Add to Calendar 2025-02-02 10:00 2025-02-02 15:00 Australia/Brisbane Lunar New Year celebrations Experience Lunar New Year in the heart of the Valley and enjoy the unique flavours and vibrant culture that the precinct has to offer.<p>Free live entertainment, music, and cultural markets to be enjoyed. Celebrations in Chinatown Mall and BrisAsia Festival returns from Friday 31 January to Sunday 9 February 2025 to celebrate Lunar New Year and the transformative energy of the Year of the Snake. Symbolising wisdom, rebirth and new beginnings, this festival will ignite your imagination with an extraordinary fusion of tradition and modern creativity. ABC Radio Brisbane will be at Southside By Night and Lunar New Year In The Gardens. Both events are FREE, and will be hosted by ABC Radio Brisbane presenters Kelly Higgins-Devine and Ashwin Segkar . Credit: Brisbane City Council Go on a very special guided walk of Fortitude Valley thanks to this fascinating journey through the history of Brisbane’s most expressive precinct. Learn about its rise as a commercial and retail centre in the late 19th century, and, crucially, the contributions made by the Chinese community , as well as the As the Lunar New Year approaches, The City transforms into a vibrant hub of cultural celebrations. Mark your calendars for January 31 as Queen Street Mall comes alive with traditional performances and exciting events to ring in the Year of the Snake. Lion Parade and High Pole Dance: The festivities kick off on Friday, January 31, with a spectacular Lion Parade and High Pole Dance at 12:30pm in Image source: Brisbane City Council. BrisAsia Festival is set for a show-stopping return this upcoming Lunar New Year, and it’s bringing with it a slew of festivities that’ll help you ring in the Year of the Dragon. Over three huge weeks from Thursday, February 1 to Sunday, February 18, you can get a taste of culturally rich Asia right here VENUE: Ballroom Le Grand, Sofitel Brisbane Central, 249 Turbot Street Brisbane City 4000. DRESS CODE: Business Attire. ACBC QLD and China Chamber of Commerce in Australia (CCCA) BNE are thrilled to invite you to our Annual Chinese Lunar New Year Gala Dinner on 6 February 2025! Explore Asian Cuisine: While you're in The City, immerse yourself in the flavours of Lunar New Year with special banquets at some of Brisbane's finest restaurants. Indulge in sumptuous dishes at Donna Chang, savour authentic flavours at Brisbane Phoenix, and discover more culinary delights throughout The City. Supernormal, Brisbane City: Celebrated river-side nosh spot Supernormal is adding a little Lunar New Year flair alongside its standard produce-driven lively Asian-influenced menu. Available for a week starting Wednesday January 29, you can dine on whole roast suckling pig and Queensland mud crab with black peppercorn and egg noodles to take Celebrate the Lunar New Year like never before at Brisbane Quarter! For two weeks starting 28 January, dive into a one-of-a-kind feast at Brisbane Phoenix Chinese restaurant with their exclusive 2025 Year of the Snake Menu. Add to Calendar 2025-02-01 15:30 2025-02-01 16:30 Australia/Brisbane Lunar New Year - Brisbane Greeters Tour Join our Brisbane Greeters for a guided walk of Fortitude Valley when visiting for the Lunar New Year celebrations. Your Greeter will take you on a fascinating journey around the Brisbane they know and love best on a Greeter’s Add to Calendar 2025-02-02 15:30 2025-02-02 16:30 Australia/Brisbane Lunar New Year - Brisbane Greeters Tour Join our Brisbane Greeters for a guided walk of Fortitude Valley when visiting for the Lunar New Year celebrations. Your Greeter will take you on a fascinating journey around the Brisbane they know and love best on a Greeter’s Featuring Brisbane’s biggest Lunar New Year fireworks display and an exciting line-up of live entertainment, lion and dragon dance performances and activities for the kids, it’s the perfect way to herald in the Year of the Snake. The specially curated feast includes King Salmon Yu Sheng (traditional Chinese New Year dish), Chicken in Sichuan chilli oil, Duck Wontons in broth, Braised Pork Ribs, E-fu Noodles with Lobster, Steamed Blue-Spotted Grouper with ginger and shallot, and more, plus a delicious dessert - Dragonfruit, Coconut and Lychee Dacquoise. Add to Calendar 2025-02-01 14:00 2025-02-01 21:00 Australia/Brisbane Lunar New Year celebrations Experience Lunar New Year in the heart of the Valley and enjoy the unique flavours and vibrant culture that the precinct has to offer.<p>Free live entertainment, music, and cultural markets to be enjoyed. Celebrations in Chinatown Mall and Get ready for sensory overload — Lunar New Year is here. It's time to fill the streets with fire shows and dancing lions while you alternate between inhaling incredible street snacks and watching the entrancing movements of dragons twist their way through the city. Celebrate Chinese New Year in family friendly style this year at Sanctuary Cove’s spectacular Chinese New Year celebrations. Here the Year of the Dog will be seen in with a weekend of traditional Chinese activities, fireworks, delicious cuisine, lion dancing, Chinese musicians, face painting and more. Host or Publisher Brisbane City Council. Tags: Chinese-new-year in Brisbane Festivals in Brisbane. 2025 at 08:00 am TURF GAMES FITTEST IN THE CITY BRISBANE '25. 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