2026 HFA HMONG NEW YEAR FESTIVAL VENDOR 🛍️🍜APPLICATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!**📣📢

Thank you to everyone who has been patiently waiting! ❤️ We’re excited to officially open vendor applications for the **2026 HFA Hmong New Year Festival!**

📅 September 26–27, 2026**
📍 Grand Woods Park | Lansing, MI**

We welcome food, beverage, merchandise, business, nonprofit, and community vendors to join us for a weekend of culture, food, entertainment, sports, and community!

📝 **Apply online:**
https://forms.gle/77AyhrrN3SBE7HF78

Prefer to complete a paper/application copy? Please reach out to HFA and we’ll be happy to provide one.

Vendor space is limited. Applications are processed based on availability and are subject to HFA approval. **Vendors are confirmed only after receiving approval or confirmation from HFA.**

🍜 PLEASE NOTE — MAIN FOOD VENDOR:
Applications for our one (1) Main Food Vendor space will remain open through August 28, 2026. If multiple applications are received, the final vendor will be selected by HFA.

✨ We look forward to celebrating another Hmong New Year with our vendors and community!

Nyob Zoo! Welcome to the 2026 Hmong New Year Festival Vendor Application! The Hmong Family Association of Lansing, MI (HFA) invites merchandise, food, beverage, business, nonprofit, and community vendors to join us for a weekend celebrating Hmong culture, food, entertainment, sports, and community.....

08/21/2026

📣 **CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS — WE NEED YOU! ❤️**

The **Hmong Family Association of Lansing’s 2026 Hmong New Year Festival** is right around the corner, and it takes a community to bring a celebration like this to life! 🎉

📅 September 26–27, 2026
📍 Grand Woods Park | Lansing, MI

Whether you can give a few hours or spend the day with us, every helping hand makes a difference. 🙌

We’re looking for volunteers to help with festival setup, activities, guest assistance, cleanup, and more throughout the weekend.

This is more than volunteering - it’s an opportunity to serve our community, celebrate our culture, meet new people, and help create a memorable Hmong New Year for our elders, families, and future generations. ❤️

✨Individuals, families, students, and community groups are all welcome!**

👉 **SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER:**
https://forms.gle/jzLuxeAuWfajPDaZ6

Please share and help us spread the word! 🫶

Many hands. One community. One beautiful celebration. ❤️

PO BOX 95 Dewitt, MI 48820 | (517) 930-9019 | [email protected] EIN: 42-1671183 🎉 We’re so grateful for all our amazing volunteers helping make this year’s Lansing, MI Hmong New Year Festival a success! 🎊 📍 Grand Woods Park will be open for setup on Friday, 9/25, from 3 PM to 8 ...

08/19/2026

❤️ OUR ROOTS. OUR ELDERS. OUR HISTORY. OUR HMONG NEW YEAR.

As we prepare to celebrate another Hmong New Year here in Lansing, we are honored to share a remarkable piece of our community’s history.

Published in the Lansing State Journal on October 26, 1980, this article provides one of the earliest published accounts of Hmong New Year being celebrated right here in Lansing, Michigan.

More than 500 Hmong refugees gathered together—families who had recently begun rebuilding their lives in America after war, displacement, refugee camps, and journeys that brought them thousands of miles from the homeland they once knew.

They came from across Michigan and neighboring states. Elders reunited with old friends and met new ones. Children played. Families shared food. Traditional Hmong clothing and silver jewelry filled the gathering as music, dance, conversation, and the Hmong language surrounded them.

The article described the celebration as an opportunity for families to remember their cultural heritage.

More than 45 years later, those words carry incredible meaning.

Many of our elders arrived in America speaking little to no English. They were learning an entirely new way of life while carrying memories of everything they had left behind.

They didn’t have the technology or resources we have today.

But they found one another.
They gathered.
They celebrated.
And they preserved our culture for the generations that would follow.

They carried our language, clothing, music, food, traditions, and Hmong New Year across the world and planted those roots right here in Lansing.

Today, when our community gathers for Hmong New Year, we are continuing what our elders began generations ago.

Every traditional outfit worn.
Every Hmong word spoken.
Every song and dance performed.
Every elder honored.
Every child who learns where they come from.

It all matters.

To the elders and families who built this community before us: Ua tsaug. ❤️

Thank you for rebuilding when you had so little. Thank you to the sponsors, churches, organizations, neighbors, and communities who opened their doors and helped our earliest families begin again. And most importantly, thank you to our elders for preserving our identity while learning how to call a new place home.

You planted the roots. We are living beneath the branches.

Now it is our responsibility to make sure those roots remain strong for the generations still to come.

This is more than a celebration.

This is our history.
This is resilience.
This is remembrance.
This is belonging.
This is Hmong New Year.

