Our 2025 Lunar New Year Festival. Georges River Council hosts Sydney Metro’s biggest Council-led Lunar New Year celebration, marking 2025 the 22nd year of the festival being celebrated in the area. Address: Forest Road, Hurstville & Hurstville Plaza. Date: Saturday 1 February 2025. Forest Road Street Markets: 12.00pm - 9.00pm. Hurstville Georges River Council hosts Sydney Metro’s biggest Council-led Lunar New Year celebration, marking 2025, Year of the Snake, the 22nd year of the festival being celebrated in the area.<br /> <br /> The Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is the beginning of the year in the lunar calendar traditionally observed in many East Asian and Southeast Asian countries.<br Georges River Council 2025 Lunar New Year Festival will include Dragon and Lion dancing, official eye-dotting ceremony, live performances, cooking demonstrations, and Forest Rd Street Market with food stalls. Saturday, 1 February, 12pm-9pm Hurstville Plaza & Forest Rd, Hurstville Georges River Council will host Sydney Metro’s largest Council-led Lunar New Year celebration, marking the 22nd annual festival in the region. This year’s celebration will be transforming the area into a hub of festivities to celebrate the Year of the Snake with a vibrant day of culture, food, and entertainment in Hurstville! Forest Road, Hurstville and Hurstville Plaza Georges River Council hosts Sydney Metro’s biggest Council-led Lunar New Year celebration, marking 2025 the 22nd year of the festival being celebrated in the area. More information. Hills Shire Council Saturday 8 February Arthur Whitling Park, Castle Hill 50,000 locals and visitors welcomed the Year of The Dragon at Georges River Council’s Lunar New Year 2024 celebrations in Hurstville on Saturday 3 February. Georges River Council hosted Sydney Metro’s biggest Council-led Lunar New Year celebration, marking the 21st year of the festival being celebrated in the area. Hurstville's Forest Road will host 50,000 visitors in the celebrations and festivities on Saturday, February 3. It will be the largest Sydney Metro, council-led Lunar New Year 2024 celebration. Experience one of Sydney’s biggest Lunar New Year celebrations situated in Hurstville, the vibrant cultural heart of Sydney’s south. Georges River Council will host Sydney Metro’s largest Council-led Lunar New Year celebration, marking the 22nd annual festival in the region. This year’s celebration will be transforming the area into a hub of fe Georges River Council is set to host Sydney Metro's biggest council-led Lunar New Year celebration as it welcomes the Year of the Dragon on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at Hurstville. The closest station to the Lunar New Year celebrations on Forest Road is Hurstville on the T4 Eastern Suburbs Line. The festival is a short walk from the station. Remember you'll need to use an Opal card or contactless payment card/device when travelling to and from the event. Register your details online at Opal or via the app ahead of time. Celebrate the year of the Snake - Chinese New Year 2025 In Hurstville with a bunch of interesting events. From extensive dinners to lantern making workshops in Hurstville there is a lot to do on the occasion of the Chinese New Year 2025 in Hurstville. Georges River Council's annual Lunar New Year Festival will return to Hurstville on Saturday 28 January 2023. This year marks the 20 th year the Lunar New Year Festival is celebrated in the area, with 30,000 visitors expected to welcome the Year of Rabbit in Sydney's South. Georges River Council Mayor, Nick Katris said, "Lunar New Year is one of Council's largest community celebrations for locals and visitors to Hurstville." Georges River Council’s popular Lunar New Year Festival will return on Saturday 2 February 2019 for the 16th year, in a celebration of the Georges River area’s cultural diversity. The free annual event will offer a colourful mix of entertainment, cultural activities and delicious food, to ring in the Year of the Pig. One of the biggest Lunar New Year celebrations will take place in Hurstville, in Sydney's south, which is home to a thriving Chinese community, on Saturday, January 28, from noon-9pm. Chinese New Year typically lasts for 15 days each year, but most of the performances and celebrations around Sydney run up until February 9. From now until then, you can expect more than 50 vibrant lion dance performances as well as dragon boats, light installations, cultural performances, live entertainment and street parties. Find tickets & information for Lunar New Year Festival 2025. happening at Forest Rd, Hurstville NSW 2220, Australia, Hurstville, NS on Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 at 12:00 pm AEDT. Lunar New Year in the suburbs. Burwood, Chatswood, Cabramatta, Eastwood and Hurstville all have big celebrations for Lunar New Year. Expect feasts, markets, lion dances, kids’ activities and hundreds of lanterns all over the city. Check back closer to the date for more information. New Year Preparations: Maggie Lei, Nacny Lui and Maryann Zhao shopping in Hurstville ahead of the Chinese New Year celebrations. Picture: Jane Dyson Hurstville Council's Chinese New Year street Save this event: Lunar New Year Celebration: Mooncake Workshop Save this event: Lunar New Year Celebration: Mooncake Workshop Tasty Trivia - A Lunar New Year celebration of Asian cuisines! Mon, Feb 3, 7:00 PM
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