A Chinese dragon dance around Hurst Street and the Arcadian centre in Birmingham's Chinese Quarter to celebrate Chinese New Year in 2022 (Image: Darren Quinton/Birmingham Live) Chinese New Year 2025 is co-produced by Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee and Birmingham Hippodrome. This year’s festival is sponsored by Uber Eats and supported by Southside District, The Arcadian, Wing Yip and Brothers Foundation and The Birmingham Chinese School. The Saturday programme is in partnership with Bullring & Grand Central. Birmingham’s annual Chinese New Year celebration is back and is bigger than ever; with two stages, lion dances, funfair rides, street food and a host of traditional entertainment taking over Southside on Sunday 18th February, from 11.30am to 4.30pm. Chinese New Year 2025 is co-produced by Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee and Birmingham Hippodrome. This year’s festival is sponsored by Uber Eats and supported by Southside District, The Arcadian, Wing Yip and Brothers Foundation and The Birmingham Chinese School. The Saturday programme is in partnership with Bullring & Grand Central. James Wong, Chair of Birmingham’s Chinese Festival Committee, said: “Unfortunately, Birmingham’s annual Chinese New Year celebrations in the Arcadian Centre will not be taking place this year. “We have decided against it due to Covid-19 and the spread of the Omicron variant.” Lunar New Year 2024 is produced by Birmingham Hippodrome in partnership with Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee and Birmingham Chinatown Business Association. This year’s Festival is supported by Southside District and The Arcadian. The full Lunar New Year 2024 programme will be announced in January. Chinese New Year 2025 is co-produced by Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee and Birmingham Hippodrome. This year’s festival is sponsored by Uber Eats and supported by Southside District, The Arcadian, Wing Yip and Brothers Foundation and The Birmingham Chinese School. The Saturday programme is in partnership with Bullring & Grand Central. Hippodrome Square, Birmingham Centre. Produced by Birmingham Hippodrome and the Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee, the city centre will come alive with free vibrant festivities! You can expect: Traditional Chinese Dance performances; Dragon dances; Chinese drumming; Fireworks display; Craft markets and activities ; Don’t forget campus events The Year of the Snake will be slithering into Birmingham as the city’s annual Chinese New Year celebrations make a welcome return. The area in and around the Chinese Quarter of the city centre will be dazzled by colourful lions and dragons during the course of the weekend of Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 February. There will be various events taking place throughout Birmingham city centre on 1 and 2 February. Traditional music, dance and theatre performances will be on display in Hippodrome Square. Restaurants near The Arcadian, Birmingham on Tripadvisor: Find traveller reviews and candid photos of dining near The Arcadian in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The Arcadian by M, Birmingham, United Kingdom. 5,242 likes · 2 talking about this · 60,923 were here. The Arcadian by M in the centre of Birmingham is set around an attractive piazza is the perfect Arcadian Centre. The main place to ring in the new Chinese Year has for a long time been the Arcadian Centre in Birmingham. However, for the second year running, there will be no event staged at the location due to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. Birmingham has a large Chinese community, which grew considerably due to immigration from Hong Kong after World War II. So naturally, Chinese New Year is one of the most massive annual festivals here. Held in the city center, the Chinese New Year festival attracts about 30,000 participants and spect Everything on in Birmingham for Chinese New Year 2022. How the arrival of the Year of the Tiger will be celebrated in Birmingham. birminghammail. Bookmark. Share; Comments; What's On. By. Each year, Birmingham welcomes in the Chinese New Year with an afternoon of free entertainment at the Arcadian Center. Dragon dances, acrobatic performances and Kung Fu demonstrations are just some of the cultural entertainments. Plus, traditional firecrackers, market stalls, food and children’s rides can also be relished. The City Council will be holding festivities on Sunday the 6th of February 2011 (not planning on attending this). Birmingham City Council - Chinese New Year It will start the Chinese year of 4709. The Arcadian shopping centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects, 1990-2. Drum feature with free-standing columns and surrounding cornice. Inside, a Highlights from the Chinese New Year festivities held on 02/02/14 in the Arcadian Centre in Birmingham. Thanks to our sponsors and partners. Special thanks t All info on New Sum Ye in Birmingham - Call to book a table. New Sum Ye, Arcadian Centre, 70 Hurst St; #44 of 591 chinese restaurants in Birmingham #1111 of James Wong, chairman of the Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee, said: “Chinese New Year is the biggest event in the Chinese calendar. Due to support from the local community and partners such as Southside and The Arcadian, the festival has grown year on year, positioning it as one of the top festivals in Birmingham’s extensive events
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