From those who gathered before us in 1980 to the generations gathering today, may we never forget where our community began and may we always honor those who made it possible. ❤️

📖 Lansing State Journal — October 26, 1980
📰 “Laotians mark New Year here”
✍️ Chris Andrews, Staff Writer

Preserving our culture. Honoring our elders. Building for future generations.

08/18/2026

🎉 WE NEED YOU - HNY FESTIVAL SPONSORSHIPS & COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS! 🎉

The Hmong Family Association of Lansing, MI is excited and incredibly grateful to already have sponsors and donors stepping forward in support of our 2026 Hmong New Year Festival! ❤️

📅 September 26–27, 2026
📍 Grand Woods Park | Lansing, Michigan

As our team continues connecting with businesses, organizations, families, and community partners, we’re excited to officially share our 2026 Hmong New Year Festival Sponsorship & Donation Form with everyone!

👉 Become a 2026 Sponsor, Donor, and Supporter:
https://forms.gle/TWJpLiAT15yFJn4B7

Your support helps us celebrate and preserve our Hmong culture while investing back into our youth, elders, education, athletics, cultural programming, community initiatives, and future generations.

✨ Multiple sponsorship opportunities are available, including recognition and on-site opportunities at select levels. Every sponsorship and every donation — big or small — makes a difference.

❤️ And to those who have already sponsored, donated, or committed your support — Ua tsaug ntau! Your generosity means so much to HFA and the community we serve.

We can't wait to celebrate with everyone this September! 🎊

Together, we celebrate our culture. Together, we strengthen our community. Together, we carry it forward. ❤️

08/11/2026

📣 MARK YOUR CALENDARS — 2026 LANSING, MI HMONG NEW YEAR FESTIVAL IS COMING! 🎉

Hmong Family Association of Lansing, MI is excited to welcome our community, families, and friends to the 2026 HFA Lansing Hmong New Year Festival! ❤️

📅 September 26–27, 2026
📍 Grand Woods Park | Lansing, MI

Come celebrate a weekend filled with Hmong culture, food, sports, live music, performances, games, community, and so much more! 🎶🏐🍜🎉

✨ More announcements are coming soon! Be on the lookout for:
• 🍜 Vendor registration
• 🤝 Sponsorship & donation opportunities
• 🎤 Cultural & community performance opportunities
• 🏐 Sports tournament registration & details
• 🙌 Volunteer opportunities

🌟 And don’t forget about the HFA Talent Show!

Talent Show registration is open, and we’re excited to see the amazing talent within our community take the stage! Whether you sing, dance, play an instrument, or have another special talent—we want to see it! 🎤💃🎸

🔗 Register for the HFA Talent Show here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfawaYB3eGK1xEUFCFfaTiL_DgX7135_ciOp9V1Yr6K3wDpJQ/viewform?usp=dialog

Save the dates, spread the word, and come celebrate with us!

08/05/2026

📢 HFA Vendor Update

Thank you for your patience! We are putting the finishing touches on our 2026 HFA New Year Festival Vendor Information and will be releasing it shortly.

We appreciate everyone's understanding and look forward to sharing the details with you soon. Stay tuned!

08/03/2026

What an incredible day! Despite the rain, our HFA Annual Community Picnic was a tremendous success with an amazing turnout! Rain or shine, nothing could stop our community from coming together.

A heartfelt thank you to our dedicated HFA team, volunteers, members, and everyone who joined us. Your hard work, positive spirits, and willingness to serve made this event possible.

Thank you to everyone who brought delicious dishes to share. The food was amazing, and your generosity truly reflects the heart of our community.

From sports competitions and kids playing, classic games, to meeting new friends, reconnecting with old ones, and sharing countless laughs, reminded us that it's not the weather that makes an event special - it's the people.

A special 𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓷𝓴 𝓨𝓸𝓾 to:

🎵 Tou NyiajHwm Vue Fusion Sound Production for keeping the music & entertainment going and creating a fun atmosphere throughout the day.
🌽 LHC Lansing Hmong Co****le Team for organizing and running our Co****le Tournament.
🏆 Vue Country Hall for graciously allowing us to finish the Co****le Tournament at your hall after the rain - your flexibility and support were truly appreciated.
🏐 Izzy Vang and Andrew Lee for hosting our Volleyball Tournament.
⚫ Fasue Lee for leading our Bocce Ball competition.
🎥 Gold Film Media for capturing so many incredible memories that we'll cherish for years to come.

And to everyone who attended, volunteered, donated food or made a monetary contribution toward our upcoming HFA Lansing Hmong New Year Festival, participated in the games, or simply came to spend time together - we appreciate you! Your support, generosity, and enthusiasm are what make the Hmong Family Association such a strong, welcoming, and vibrant community.

Can't wait to see everyone again at the 2026 HFA Lansing Hmong New Year Festival! ❤️🎉

📸 Stay tuned - more incredible picnic photos are coming soon!

05/08/2026

This May, we celebrate the beauty of our cultures, the strength of our communities, and the stories that connect generations.

Happy Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month from HFA Lansing Michigan.