Chinese New Year Celebration 2025. 1st February 2025. 10:30 - View all performance times Guildhall Square and Westquay Shopping Centre Chinese New Year is one of the largest celebrations of the Lunar New Year festivals in the world. It is celebrated by communities across the UK and Southampton is no exception! February will see an exciting programme of festivities from spirited dragon parades to family-friendly traditional arts and crafts. Celebrate Chinese New Year 2025 in Southampton!Join the Hampshire Chinese Association, UK Shaolin, and local community groups for a vibrant and immersive celebration of Chinese New Year!This special event brings the magic of Chinese traditions to life with free activities and performances in Guildhall Square from 12 PM to 1:30 PM, followed by an amazing ticketed show at MAST Mayflower Studios About. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is one of the most important and vibrant cultural celebrations worldwide. In Southampton, 2025 will mark the arrival of the Year of the Snake, a time to reflect, renew, and celebrate the rich heritage of Chinese culture. The Chinese Association of Southampton will attend the Bournemouth celebrations, at The Sovereign Centre on Saturday February 17 from 12pm to 3pm. Enjoy calligraphy workshops, aerial hoop, musical This year, the UK Shaolin CNY team will kick off the Chinese New Year celebrations with a dynamic Dragon Dance at Southampton Guildhall Square. Through intricate twists and turns, the dragon will symbolise power, strength, and prosperity, embodying the hope for a successful year ahead. Southampton is gearing up for a vibrant celebration to welcome the Year of the Snake. The festivities will kick off on February 1 in Guildhall Square, featuring a free programme organised by the Dancing dragons and lions, traditional musical performances and a magical lantern parade are just some of the Chinese New Year celebrations taking place in Southampton this February. Marking 2025’s Year of the Snake, Southampton’s programme will launch on 1stFebruary, with the city’s Guildhall Square providing the backdrop to a free programme of celebrations organised by the Chinese The Chinese Lantern Festival Southampton 2024 marks the official conclusion of the 2024 Chinese New Year celebrations – the Year of the Dragon.Reflecting many Chinese New Year traditions, the Lantern Festival emphasises togetherness, with family and friends reuniting in a colourful display of lion dance, dragon dance. Chinese New Year Southampton 2025 - Year of the Wood Snake. Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is a vibrant and joyous celebration observed by Chinese communities worldwide. Each year is associated with one of the twelve zodiac animals, and in 2025, we will bid farewell to the Year of the Dragon and welcome the captivating Image Credit: UK Shaolin Chinese New Year Show. The Chinese Association of Southampton and the University of Southampton Confucius Institute Chinese New Year Celebration. The community-sponsored free event from 11am on Sunday 30 January at WestQuay Shopping Centre, aims to share the colourful Chinese culture. A lion dance in front of a train station in Southampton, UK, kicked off Lunar New Year celebrations in the city on Tuesday, January 28. Footage released to X by local MP Satvir Kaur shows the lion 🎉 Year of the Snake: Grand Celebration! 🎉 📅 Date: February 1, 2025 📍 Location: Southampton Guildhall Square & Westquay Southampton Join us for an enchanting Chinese New Year on 1st Feb 2025! The Chinese Association of Southampton invites you to our 25th annual celebration, welcoming the Year of the Wood Snake. Highlights: New Years Eve 2025 Events near Southampton. Explore all the New year events, parties, celebrations & book tickets, passes online at AllEvents. Get ready to beat upcoming new year 2025 in Southampton. Chinese communities all over the world will simultaneously bid farewell to the Year of the Rabbit and welcome the Year of the Dragon. The Southampton community will come together for the series of events, also known as spring festival, which get underway with Southampton Chinese School's celebration at Cantell School on Saturday (February 3) from 3pm to 7pm. Chinese New Year 2025 Celebrations In Southampton In Southampton, UK, Chinese New Year 2025 will be greeted with great enthusiasm. There is a sizable Chinese minority in the city, so for them it will be a time of jubilant celebration. Find tickets & information for Chinese New Year 2025 | Southampton. happening at 142-144 Above Bar Street, SO14 7DU Southampton, United Kingdom, Southampton, EN on Sat, 08 Feb, 2025 at 03:00 pm GMT. Chinese New Year also known as the Spring Festival is one of the most important and vibrant cultural celebrations worldwide. In Southampton 2025 will mark the arrival of the Year of the Snake a time to reflect renew and celebrate the rich heritage of Chinese culture. Chinese New Year celebrations in Southampton 2023. (Image: Daily Echo, Emily Liddell) Ben Manley, 24, from Eastleigh said: "I was just passing through when we passed by this. Celebrate the year of the Snake - Chinese New Year 2025 In Portsmouth with a bunch of interesting events. From extensive dinners to lantern making workshops in Portsmouth there is a lot to do on the occasion of the Chinese New Year 2025 in Portsmouth.
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