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Experience the excitement of Sydney Lunar Festival 2025 at more than 80 events. Lunar New Year Street Festival 2025 - Year of the Snake Chinese Lunar New Year 2025 Lunar New Year Festival. Multicultural NSW wishes everyone a Happy Lunar New Year, as we move into the Year of the Snake on Wednesday 29 January. The Year of the Snake is about wisdom, transformation, and personal growth. According to tradition, snakes are also associated with good fortune, abundance, fertility, and good health. Also known as Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival, the Lunar New Year celebrates the start of the Chinese lunisolar calendar for another year. Sydney's Lunar Festival will take place Chinese New Year's Eve: January 28, 2025 Chinese New Year: January 29, 2025 Sydney Lunar Streets – Haymarket street festival Saturday 1 February: 5pm - 10pm Dixon St, Sydney NSW Lunar Spectacular Saturday 8 February from 2pm - 6:20pm Centennial Hall, 483 George Street, Sydney NSW Lion Dancing and Cultural Performances Thursday 30 January to Sunday 16 February Thursday 30 January: 1pm - 1 Celebrate the Year of the Snake 250m high. Sydney Tower 100 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Sydney Tower Eye, Level 5, 108 Market St, Sydney, NSW 2000 A celebration for many cultures in Sydney, including the city’s Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian and Korean communities, this year's Lunar New Year falls on 29 January, with the city hosting an exciting number of events from 29 January – 16 February. This time around, Lunar New Year falls on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, and it's a celebration for many cultures represented in Sydney, including the city's Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Korean 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 Sydney Lunar Festival is a celebration of the Lunar New Year, with the 2025 festival celebrating the Year of the Snake. Our Sydney Lunar Festival program is one of the biggest Lunar New Year celebrations outside of Asia. Street parties, live entertainment, delicious food, lion dances, dragon boats and art and light installations will dazzle Lunar New Year Butoh workshop . Hyde Park Sunday 2 February, 6pm to 7pm . Try your hand at this avant-garde form of Japanese dance theatre aimed at developing presence. Symbols of change: Lunar New Year and beyond with Powerhouse. Symbols of change: Lunar New Year and beyond with Powerhouse . Darling Square Library, Thursday 20 February, 11am Sydney is a great city to visit year-round, but especially during Chinese New Year to experience one of the city’s biggest and brightest cultural events. Chinatown is a hub of activity, day and night. Enjoy the festival events or simply take in some of the wonderful shopping. Sydney Viral Eat Street FREE 🧧 Chinese New Year Festival is happening this Sunday 2nd of February! Lion dance will kick off at 4 pm, infusing the street with good energy to welcome the year of the 🐍 snake Keep an eye out for red envelopes around the street and in the restaurants, and enjoy FREE activities from 3 pm till late including: - Palm Reading - Fortune Tellers - Kids face Start: Fri 13 Feb 2015 Time 7:30pm - 8:00pm Venue: Dawes Point Join in the Festival launch celebrations and see the spectacular Lanterns of the Terracotta Warriors illuminated against the beauty of Sydney Harbour. Start: Mon 23 Feb 2015 Time 7:30pm - 9:30pm. A spectacular night of traditional Chinese music and dance from different regions in China. Event Details On the day you will observe many aspects of tea culture, including Chinese tea ceremony and calligraphy. Yum cha with a variety of dim sum and sweets, designed to match each tea, will also be served. Courses held Saturdays and Sundays from 14 January to 29 January at either 11.30am or 4pm. See the Terracotta Warrior Lanterns lit for the first time at Dawes Point at the official launch of the Chinese New Year Festival on Friday 13 February 2015. Aussies are always up for a celebration, and with so many of our residents having Chinese, Mongolian, Korean, Thai, and Vietnamese heritage, it’s no wonder Sydney offers such a rich variety of ways to bring in the New Year! This year Sydney’s Lunar New Year festival starts on Wednesday 29 January 2025. Chinese New Year (otherwise known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival) is upon us with 2025 being the Year of the Snake, according to Chinese astrology. With it, Sydney springs to life with colourful, traditional lion dances and street festivals scattered all over the city from this week until February 12. This year, Chinese New Year starts on Start: Thu 19 Feb 2015 Time 12:00pm - 2:00pm Venue: Sydney Fish Market Celebrate Chinese New Year with a seafood meal while lion dancers bestow luck and prosperity on all. Slither into fun at Darling Harbour’s Lunar New Year celebrations. Witness mind-blowing Lunar New Year Jet Pack shows soaring over Cockle Bay, cheer on teams in the fan-favourite dragon boat races, and be captivated by vibrant lion dance performances. The Artistry also comes to Tumbalong Park, bringing a splash of creativity to the festivities.
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