THE FLOWER STREET event on Garden Grove’s Main Street is one of several Tet events (Tribune photo).

By Jim Tortolano
Orange County Tribune

The fourth annual Flower Street event will be back to Garden Grove’s historic Main Street in February but on a slightly different schedule and a slightly different location.

On a 7-0 vote, the city council on Tuesday approved a request from the Vietnamese Sport Association of Southern California for temporary street closures in the downtown area for the event from Friday, Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 15.

This year’s event will cover the area from Acacia Parkway to Stanford Avenue.

In year’s past the event was held Saturday and Sunday on Main between Garden Grove Boulevard and Acacia Parkway and impacted businesses on one block of shops, offices and restaurants.

For 2026, the event – a traditional Vietnamese cultural event featuring colorful displays of flowers – will held on Friday to Sunday one block north of the 2025 pageant.

Also on Tuesday night, the council elected George Brietigam (District 1) as mayor pro tem (vice mayor) for 2026.