NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Spectacular fireworks will light up the night sky on Wednesday over the Hudson River in New York City as part of the celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year that falls on Friday.

The show on Wednesday evening will be held at a neighboring area of the Chinese Consulate General in New York.

Designed and organized by the Chinese Central Academy of Fine Arts, the display will be executed by "Fireworks by Grucci," a New York-based fireworks company.

Aside from the fireworks show, the week-long Lunar New Year celebrations in the U.S city also include a performance by the New York Philharmonic, the lighting of the Empire State Building and the annual Lunar New Year Parade and Festival in Chinatown.

The headline event of this eight-day-long festival is a special "Students Day" on Friday at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

New York City became the largest urban school district in the country to recognize the holiday for its public school children in 2016.