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The heart of Manchester will soon come alive with colour, culture and celebration as the city gears up for its much-anticipated Chinese New Year festivities. Taking place on 1 st and 2 nd February 2025, this year’s celebrations promise to be a dazzling display of traditional and contemporary Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year 2025 in Manchester - all the parades, events and celebrations. men Load mobile navigation. Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia as well as Europe, UK and US. Manchester’s spectacular Chinese New Year celebrations for 2025 have been unveiled - and will feature a huge dragon parade, acrobatic performances and a food market. Just days after the official Chinese New Year celebrations are set to take over the city this February, with plans including a huge dragon parade, live performances and fantastic food. Taking place across Sat 1 Feb & Sun 2 Feb, the famous red lanterns will transform the city’s streets as they come alive with a vibrant array of free, family-friendly festivities. The heart of Manchester will soon come alive with colour, culture and celebration as the city gears up for its much-anticipated Chinese New Year festivities. Taking place on 1 st and 2 nd February 2025, this year’s celebrations promise to be a dazzling display of traditional and contemporary Chinese culture, cantered on the iconic Chinatown Chinese New Year Manchester. 1 — 2 February 2025 Entrance is free The UK’s brightest Chinese New Year celebrations are returning to Manchester this February, as the city comes together to celebrate and welcome in the Year of the Snake. The Snake is a symbol of rebirth, wisdom, transformation, luck and authority in traditional Chinese culture. Saturday, 1 February and Sunday, 1 February 2025 will be one of the UK’s ‘brightest’ and most colourful events as we welcome the Year of the Snake and celebrate Chinese New Year in Manchester. Bright red lanterns hang resplendently from trees across the city centre as the streets host live performances, stalls and funfair, plus the return Step into a world of colour and joy at Manchester Museum’s Lunar New Year celebration. Experience performances like lion and traditional Chinese dances, K-pop and C-pop showcases, and a lively choir. Enjoy family-friendly activities, acrobatics, costume try-ons, and authentic food, including Malaysian and Taiwanese dishes and boba tea. The annual Chinese New Year Dragon Parade will take place in the city centre from Oxford Street to Chinatown. There will be further celebrations in the car park and surrounding streets of Chinatown. Road closures. Chinatown From 5am Saturday 1 February to 11.59pm Sunday 2 February: Nicholas Street (George Street to Faulkner Street) This weekend, Chinese New Year celebrations will get underway in the city centre as the much-loved dragon parade returns to the streets of Manchester. It's just one of the many ways the city will Chinese New Year 2025, The Year of the Snake falls on Wednesday, January 29, and will be celebrated in Manchester on Saturday, February 1 and Sunday, February 2. Manchester holds one of the Chinese New Year celebrations will soon get underway to mark the annual celebration. This year, it falls on a Wednesday (January 29) but many will celebrate throughout the week and into the With Lunar New Year fast approaching, Hong Kong Cultural Community and co-organisers have announced that a Lunar New Year Market will be making a return to Manchester in 2025. Featuring more than 110 diverse vendors , the market is set to double in scale, offering a mix of cultural festivities, mouthwatering cuisine, and vibrant performances. Chinese New Year in Manchester is a long-standing internationally recognised festival and one the largest events of its kind in the UK. Events celebrate Chinese culture spanning Chinatown, cultural venues and Manchester’s shopping and leisure districts. Each year, Manchester City Centre BID coordinates the city’s ‘Zodiac’ campaign, and This weekend celebrations will be held in the city centre for Chinese New Year and Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year falls on Wednesday, 29 January and Manchester’s Chinatown will host a weekend Chinese New Year Manchester. 10 — 11 February 2024 Entrance is free — Visit now. The UK’s brightest Chinese New Year celebrations are returning to Manchester this February, as the city comes together to celebrate and welcome in the Year of the Dragon. The Dragon is a symbol of power, nobility, honour, luck and success in traditional Manchester’s legendary Dragon Parade will make its way through the city centre once again next weekend. As Manchester gets ready to celebrate Chinese New Year 2025 – which begins next Wednesday (29 January) and runs through to Sunday 2 February – and mark the ‘Year of the Snake’, the iconic Dragon Parade will be making its grand return to the streets of our city centre next weekend This year’s celebrations, organised by the Federation of Chinese Associations of Manchester (FCAM), in partnership with Manchester City Centre Business Improvement District (BID) and the city Lunar New Year celebration. Start the celebrations for the Year of the Snake during an evening of music, dance and friendship. Our Lunar New Year celebrations are open to all, providing a chance to immerse yourself in the colour and vibrancy of this joyous celebration, which is not only enjoyed in China but across Asia, in countries such as South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia. Taking place from Saturday, January 21 until Saturday, January 29, Manchester's annual Chinese New Year celebrations will feature lots of stalls with a variety of food, drink and crafts on offer.
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