The Big Fresno
Hmong New Year

Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab. Four days of ceremony, sport, music and family at the Fresno Fairgrounds, hosted by The Hmong Inc.

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Dates: Dec 31 – Jan 3
Duration: Four days
Venue: Fresno Fairgrounds1121 S Chance Ave.
Admission: Announced in the fall

Civic leaders and community members walking the fairgrounds together on opening morning. — Opening morning at the Fresno Fairgrounds. City and county officials walk in with the community.

The Hmong Inc. is a Fresno non‑profit. We run programs and workshops for Southeast Asian small businesses, and we produce the four days each year when the whole community is in one place.

Our programs

Registered as: 501(c)(3) non-profit
Led by: Dr. Toulu Thao, President and Chief Executive Officer
Serving: Fresno County and the Central Valley’s Hmong and Southeast Asian communities

Dancers in full Hmong dress lined up on the fairgrounds before a performance.

Four days at the
Fresno Fairgrounds

When: Thu 31 Dec 2026
– Sun 3 Jan 2027Daily hours announced with the full program
Where: Fresno Fairgrounds1121 S Chance Ave., Fresno, CA 93702
Admission: Announced in the fallTicket prices and parking go up with the full program
Vendors: Applications openBooth pricing and the deadline are on the vendor page

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The welcome arch reading Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab 2026, with the festival delegation and titleholders beneath it.

Fresno FairgroundsThe welcome arch at the 2026 festival, photographed under The Hmong Inc. banner.

One place the whole valley shows up

For four days at the turn of the year the Fresno Fairgrounds becomes the center of Hmong life in the Central Valley. Hundreds of small vendors take booths. Families who moved away from Fresno drive back for it.

The Hmong Inc. produces the festival. What it raises goes back into the programs below, which run all year in Fresno County.

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Four areas of work

Each one is a live section of this site. Staff post announcements and updates into it directly.

Crowds walking the fairgrounds between vendor tents.

Community Events

The New Year festival, and the gatherings and ceremonies around it.

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Officials and community leaders at a ribbon-cutting on the fairgrounds.

Housing & Community Development

Guidance and partnerships on housing and neighborhood investment.

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Shoppers moving through the festival marketplace past vendor stalls.

Agriculture & Business

Workshops for growers, market traders, and Southeast Asian business owners.

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Miss Hmong Grand International titleholders in full dress at the festival.

What’s New?

Notices, calls for vendors, and news from the board.

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“Four days a year, every Hmong family in this valley walks past our vendors’ tables. Nothing else in Fresno does that.”

Dr. Toulu ThaoPresident and CEO, The Hmong Inc.

Two festival attendees in traditional dress on the fairgrounds.

Sponsors put this on

The arch, the main stage, the security and the ground rent are paid before a single visitor arrives. Sponsorship covers that, and it keeps the programs running the other fifty‑one weeks of the year.

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